NORTHWESTERN CAREER ADVANCEMENT

The academic job search is built around a portfolio of materials that tell a story about the candidate’s research, future research agenda, teaching, special skills and training, service, and more. Although this portfolio varies field-to-field—and person-to-person—the goal of that narrative is similar across the board.

For information on best practices for your academic job market portfolio, see the PhD and Postdoc Success Website.

Additional Resources for the Academic Job Search

Books

• The Academic Job Search Handbook (4th Edition), Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong
• Job Search in Academe: How to get the Position You Deserve, Dawn M. Formo and Cheryl Reed
• The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Grad School through Tenure, John A. Goldsmith, John Komlos and Penny Schine Gold

Online Resources: Job Postings, Articles and Advice

• AcademicKeys Source for academic employment
• Academic Jobs Wiki A community site for job postings and sharing career-related information
• American Association of Community Colleges
• The Chronicle of Higher Education is a great resource for articles and job postings related to the academic and non-academic job search
• Greater Chicago-Midwest Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Faculty and staff positions at academic institutions in Chicago and the Midwest and academic job search resources
• HigherEd Jobs Leading source for jobs and career information in academia
• How to Make Your Application Stand Out
• Inside Higher Ed

Humanities and Social Sciences

• Career Resources from the MLA
• H-Net Job Guide
• LINGUIST List

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

• ResearchGate Social networking site for researchers that includes job postings from around the world
• ScienceCareers Positions for scientists in industry, academia, and government

• The Chronicle's Salary Data Library - from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Right Start-Up Package for the Beginning Scientist

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