- Finding a Job, PhDs.org
-- articles and resources to assist you
- Possible Stereotypes of PhDs
and How to Fight Them, Career Center, University of Michigan. --
If you are pursuing jobs outside academia, you may need to combat stereotypes about academics and the
university environment.
- Finding a Job, Medical Economics Magazine. A series of 6 articles on finding a job as a physician, beginning with a career plan, going through the job search process, settling in to
your new job, and finally returning to medical practice if you have been away for some time or might be planning a hiatus.
- Conducting Simultaneous (Academic and Nonacademic) Job Searches,
Career Center, University of Michigan -- interview with a Ph.D. graduate who undertook simultaneous academic and nonacademic job
searches. She describes her experience and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of a simultaneous
search along with some of the major differences she noticed in application and interview practices.
- Getting Ready for the Rest of Your Life,
Maryanne W. Lindsay, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine (Emergency Medicine Residents' Association) -- This article reviews the basics of curriculum vitae (CV) preparation, job search schedule, recommendation letters, recruiters, and interview skills.
- Joyce Lain Kennedy's Careers Now
- JobHuntersBible.com from Richard Bolles
- Ask the Headhunter
- CareerJournal
- Publications from the Colorado College Career Center
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- Life Sciences Research and Teaching: Strategies for the Successful Job
Hunt [PDF], ASCB Women in Cell Biology Committee
-- Download this free 54-page publication. Covers all aspects of a job hunt (cv, cover letter, interview) for both Academe
and Industry and also discusses additional topics such as the dual career
couple, presenting a seminar during a job interview, handling a job offer,
negotiations (and specific items to consider during negotiations like start-up
funding and facilities and promotions), and how to prepare a Teaching
Philosophy.
- Getting an Academic Job, Prof. Michael Ernst, MIT
- Career Talk: Practical guidance for academic job seekers from professional career counselors, Chronicle.com
- Landing the First Job, Chronicle.com
- Interviewing for Academic Jobs: The Search Committee
Perspective, Career Center, University of Michigan.
-- Transcript of a panel discussion feature faculty members from the schools of Nursing,
Economics, and History/Sociology at the University of Michigan. Very good outline
of what committees are searching for and best/worse ways to respond to their questions.
- Convention Interviews, Career Center, University of Michigan.
-- The convention interview bears some similarity to the on-campus event, but has rules of its own.
- The Hiring Process From the Other Side, Career Center, UC Berkeley. --
Outlines the entire process of hiring a faculty member. Discusses conference interviews,
on-campus interviews, and a bit of the politics.
- Going on the Market, University of Michigan Dept. of Political Science --
collection of articles and tips on a variety of topics pertaining to finding your
first teaching position after graduate school, including the academic job talk,
sample questions from the interview panel, questions you should ask of this
potential employers, negotiation tips, and more.
- Typical Academic Search Timeline,
Career Center, University of Michigan
- Academic Job Application Checklist,
Mary Corbin Sies, Dept. of American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
- Academic Job Interview Advice,
Mary Corbin Sies, Dept. of American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
- Questions One Should be Prepared
to Answer for Job Interviews, Mary Corbin Sies, Dept. of American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
We also have information on The Academic Job Talk and
Research / Teaching Statements.
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