Networking (something that should start long before you go on the job market!)
- “Sometimes It is Whom You Know,” by Rob Jenkins for Chronicle of Higher Ed (May 2013)
Academic Job Postings
- AAR and SBL Employment Services
- Chronicle of Higher Ed Postings
- Academic Keys
- Academic Jobs Online
- HERC, Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, includes searches, webinars, and additional resources.
Dossier Service
- Interfolio
- “Using Interfolio to Manage Your Professional Documents,” by Julie Meloni in Chronicle of Higher Ed
- Chronicle Vitae – includes a free dossier service
Books on the Academic Job Hunt
- Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDs, Kathryn Hume (2010)
General Articles on the Job Market
- “The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (and How That’s Killing You on the Job Market)”, The Professor is In
- “Ten Commandments for Going on the Job Market as ABD”, The Professor is In
- “Grad School Is a Means to a Job”, by Karen Kelsky in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “Your Official Job Application Checklist”, by David D. Perlmutter in Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “Show Them You Really Want the Job”, by David D. Perlmutter in Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “Useful Resources for the Academic Job Market“, by Ryan Cordell in Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “What Search Committees Wish You Knew,” by Allison M. Vaillancourt in Chronicle of Higher Ed (Jan 2013)
- “What Community-College Search Committees Wish You Knew,” by Rob Jenkins in Chronicle of Higher Ed
(March 2013) - “When to Apply for the Stretch Job,” Karen Kelsky in Vitae (Aug. 2013)
- “Job Market Prep as Therapy,” The Professor is In (Sept. 2013)
- “Horrible Job-Market Platitudes and How to Retire Them,” Rebecca Schuman in Vitae (Sept. 2013)
- “Career Services Additional Resources,” (includes article links) AAR
- “When I Say ‘Be Specific,’ What Do I Mean?”, The Professor is In (Oct. 2013)
Cover Letters
- “Writing a Job Letter”, Chad Black
- “Writing a Successful Cover Letter”, Columbia University
- “Hacking the Academic Job Cover Letter“, Mark Sample in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “How to Write a Cover Letter That Employers with Actually Read,” Lifehacker
- “Nobody Cares What You’re Interested In,” The Professor is In (March 2013)
- “The Ordering of Your Letter and the Handicap of the ABD,” Karen Kelsky in Vitae (Sept. 2013)
See “Teaching” Page for Teaching Philosophy Statements
Interviews for Academic Jobs
- “Interview Questions for Academic Careers,” University of Virginia
- “The Active Interview,” by Katherine Ellison for Inside Higher Ed (Jan 2013)
- “My Calamitous Teaching Demo,” by Rebecca Schuman for Chronicle of Higher Ed (April 2013)
- “10 Must-Ask Questions for the Campus Interview,” Menachem Wecker in Vitae (Aug. 2013)
Negotiating an Academic Job Offer
- “The Etiquette of Accepting a Job Offer,” by David Perlmutter in Chronicle of Higher Ed (April 2013)
- “How to Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer”, The Professor is In
- “Why Have I No Power? Thoughts on Negotiating the Tenure Track Offer,” The Professor is in (March 2013)
- “Counter-Offer Confidential,” by Elizabeth H. Simmons for Inside Higher Ed (Sept 2012)
Academic Jobs Wiki (and some opinions on it)
- Academic Jobs Wiki
- “Using the Academic Jobs Wiki” and “Academic Jobs Wiki Shortcuts”, by Scott Selisker in Chronicle of Higher Ed
- “On Not Knowing: Why I Avoided the Academic Jobs Wiki”, by Amy Rubens in GradHacker
Applying Your Degree Beyond the University
- “Why the World Needs Religious Studies,” by Nathan Schneider in Religion Dispatches
- Beyond Academe, blog to educate historians about jobs beyond academe
- “‘I Quit Academia,’ An Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays,” by Rebecca Schuman in Slate (Oct. 2013)
- “The PhD’s Guide to a Nonfaculty Job Search,” by L. Maren Wood in Chronicle of Higher Ed (Jan. 2014)
- “The Sweet Spot of a Nonacademic Job Search,” by Alexandra M. Lord in Chronicle of Higher Ed (Jan. 2012)