Welcome to Job Search!

Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The job search can be exhilarating, and exhausting. Find a good buddy who's also on the job market, and meet with them often for coffee, commiseration, and tips. (My thanks to Mandy Hege for playing this role for me.)

Steps in the academic job search

1. Plan ahead (timeline)
2. Find the available openings
3. Create a master list
4. Prepare your applications
5. Interview under construction
6. Negotiate offers under construction
7. Celebrate!

UVA Resources

• Graduate Arts & Sciences Career Service: Your first and most important resource for the job search will be this excellent website, which Wendy Perry compiled. It includes helpful summary information, sample documents, and links to other good resources. Wendy also organizes workshops and is available for individual consultations.
• University Career Services: Caters more to undergraduates, but many good resources (including a library).
• Teaching Resource Center: I can't say enough to recommend this one, either. Many online resources, a searchable library, workshops, and individual consultations. Important for anyone who wants to improve their teaching, and especially those who are applying to teaching institutions. I highly recommend their Teaching Portfolio Workshop, offered every two years. Do this before you begin your job search, though! (very time-consuming)

Presentations/Articles

• The Academic Job Search: Timeline, Tips & Tactics (Huang-Pollock & Mikami, 2007)
• Why to Consider a Liberal Arts College (Ruth Ault, Davidson College, presented at the 2006 APA Science Leadership Conference. Original title: Doing Science with Undergrads at a LAC. Recommended by Denny Proffitt.) Shared with the author's permission. Please do not reproduce.
• Psychology Ph Ds Pass on Academe (Scott Smallwood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001)
• Is the academy family friendly? Grad Students Think Twice About Jobs in Academe (Audrey Williams June, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009)
• Employment Preferences and Outcomes (NSF study, 2001 - data from 1997)
• PhD Job Market (Joel Waldfogel, Slate Magazine, 2006)

Books

• The Academic Job Search Handbook (Third Edition), Mary Morris Heiberger & Julia Miller Vick (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002).

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