Searching for Employment
Job Boards
- Higher Ed Jobs
- AAR/SBL - must be a member to access employment listings
- Chronicle for Higher Education
- H-net - job hub for the humanities and social sciences
- Denominational Job Boards (search via google)
- National Catholic Educational Association - Catholic School teaching positions
- Academic Keys
- Capenet - Private Schools with teaching positions
Non-Academic Career Paths/The Alt-Academy
- Turning 'Plan B' Into a 'Plan A' Life
- Idealist - a job board for primarily non-profit jobs
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy - non-profit jobs
- Converting a Faculty CV to an Administrative Resume - from the Chronicle for Higher Education
Designing your CV
- Dr. Karen's Rules of the Academic CV
- Editing your C.V. and Letter for Teaching/Writing Positions
- Fluffy CV's and Cluttered Ones
- PhD CVs for Academic Positions - 23 minute video
Writing Cover Letters
Cover Letters for Community College Applications
(These are very different from typical academic cover letters.)
- Writing a Cover Letter for a Community College Job - Inside Higher Ed
- The Community College Job - Chronicle for Higher Ed
- Tips for Faculty Job Candidates - Confessions of a Community College Dean
- Community College Teaching Career - MLA
Getting References
Letters of Intent and Interest
Interviews
Conference Interviews
- Dr. Karen's Advice on Conference Interviews
- The Informal Conference Chat
- How to Describe a Course in an Interview
On-Campus Interviews
- Dr. Karen's Advice on the Campus Interview
- 'An Iced Tea Would Be Terrific' - Eating and the Campus Interview
Skype and telephone Interviews
Negotiating Job Offers
- Negotiating That First Job Offer - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Networking
- Academia.edu - Academia's version of LinkedIn
- How to Work the Conference, Part 1. (Follow the links for Part 2 and Part 3)