Career Resources: Academic Job Search

Application Materials

• NEW 2008 Trainee Symposium on "Marketing Yourself on Paper for Academic Positions" 3 audio+slides presentations addressing cover letters, research statements, and teaching philosophies
• The Academic Job Search comprehensive handout from Rice University Career Services Center
• UCSF Preparing Future Faculty Website detailed information with links, sample teaching statements, CVs and more
• University of Chicago Academic Job Search Guide has lists of print resources and the nuts and bolts of the academic job search process
• Interviewing for Research and Teaching Appointments comprehensive guide from University of Chicago
• Writing a Curriculum Vitae from the University of Virginia Career Services
• Curriculum Vitae Tips from Columbia University Center for Career Education
• "How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy" from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Writing the Teaching Statement from ScienceCareers.org
• Development of a Research Statement PowerPoint presentation from professor Armand R. Tanguay at University of Southern California
• Writing An Effective Research Statement PowerPoint presentation from University of Pennsylvania
• Writing a Research Plan ScienceCareers.org article by Jim Austin

Academic Job Postings

• Chronicle of Higher Education
• ScienceCareers.org
• Nature Jobs
• Academic Jobs in U.K.
• Times Higher Education Supplement (U.K. academic jobs)
• Education Jobs (U.K.)
• Academic 360 jobs in higher education
• Southern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

Teaching Opportunities

Many universities, community colleges, and learning centers in the San Diego area offer instructional opportunities for postdocs.  For more information, contact the individual learning institutions below:

• San Diego Centers for Education & Technology: 619-388-4880
• Miramar College: 858-536-7800
• City College: 619-388-3400
• Miracosta College: 760-757-2121
• Mesa College: 619-388-2600
• Palomar College: 760-744-1150
• Grossmont College: 619-644-7000
• Southwestern College: 619-421-6700
• Cuyamaca College: 619-660-4000
• San Diego State University: (619) 594-5200
• University of San Diego: (619) 260-4600
• University of California, San Diego: (858) 534-2230

Also, ScienceCareers has a helpful article about how postdocs can gain teaching experience Postdoctoral Teaching: Opportunities and Resources from ScienceCareers.org

Job Offers and Negotiation

• After the Offer, Before the Deal: Negotiating a First Academic Job by Chris M. Golde, appearing in Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors
• Academic Job Offers and Negotiation from the Graduate College Career Services Office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Landing an Academic Job: The Process and the Pitfalls by Jonathan A. Dantzig, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois
• Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide Website companion to the book by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
• Negotiation Resources from the American Phsysiological Society
• Evaluating and Negotiating Job Offers from Harvard University Office of Career Services

Oral Presentations

• Oral Presentation Advice for the academic interview
• The All-Important Research Talk: Learning How to Do It Better
• Your Dog and Pony Show: Presenting a Dynamite Public Lecture
• Transferably Yours: Powerful Presentations
• Make This the Year That You Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
• Overcoming Speaking Anxiety in Meetings and Presentations
• Dazzle 'em with Style: The Art of Oral Scientific Presentation
• Oral Presentation Advice
• Creating Scientific Slides (powerpoint w/ comments)
• Preparing an Oral Presentation
• Designing Effective Visuals