The World Wide Web is a great source for academic job listings. Academic positions are also listed in the publications of professional associations in your discipline. Many of the websites listed below also have listings for post-doctoral and administrative positions. Don't forget to check with your advisors for additional resources-- they're often the best source of inside knowledge on who's hiring.

Academic job ads are often the product of departmental wrangling and negotiation. As a result, they sometimes ask for an odd range of traits and competencies in a prospective candidate. How do you read a job ad to determine what the search committee is really looking for?

Featured Article: "What do Those Job Ads Really Say?" by Jean Dowdall. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Focuses on ads for two administrative positions, but shows you how to read a job ad carefully.

Websites with General Academic Listings

Chronicle of Higher Education
Non-subscribers only have access to last week's listings. If you would like to view this week's listings, you must subscribe to the Chronicle (i.e. pay).

Academic360
Links to academic job listings on the web. You can access the resources by individual institution, country ( U.S., Canada, Australia, UK and Republic of Ireland), discipline, or administrative function.

Academic Position Network
A smaller database of faculty and administrative positions.

Job Hunt
A general job search site with a section on academic jobs.

Higher Education Jobs
Over 600 listings of faculty and administrative jobs at the university level in the United States.

Northern California's Bay Area Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
Listings for faculty, staff, administrative and executive positions at colleges and universities in Northern California's Bay Area region.

Academic Jobs in the U.K.
Search for jobs by discipline or by academic institution.

The Guardian's (UK) Job Search Site
Search for academic positions by sector, job role, salary and/or location.

The Times Higher Education Supplement
Provides academic job listings in the UK from professors to librarians.

Nation Job Network
The employment website features a section on jobs in education: contains college and university listings (for faculty and administrative positions) as well as positions in secondary schools.

The University Job Bank
An online database of jobs in higher education, including faculty appointments, administration, and postdoc listings (through its sister website, post-docs.com).

Academic Careers Online
An online database of jobs in higher education, including faculty and administration listings.

CareerOne (Australia)
An database of jobs in Australia. Some academic jobs are listed. Search under "Education".

Braintrack (Worldwide)
An index of university and college websites around the world. Search for institutions of interest by geographic location, then peruse the websites for job postings.

Humanities & Social Sciences

H-Net
Lists jobs for Humanities and Social Science Ph.D.s.

Sciences

Phds.org
A list of academic job listings for sciences students. Both postdoctoral positions, research opportunities, and faculty appointments.

The Scientist
Job listings (faculty, post-doctoral fellowships, nonacademic research).

Science Magazine
Listings of post-doc positions, faculty positions, and non-academic jobs in the sciences. Search under "Science Careers."

Science's Next Wave
A subsidiary of Science, features "resources for the next generation of scientists," including job listings.

Sciencejobs.com
A site for jobseekers looking for the right position in bioscience. Publication: New Scientist

Discipline-specific listings

Journals, associations, and foundations in your discipline are often the best source of job listings in your field. See our guide to discipline-specific organizations.

Student Populations

Women in Higher Education
Listings for faculty and non-faculty positions at institutions of higher education around the U.S. The jobs listed are targeted for women, although not limited to female applicants.

Affirmative Action Registry
The National EEO Recruitment Publication. You can search for faculty and administrative positions at the university level, as well as those in the engineering, library sciences, research, and medical professions.