We've surveyed the literature on the academic job search, and these resources are the most useful to consult when embarking on an academic job search. We've included websites that offer news and advice on the academic job market, the websites of other universities' career centers, and the best print resources for the academic job search.

Online Sources for News and Advice

PhDs.org
Although this site is targeted towards sciences Ph.D.s, don't be fooled. Contains a great deal of information useful to all Ph.D.s, including those in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network
Useful articles and advice on the academic job search.

Science's Next Wave
Articles on the job market, faculty issues, and general job search advice.

Balancing Family and your Academic Career
Our new web page with links to online resources with advice about the two-body academic job search as well as how to juggle family and your academic career.

The Successful Academic
Offers coaching services, advice and resources for graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty. Includes specific advice for new junior faculty members such as teaching well, finding social support, avoiding burnout, making a six-year plan and more.

Highly Recommended University Career Services Websites

These websites also offer other perspectives on the academic job search. Thanks to our colleagues around the country!

University of California, Berkeley Career Services
An excellent resource! Chatty, useful career advice for graduate students
beginning in their second year of study and extending to the transition between graduate student and assistant professor.

University of Pennsylvania Career Services
A wealth of advice on the academic job search. Click on the section for "Graduate/ Professional Students."

University of Chicago
General advice on the academic job search, as well as links to job listings on the web. Contains a downloadable guide to the academic job search, including how to look for openings and research institutions.

The University of Michigan's Career Planning and Placement Office
A great overview of the academic job search process: a general timeline, the transcript of a symposium addressing the topic "Are You Job-Search Ready?," and more. The site also features links to resources on assembling your application.

Print Resources

All of the following titles are available in the Career Services library in Pembroke Hall.

General advice on the academic job search

The Academic Job Search Handbook by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick. 3rd edition. ( University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.)

Cracking the Academia Nut: A Guide to Preparing for Your Academic Career by Margaret L. Newhouse. (FAS Harvard University, 1997.)

The Academic's Handbook edited by A. Leigh Deneef and Craufurd D. Goodwin. (Duke University Press, 1995.)

The Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates by Dawn M. Formo and Cheryl Reed. (Stylus Publishing, 1999.)

Finding an Academic Job by Karen Sowers-Hoag and Dianne F. Harrison. (Sage Publications, 1998.)

The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor by R. McLaran Sawyer, Keith W. Prichard, and Karl D. Hostetler. (Peter Lang, 1992.)

On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Search edited by Christina Boufis and Victoria C. Olsen. (Riverhead Books, 1997.)

The MLA Guide to the Job Search by English Showalter, Howard Figler, Lori G. Kletzer, Jack H. Schuster, and Seth R. Katz. (Modern Language Association of America, 1996.)

The Higher Education Job Search: A Guide for Prospective Faculty Members by the American Association for Employment in Education. (AAEE, 1997.)

CV Guides

How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae by Acy L. Jackson. (VGM Career Horizons/NTC Publishing Group, 1997.)

The CV Binder. Don't reinvent the wheel! See how Brown Graduate Students have organized and formatted their CVs. Available in the Career Services Library.

For women in academia:

Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia by Emily Toth. (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.)

Career Strategies for Women in Academe edited by Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina. (Sage Publications, 1998.)

For academic couples

Academic Couples: Problems and Promises edited by Marianne A. Ferber and Jane W. Loeb. (University of Illinois Press, 1997.)

Brown University Career Services Tipsheet: "Academic Couples"
Available in PDF format.

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