Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Career Services
Academic Career Help
Our career coordinators provide one-on-one advising and workshops on the academic job search to complement the advice from your faculty advisor and other academic mentors. We can help you explore all aspects of the process from planning your search and pulling your application materials together to interviewing for and negotiating a position. However, since the academic job search process varies between disciplines, you should consult your faculty advisor for discipline-specific guidance.Topics:
Academic Job Search Process
CV & Cover Letters
Letters of Recommendation
Teaching Philosophy & Research Statements
Teaching Portfolios
Interview Process
Job Talk
Job Negotiation
Faculty Salaries
Finding a Postdoc Position
Dual Career Couples/Worklife Balance
General Sites
Academic Job Search Process
Landing an Academic Job: The Process, the Pitfalls- includes all aspects of the job search process including application process, the interview, negotiation, etc.
Tips for a Massive Academic Job Search - Ellen Spertus describes her successful job search as a graduate student.
How to Get a Teaching Job at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution- [PDF] by Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College
Applying for Academic Positions- from Tomorrow's Professor
Which Academic Institution is the Best Fit For Your Faculty Career?- We've contacted UCD alums who are now faculty members. Explore their online interviews to gain a better understanding of Research, Private, 4-Year Comprehensive and Community College faculty careers.
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Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letters:
C.V. Workshops Offered by the ICC this quarter.
C.V. Format and Examples- from the ICC Career Resource Manual
The Basics of Cover Letter Writing - for academic positions.
Academic Cover Letters-Purdue Online Writing Lab
Writing Academic Cover Letters
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Letters of Recommendation:
Interfolio Placement File/Dossier Service
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Teaching Philosophy and Research Statements:
Apply on Paper - Research Statements- Duke University
Writing a Research Plan- by Jim Austin from ScienceCareers.org
Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement - Ohio State University
How to Write a Teaching Statement-Instructional Development, UCSB
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Teaching Portfolios:
Creating a Teaching Portfolio - Teaching Center, Washington Univ., St. Louis
Teaching Portfolios- Instructional Development, UCSB
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The Academic Interview Process:
Campus Interviews
Conference Interviews - The First Interview - article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Questions One Should Be Prepared To Answer - List of questions for academic interviewees.
Academic Job Interview Advice
PhD Interview Preparation Guide- from Tomorrow's Professor
What Should You Wear? - Ms. Mentor article from the Chronicle of Higher Education
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The Academic Job Talk:
Tomorrow's Professor - Job Talk Tips.
The Art of the Job Talk by Prof Marilynn Johnson, illustrates the difference between a research talk and teaching demonstration.
Perfecting the Job Talk by UCD Professor John Eadie
Acing the Academic Job Talk - by Diane Manuel.
The Job Talk: Strategies for Success - Humanities professors discuss job talk strategies.
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Academic Job Negotiation:
After the Offer, Before the Deal: Negotiating a First Academic Job- by Chris M. Golde
General Principles for Responding to Academic Job Offers
Negotiating an Academic Job Offer by Corinne A. Marasco
The Right Start-Up Package
Nine Key Negotiating Points
The Right Start-Up Package for Beginning Science Professors
The B & B Primer on First Job Haggling
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Faculty Salaries:
Faculty Salary Survey
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Finding Postdoc Positions:
Finding the "Perfect Postdoc" For You - [PDF] by Carol L. Manahan
Finding a Postdoc Position and Getting the Most Out of It - (Powerpoint) by Dr. Carol Thornber
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Dual Career Couples/Worklife Balance:
Dual-Science-Career-Couples
Academic Worklife Balance
Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know
Geoscience Dual Career Couples
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
Resources for Academic Couples
Dual Career Couples
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General Sites:
Tomorrow's Professor - Contains archives of articles on all aspects of professional development for those entering academia.
Next Wave's Career Development Site - with information on career development for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members.
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