There is much you can do while still in graduate school or during a post-doc to position yourself for success on the market. The following resources provide valuable advice to help you identify what it is you should be doing now to prepare for your eventual candidacy on the academic or industry market, as well as posting jobs so you may see where openings may be in your field. Graduate students also have access to resources and job postings in Handshake.
For All Fields
Job listings for a wide variety of specialties can be found on the following sites:
- New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
- HigherEd360 (formerly Academic360)
- Chronicle Vitae
- Academic Careers Online
- PostdocJobs
- HigherEdJobs
For Humanists and Social Scientists
These site specialize in job postings specifically in social sciences:
- Academic Job Application Checklist
- American Historical Association
- Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-Net)
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
For Scientists and Engineers
Math, science and engineering specialties are the focus of these sites:
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- NIH OITE Career Services
- Science Magazine Careers and Career Basics
- American Chemical Society
- Chemical and Engineering News
- BioSpace - Biotech, Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical News and Jobs
- American Mathematical Society
- Mathematical Association of America
- American Statistical Association
- Physics World
- PhysLink - Physics, Engineering, Astronomy
- Nature