About the Market
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On the Market in a Recession
With so few faculty openings in so many fields, the basics of job hunting matter more than ever.
- How Academic Finances Affect the Job Market
Applying for Jobs
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Getting Psyched Up for the Market
Chances are, if you're planning to go on the market this year, you've already begun preparing for it, or at least started thinking about it.
- E-Application Etiquette
- What Small Colleges Really Want
- Applying for Jobs at Two-Year Colleges
- To Whom It May Concern: Reading Job Applications
- Am I My Vita?
- Just What Is a Dossier?
- What's Your Philosophy on Teaching, and Does it Matter?
- How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- Background Checks and Your Job Search
Great Colleges to Work For
Is your college a great place to work? The Chronicle will help you find out.
The CV Doctor
Last fall, our experts evaluated three faculty CV's -- one for a Ph.D. candidate in English, one for a Ph.D. in the history of medicine, and one for an Ed.D. in social work -- and the CV of a Ph.D. candidate seeking an administrative job in a teaching and learning center.
Coming soon: Our experts return with advice on preparing both strong academic CV's and résumés for nonacademic jobs.
Job-Seeking Experiences
Share your experiences and read about those of others in our Forums.
More Advice
Interviewing
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What Should You Wear?
Ms. Mentor comes to the aid of wardrobe-challenged academics.
- The Community-College Interview
- The Community-College Interview: What Not to Do
- The Campus Visit
- Preparing for the Conventions
- Ready for Round 2
- Asking the Right Questions
- The Academic Job Interview Revisited
- First-Interview Jitters
- 9 Good Openings
The Waiting Game
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Free Fall
Two job offers would seem an embarrassment of riches, except when you have to make a decision on the first with no assurance that the second will even be offered.
- Waiting for the Phone to Ring
- The Wait for a Community-College Job Offer
Negotiating
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The Womanly Art of Negotiation
The last thing she wanted to do was negotiate like a girl and accept a low-ball offer.
- Go Ahead, Haggle
- Negotiating a Better Deal
Coping With Rejection
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Thank You for Your Interest
A Ph.D. in history whose search for a tenure-track job came up short looks for some meaning in his rejection letters.
- Should I Ask Who Was Hired? ... and Other Questions From Readers
- Why Didn't I Get Hired?
- The Rhetoric of Rejection
- It's OK to Say No
- Some Reflection on Rejection
