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Academic Job Market
For Humanities and Social Sciences Ph.D.'s

The Academic Job Search Handbook is available to current Penn doctoral students and current postdocs (who have been postdocs for at least one year) at Career Services at a reduced rate.

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NEW! How the Economy Will Affect Academic Hiring and University Life - notes from a talk by two Penn deans

Advice on Preparing Job Materials

Written Materials for the Academic Job Search - PowerPoint presentation from Career Services
Social Science or Humanities CV Template with Discussion - Sample from Career Services
Writing a Cover Letter - Advice from Purdue University
Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy - An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy - Advice from Ohio State
Sample Teaching Philosophies - from Penn's Center for Teaching and Learning
Your Teaching Portfolio - from Penn's Center for Teaching and Learning

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Advice on the Application Process, Interviewing and Negotiation

The Academic Job Interview
Preparing for the Conventions
Information about conference interviews from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Advice from your Peers
Preparing for Campus Interviews
Your Research Presentation (suggestions from Tomorrow's Professor)
Information about compensation from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Fiscal Realities
Postdocs for Humanists
General Principles for Responding to Academic Job Offers (see posting number 47)
Negotiating a Better Deal
Lessons Learned from a Successful Job Search
(More) Lessons Learned from an Academic Job Search
Understanding Tenure: a Program with Janice Bellace, Deputy Provost
Outcome Assessment: a Program by Robert Nelson

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Internet Resources

Resources for Identifying Job Opportunities
American Universities
International Opportunities
Community College Information
 
General Information
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Please note that The Chronicle has an excellent archive of articles on the job search)
Becoming a Successful Academic
Job Hunt: Academia
Preparing Future Faculty
Resources from the University of Washington, including discipline-specific sites
The Scholarly Societies Project
H-net.org: Sign up to receive job information on the "announcements" list
Social Science Research Network: Academic Job Announcements in a Variety of Fields

National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife
A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the US Junior Academic Job Market

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Balancing Work and Life

The Chronicle of Higher Education's Balancing Act archive
Eric Jenson's Resources for Academic Couples
University of Michigan's Dual Career Couples
Articles on balancing work and life from the American Association of University Professors

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Advice from Faculty & Professionals

Understanding Trends in Higher Education (slides and audio file)
Archive of Program Recordings, Transcripts and Notes

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