Academic Careers
Searching for and landing an academic teaching job is somewhat different from looking for a job in the corporate or not-for-profit sectors. Available positions are posted in specialized scholarly periodicals, application materials are usually different and specific to academic disciplines, and the screening and interview process differs from those outside academe.
The Graduate College Career Services Office has developed online resources to aid graduate students with the academic job search process. These materials specifically address the quest for permanent, tenure track teaching positions in colleges and universities granting the bachelor's degree and higher. Individuals in search of postdoctoral fellowships or adjunct teaching positions may also benefit from this information, as many of the practices and procedures are the same. However, this information provided here cannot replace the expertise provided to graduate students by their individual departments and is intended only as a generalized overview of the academic job search process. Practices vary widely by discipline, and common protocols in one field of study may be unheard of within another. Students are urged to work closely with their departments when applying for academic jobs.