Web Resources

Career Planning Resources

"Common Job-Hunting Blunders" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2005/10/2005102801c.htm Advice to job seekers based on blunders commonly made by PhDs on the non-academic job market.	"Speak Up, Shake Hands, and Smile" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2005/09/2005093001c.htm Advice for graduate students seeking careers outside of academia.
"But I have No Skills” www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2005/08/2005081801c.htm How to translate your academic skills into assets on the non-academic job search.	"From CV to Resume" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2004/12/2004121701c.htm How to turn your academic CV into a resume for non-academic jobs.
"'What Else Can I Do?' And Other Frequent Questions" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2003/06/2003062701c.htm Answers to some frequently-asked questions as they shift to the non-academic job market.	"How to Do What You Love" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2002/11/2002110401c.htm Advice on how to find the right job for you outside of academia.
"How to Get Started as a Freelancer" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2002/08/2002080201c.htm Information on what it is and how to do it.	"The One-Year Plan" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2001/11/2001110201c.htm Advice on how to use the last year of graduate school wisely as you finish your dissertation and take on a job search at the same time.
"Careers for Ph.D.'s in the Association World" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2001/07/2001070603c.htm	"Careers for Ph.D.'s in the Nonprofit World" www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2000/09/2000091501c.htm
So What Are You Going to Do With That? A Guide to Career-Changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001) by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius.

Job Search Resources

Best Jobs USA

www.bestjobsusa.com

Career.com

www.career.com

Affirmative Action Register

www.aarjobs.com
Career listings from progressive businesses and institutions looking for a diverse pool of applicants.

Careerjet

www.careerjet.com

CareerBuilder

www.careerbuilder.com
US, Canadian, and international jobs, and career advice resources.

Monster

www.monster.com
US and international jobs.

www.careerresource.net
Academic and non-academic positions in higher education. Connects to employer job sites; commercial job databases; professional, nonprofit, and government organizations; and career-services sites at institutions around the globe.

Careermag.com

www.careermag.com

The Employment Spot

www.employmentspot.com
Offers a wide range of career-related resource links.

flipdog.com

www.flipdog.com
Job database searchable by occupation, city, or state.

Career One Stop

www.acinet.org
A U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals.

Career Resource Homepage

Occupational Outlook Handbook (US Dept. of Labor)

www.bls.gov/oco/
This online handbook provides information on specific occupations, such as the training and education each requires, salaries, and job prospects.

O*NET OnLine

online.onetcenter.org
Designed by the US Department of Labor to allow users to search for occupations by skills and to learn about requirements of occupations.

CareerSite.com

www.careersite.com
Job listings, advise, company profiles, and career resources.

Career Voyages

www.careervoyages.gov
Great for exploring career options and job market trends

Craigslist

www.craigslist.org
Jobs, housing, and other info by US city.

Global Careers

www.globalcareers.com
Provides a wide variety of services to job seekers.

Indeed

www.indeed.com
A powerful employment search engine that searches other engines.

Job Bank USA

www.jobbankusa.com

Job Hunt

Jobweb

www.jobweb.com
Job search and career planning guidance, information about majors and careers, and links to career exploration resources from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

NationJob Network/Personal Job Scout

www.nationjob.com
Job listings by industry, region, and salary range. Notification by e-mail of new job descriptions fitting your profile.

www.job-hunt.org
Online job search guide and resource directory.

Job Hunter's Bible (What Color is Your Parachute?)

www.jobhuntersbible.com
Tips for job hunting from the author of What Color is Your Parachute?

The Riley Guide

www.rileyguide.com
Career and occupational guides, choosing a career path and managing your career, with links to self-assessment resources.

True Careers

www.truecareers.com
Links to 27,000 companies searchable by state and industry. Offers great industry overviews and profiles.

Vault Reports

(via CCS library site)
News, career profiles, and company assessments, plus job postings concentrating on the business and financial world. Company assessments are provided through insider interviews.

Wall Street Journal Career Resources

careers.wsj.com
Articles on labor market trends.

snagajob.com

www.nowhiring.com/candidate/candquicksearch.html
Search for jobs by state and city.

WetFeet.com

www.wetfeet.com
Career profiles, employer interviews, salary estimates, and full-time and internship job postings. Company profiles are provided by the companies themselves as part of their membership package.

Yahoo Hot Jobs

hotjobs.yahoo.com
Search for jobs by location, company, or other criteria. Also include career advice and other information.

Note: consider making site name the link instead of site name and then www link to website.

Academic Career Resources

Academic 360

www.academic360.com

A meta-collection of Internet resources for the academic job hunter, including links to faculty, staff, and administrative job announcements.

Chronicle of Higher Education

www.chronicle.com/jobs
Search for academic jobs by position type, discipline, state, or institution. Also provides career advice, tools, and resources as well as employer profiles.

Academic Careers

www.academiccareers.com

A global academic job site for teaching jobs, education jobs, research jobs, and professional jobs in education and academia.

American Association of Community Colleges Career Center

http://www.aacc.nche.edu

A comprehensive database of community college job opportunities that allows you to search for jobs around the country and post your resume for prospective employers.

Academic Employment Network

www.academploy.com
Search for teaching jobs in schools and universities across the country.

PhDs.org

www.phds.org
Contains a jobs database and career resources.

Times Higher Education

www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
Higher education jobs, news and resources for university professionals in teaching and research around the world.

Tomorrow's Professor Newsletter

Tomorrows-Professor eNewlsetter posts twice weekly, usually on Monday and Thursday mornings, Pacific Standard Time. The eNewsletter seeks to foster a diverse, world-wide teaching and learning ecology among its over 40,000 subscribers at over 700 institutions and organizations in over 100 countries around the world. To date there have been over 1100 postings under the following categories:

Tomorrow's Academy
Tomorrow's Graduate Students and Postdocs
Tomorrow's Academic Careers
Tomorrow's Teaching and Learning
Tomorrow's Research

For mroe information:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Tomprof/index.shtml

Note: consider making site name the link instead of site name and then www link to website.

Non-Faculty Academic Career Resources

University administration job database

www.chronicle.com/jobs/300/

"A 'Non-Academic' Career in Academe"

www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2005/06/2005062001c.htm
A university administrator with a Ph.D. discusses her experience working in a non-tenure-track position.

"Switching Sides"

www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/02/2006020901c.htm
Two career counselors discuss non-teaching job options for Ph.D.s at universities

"The University as a Nonacademic Employer"

www.chronicle.com/jobs/news/2003/04/2003042301c.htm
Options and advice for PhDs who are considering non-faculty university jobs.

Humanities Career Resources

Hosted by Notre Dame, this site contains a range of alternative career options and job search resources for those trained in Art History.

The Linguist List

linguistlist.org/jobs/
Hosted by Eastern Michigan University, the Linguist List is a premier source for information on academic and professional positions for linguists.

Beyond Academe

www.beyondacademe.com

Geared toward historians, but contains useful information for a wide audience, this site contains career and professional development advice for all stages through the job search process.

Epistemelinks

www.epistemelinks.com
Career website links for philosophers.

American Philological Association Job Postings for Classicists and Archaeologists

www.apaclassics.org

Additional Resources:

Hume, Kathryn. 2005. Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities Ph.D.s. Palgrave Macmillan

International Career Resources

4International Careers & Jobs

www.4icj.com/reviews/index0002.htm
An extensive directory of international career and job sites, including student internship/exchange programs.

BUNAC

www.bunac.org
Provides students with short-term work visas for the United Kingdom. Travel and work-abroad programs.

Fulbright Scholarships and Teaching Programs

www.iie.org

Information on exchange programs for teaching, study, or research for graduate students and alumni.

Global Volunteer Network

www.volunteer.org.nz
Offers volunteer service and community project opportunities throughout the world.

International Public Affairs & Government Relations Jobs

www.publicaffairsjobs.com

JET Programme

www.jetprogramme.org

Teach English in Japan.

Job Vacancies at International Organizations

www.intjobs.org

Peace Corps

www.peacecorps.gov

Two-year volunteer opportunities around the world.

Overseas Jobs

www.overseasjobs.com

Provides links to resources on international careers, information on job openings overseas, and a job and career guide.

Projects Abroad

www.projects-abroad.org

Opportunities to combine travel and work experience. Find volunteer projects and internships abroad.

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships

www.rotary.org

Support for graduate students and alumni/professionals as well as high school and undergraduate students. Site includes applications, which are submitted through local Rotary Clubs, and a list of Rotary Clubs worldwide.

Transitions Abroad

www.transitionsabroad.com

A complete online resource to finding work opportunities overseas.

University of Michigan Work Abroad Page

internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/

The definitive international opportunities website. Vast resources and excellent advice.

Volunteers for Peace

www.vfp.org

Woodrow Wilson International Fellowship Foundation

www.woodrow.org

Multi-year scholarship-internship programs for students-especially women and minorities-interested in careers in international affairs.

WorldTeach

www.worldteach.org

One-year volunteer opportunities around the world to teach English or, in certain countries, math, science, computer skills, or HIV/AIDS awareness.

General Social Sciences Career Resources

Government Job Search in the Social Sciences

www.federaljobsearch.com/social_sciences.asp?cid=0&tid=9

The Riley Guide Social Sciences Page

www.rileyguide.com/social.html

Humanities and Social Sciences Online

www.h-net.org/jobs/search.php

Academic Keys for Social Sciences

socialsciences.academickeys.com/seeker_job.php

Sociology:

America Sociology Association Careers and Jobs

www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/careers_and_jobs/careers_and_jobs_home

Psychology:

Online Psychology Career Center

www.socialpsychology.org/career.htm

Phd.org psychology job listings

jobs.phds.org/psychology-jobs

Economics:

National Economic Association Job Bulletin

www.neaecon.org/12009.htm
The NEA promotes the professional development of minorities in economics. Their website contains profiles of minorities in the professions, resources for job seekers, and job listings in their quarterly job bulletin.

American Economic Association's (JOE) site

www.aeaweb.org/joe/index.php

PhD.org economics, business and finance job listing

jobs.phds.org/business

Communication:

"Communicating the PhD Experience: Communication PhDs 5+ Years after Graduation"

depts.washington.edu/cirgeweb/c/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/communication-paper-july-7.pdf