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IHS RESOURCES FOR THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET
Amanda BrandIHS Academic Placement
Officer
IHS Resources for the Academic Job Market
• Online Materials• Programs• Academic Advising • Placement Support• Other Resources
IHS Online Materials
• www.KosmosOnline.org• Career Development Webcasts• Career Guides• Graduate Student Newsletter
Kosmos Job Market Advice www.KosmosOnline.org
• Academic Job Market– Advice on networking, publishing, resume
building, cover letter writing, and interviewing
• Applying to Jobs and Interviewing: Advice for Graduate Students – Additional articles on CVs and resumes,
interviewing, job talks, and adjuncting
• Networking– Information on developing an elevator pitch,
creating an online presence, and branding yourself
• Academic Job Postings– Organized by discipline, updated periodically
Kosmos Job Market Advice www.KosmosOnline.org
• Job Market Podcasts– Dr. Steve Davies
• Selling Yourself• Jobs and Letters of Recommendation• The Job Interview
– Dr. Art Carden• What Should You Include on Your CV?
– Dr. Mike Munger• Advice on Achieving Tenure
– Josh Blackman• The Meet Market: Applying for a Legal Acad
emic Job
IHS Career Development Webcasts • Summer/fall schedule currently in development
– www.kosmosonline.org/onlineprogram/onlinegradprograms/
• Past job market webcasts – Entering the Academic Job Market (general and
discipline specific)– How to Enter the Legal Academic Job Market– Preparing Your CV for the Academic Job Market– Stand Out from the Crowd: How to Make the Right
Impression in Interviews– Tips for Successful Interviewing– Establishing an Online Presence– Mapping Your Career in Academia– Publishing in Economics (or Political Science, etc.)
IHS Career Guides
• Scaling the Ivory Tower: The Pursuit of an Academic Career– “Conducting the Job Search” (pp. 33-48)
• Discusses the “three ingredients of scholarly success,” research and publications, credentials, networks, dossier preparation, interviewing, and on-campus job talks
• Law School and Beyond: The IHS Guide to Careers in Legal Academia– “In Law School” (pp. 14-39), “After Law
School” (pp. 40-53), “The Job Market” (pp. 54-84), and Appendices (pp. 85-93)• Offers information on publishing, clerking, the
AALS process, conference interviews, campus visits, success factors in legal academia, and additional resources
IHS Graduate Student Newsletter
• Newsletter is emailed monthly (except during summer months)
• Each issue includes • information on IHS programs and
academic events• fellowships, jobs, and other
opportunities• conferences• additional resources• a list of new publications by IHS alumni
• You must sign up to receive it
IHS Graduate Student Newsletter Sign-up
IHS Programs
• Programs Involving Direct Job Market Support– Career Development Seminars– Scholarship & a Free Society Symposia– Hayek Fund for Scholars
• Programs Providing Indirect Support– Humane Studies Fellowship– Current Research Workshop– Liberty & the Art of Teaching Workshop
IHS Programs Providing Direct Job Market Support• Career Development Seminars
– Invitation-only events designed to help students think strategically about getting an academic job and advancing their research and teaching career
– Sessions on public speaking, interviewing, campus visits, and tenure
• Scholarship & a Free Society Symposia– Summer, colloquium-style conferences that combine faculty
lectures on cutting-edge research with participant research presentations and career development advice
– Sessions on CVs, networking, and publishing – Previous application deadline was 3/15/13
• Hayek Fund For Scholars– Provides grants of up to $750 for career-advancing activities
such as traveling to academic job interviews at professional conferences or on campus
– Application must be submitted four weeks in advance
IHS Programs Providing Indirect Job Market Support
• Humane Studies Fellowship– Awards of $2,000 to $15,000 to support
graduate study– Previous application deadline was 1/31/13
• Current Research Workshop– Online discussion of a working paper with
scholars in your field
• Liberty and the Art of Teaching Workshop– Weekend program focused on conveying best
practices, improving presentation skills, and discussing innovative teaching techniques
– Previous application deadline was 4/15/13
IHS Academic Advising• Who are the IHS program officers?
– Dr. Nigel Ashford, Political Science• [email protected]
– Dr. Bill Glod, Philosophy & Political Theory• [email protected]
– Jeanne Hoffman, Law• [email protected]
– Dr. Phil Magness, History & Policy• [email protected]
– Dr. Mario Villarreal-Diaz, Economics• [email protected]
• IHS also has distributed mentors
IHS Academic Advising
• How can the IHS program officers help you?– With your scholarship
• By providing connections to relevant books, articles, faculty, and graduate students
– With your career trajectory• By giving disciplinary advice on attending
conferences, where to publish your work, and teaching
– With your personal & intellectual development• By working with you to improve your skills writing
for academic publications, giving conference presentations, interviewing for jobs, and networking
IHS Placement Support• What kinds of support are available?
– Connections to job openings– Examples of dossier materials from successful job
applicants– Feedback on your dossier materials– Notification of faculty network members in
departments you apply to– Information on preparing for interviews– Mock job interviews– Potential connections to faculty or graduate students
at schools where you are interviewing/visiting
• How do you get support?– Contact me, the IHS Academic Placement Officer
• Amanda Brand, [email protected]
Other Resources
• Discipline Association Websites• Books on the Job Search
Process• Online Job Market Advice• University and Department
Websites for Candidates• Academic Job Listings
Discipline Association Websites• American Economics Association (AEA)
– Graduate Study in Economics Webpages– Job Openings for Economists (JOE)
• American Political Science Association (APSA)– Political Science Career Resources– eJobs
• American Philosophical Association (APA)– Jobs for Philosophers– Interfolio Dossier FAQs
• American Historical Association (AHA)– Quicklinks for Students– Jobs & Career Center
• Association of American Law Schools (AALS)– Faculty Recruitment
Books on the Job Search
• The Academic Job Search Handbook , by Julia Miller Vick & Jennifer Furlong, 4th ed., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
• Grad Skool Rulz: Everything You Need to Know about Academia from Admissions to Tenure, by Fabio Rojas, 2011 (ebook available from www.smashwords.com).
• On the Market: Strategies for a Successful Academic Job Search, by Sandra L. Barnes, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
• Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDs, by Kathryn Hume, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Online Job Market Advice
• Chronicle of Higher Education– First Time on the Market?–Manage Your Career– On Hiring (blog)– Careers Forum
• The Professor is In (blog)• Top of Academia (blog
aggregrator)• Academic Jobs Wiki
University and Department Websites for Candidates• Academic Job Search Resources - Yale Graduate
School• General Resources for the Academic Job Market -
Brown University• Tools for the Academic Job Search - Princeton
University• Academic Job Market Resources - University of
Pennsylvania• Academic Job Search Resources - Northwestern
University• Job Market Candidate Resources - Stanford
University, Department of Economics• Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teac
hing Law - University of Chicago School of Law (by Brian Leiter)
Academic Job Listings
• Discipline association websites– AEA Jobs for Economists (JOE)– APSA eJobs– APA Jobs for Philosophers– AHA Job Ads– AALS Faculty Recruitment
• Academic Jobs Wiki• Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)• Inside Higher Ed Jobs• H-Net Job Guide• Academic Keys• Jobs.ac.uk