The Academic Job Search

The Process: wonderful web-resource on the academic job search in STEM disciplines

Excellent article by Jonathan A. Dantzig entitled "Landing an Academic Job:  The Process and the Pitfalls" that very accurately describes the academic job search in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  Last updated June 23, 2004.

Avail. at URL:  http://quattro.me.uiuc.edu/~jon/ACAJOB/Latex2e/academic_job/academic_job.html

What Not To Do on the Academic Job Search If You Want an Academic Job

How to Be Your Own Worst Enemy

This 2001 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education provides some useful examples of what not-to-do when looking for an academic job. 

Avail. at URL:  http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/02/2001022301c.htm

Those Not Hired - Who are they?

A 2002 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education providing a Dean's perspective and advice on what you shouldn't do if you really want the job. 

Avail. at URL:  http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/02/2002021201c.htm

Search Committee Mistakes

Getting an academic job isn't a one-sided process.  Too often applicants forget that that search committees are constituted from fallible human beings. This Chronicle of Higher Education column from 2001 provides some useful advice on common errors that search committees make during the search process. 

Avail. at URL:  http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/05/2001051801c.htm

Salaries - What Am I Worth?

Annually the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) surveys more than 1000 academic institutions nationwide and publishes a web-based database of the average salaries in various disciplines and academic ranks at these institutions.  Data originally published April 23, 2004.

Avail. at URL:  http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/