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MLA Information for Job Candidates
Academic Job Checklist by Mary Corbin SiesAcademic Job Advice by Mary Corbin Sies
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Career Network Lots of academic career resources.English Department Home Pages WorldwideTexas A&M English Graduate Placement InformationPreparing Future Faculty "a [US] national network of academic leaders reshaping graduate education to include preparation for the full range of faculty roles subsumed by the terms teaching, research, and service."Career Development Centre for Post-Docs & Junior Faculty This is a science site, but it's got lots of advice, articles, and bibliographical resources on post-doctoral issues, grants, professional development, job hunting and tenure that apply across the disciplines.
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The Step-by-Step Creation of a Teaching Dossier Dalhousie University, Office of Instructional Development and Technology. Also see the OIDT essay on Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement, and the hard-copy guide, Recording Teaching Accomplishment (the latter available from the OIDT).Developing a Teaching Portfolio from University of Washington.Academic Job Interview Questions by Mary Corbin SiesThe Academic Job Interview by Michael Gamer
Interviewing at the MLA Convention by M. Ives, with help from S. Gladden,B. Jackson, and J. Castro, Texas A&M UAfter the Offer, Before the Deal Negotiating the First Academic Job from Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors.
Post-graduate Research & ScholarshipsSocial Sciences and Humanities Research CouncilUniversity of Waterloo Scholarship Information File This database may be searched by keyword in several different categories (e.g.., name,agency, discipline, place).
Association of Universities and Colleges Scholarships, Exchanges & ProgramsInternational Education and Academic Relations Department of Foreign Affairs & International TradeHumanities and Social Sciences Federation of CanadaOntario Councilon Graduate StudiesCornell University Fellowships and Financial Aid Page
 PhD's Beyond Academia
Sellout A resource for PhDs considering careers beyond the university, produced by Mark Johnson, an English literature PhD who works in the software industry.Article son Careers Beyond the Academy An excellent list fromSellout.Beyond the Ivory Tower Useful articles from The Chronicle of Higher EducationThe Escape Pod for Humanities PhDs: Finding a Good Job Outside AcademeThis valuable site gives practical advice, models, skills.
A Yellow Wood: Diverging Career Paths for Humanities PhDs U CA Santa BarbaraMyth-busters from So What Are You Going to Do with That?Promising Job Markets for PhDs in the HumanitiesOut of Academia Why do we think that PhD's are only good for making someone into a professor? By Annalee Newitz, from Salon.com
Four steps to succeeding outside the ivory tower A former academic offers lessons in joining "real world." By Jennifer Stone Gonzalez of Salon.comThe Humanities at Work: The Doctorate Beyond the Academy The [US] Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship FoundationThe Humanities PhD and Careers Outside the Academy A Selected Reading ListRe-envisioning the PhD This project poses the question, "How can were-envision the PhD to meet the needs of the society of the 21st century?" an is developing several ways to effect a [US] national dialogue to contribute to the answer. This site includes a page on PhD Career Resources and PhD Career Resources: Publications.
Note: Don't forget to check job advertisements listed under Women's Studies, Canadian Studies, Medieval Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing and Rhetoric, etc., as applicable.
ACCUTE Job List (Canadian):
(Other) Canadian Lists
Canadian Association of University Teachers Bulletin Online: Careers
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada University Affairs Campus Network
Association of Canadian Community Colleges Check out the "Opportunities"section, under "Forum."
American ListsHigher Ed Jobs This site includes info for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc.
Modern Language AssociationAcademic 360: Jobs in Higher EducationAssociation of Departmentsof English This site gives passworded access to the MLA Job List, an essential resource for jobs in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, etc. Graduate students should contact their home departments fortheir departmental code and password.Chronicle of Higher Education Job Ads A valuable site with job announcements, advice, and articles on academic careers. This site nowallows you to sign up to receive notification by e-mail that they have new jobs in your field.Higher Education Jobs On-LineWomen's Studies Employment
The H-Net Job Guide Listings of Jobs in History, Social Sciences, Rhetoric and Communications
Academic Keys lists Jobs in different academic disciplines
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& Commonwealth ListsAssociation of Commonwealth Universities Jobs
www.jobs.ac.uk Research,Science, Academic, Teaching and Management jobs and studentships in the public and private sector.
Campus Review (Australia/NZ)
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A Yellow Wood: The Current and Future State of the [US Academic] Job MarketSurvey on Doctoral Education and Career PreparationWorkPlace: the journal of academic labour
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