Trying to find a job in academia is an incredibly daunting task.  The purpose of this page is to help make that process a little easier.  While the material is primarily tailored to aid in job searches in psychology, much of the information is also applicable to job searches in other disciplines.  Good luck!

• The Chronicle of Higher Education--  Excellent place to look for jobs if you're particularly interested in teaching at the undergraduate level.  Updated weekly.  Last weeks job postings are free.  Postings for the current week are for subscribers only.

• The APS Observer -- Excellent source for job postings in all areas of psychology.  Updated monthly. 

• The APA Monitor -- Another excellent source for job postings in psychology.  Updated monthly.

• University Job Bank -- Provides job information including faculty/staff positions in hundreds of universities/colleges. You can also post your vita here for the world to see.

• HigherEdJobs.com -- Posts openings for faculty, adminstrative/staff, executive positions, and part-time/adjunct positions in academia.

• IMDiversity Career Center -- Provides minority professionals with comprehensive job searching and career development tools.

• Women in Higher Education -- Announcements from schools actively seeking qualified female candidates for administrative and faculty positions.

• Research Society on Alcoholism Jobs Page -- Great place to look for predoc, postdoc, and faculty positions in the alcohol field.

• Society for Neuroscience Classifieds -- Great resource for finding post-docs and academic positions in neuroscience.

• E-leads: Employment Leads for Liberal Arts Students -- A unique job search engine.  Provides information regarding a wide range of position openings, including non-profit or volunteer opportunities.

• Science Professional Network -- Jobs in science.  The site posts positions in both academia and industry.

• The BioCareer Center --  If you're thinking about pursuing a research position in industry (e.g., at a pharmaceutical company), this appears to be a good place to visit.  The main page has a drop-down menu displaying the companies at which jobs are currently available.  I noticed a number of post-docs available in addition to permanent jobs.

• American Association of Community Colleges Careerline -- Faculty positions in all fields at community colleges.

• NationJob: Education-- This site posts job openings at all levels of education -- from high school wrestling coach to tenure-track Assistant Professor.

• Psychwatch Job Listings Page -- Posts ads for a wide variety of positions in academia and mental health.  Lists openings for post-docs, counselors, techniciains, professors, and more.  Even has a positions sought page, which allows job seekers to post a description of the position they're looking for -- free of charge!

• Academic Position Network -- Relatively small number of postings for positions in higher education.

• New Scientist Jobs -- Posts international positions in science.  Not bad, but a relatively small number of postings.  Maintained by the weekly science magazine, New Scientist, which is a fantastic magazine and completely free online.

• Nature Online Job Search Page -- Let's you post your resume and search for jobs in academia and industry.  The database includes openings for post-docs, faculty, editorial staff, technicians, researchers in industry, sales and marketing, and many others.  If you post your resume, you can apply for many of the positions online.

• Social Service/Social Work Jobs -- Tons of listings for jobs in mental health outside of the academic setting.

• NIH Employment and Research Opportunities --  Postdoctoral and other position openings at the National Institutes of Health.  Includes links to sites that post openings at other government agencies.

• Psychology Specific Job Sites from PsychNet-UK -- A nice list of links to sites that post positions in psychology both inside and outside of the US.

• Online Psychology Career Center -- Provides links to numerous sites that post job openings.  Read more about this awesome site below.

• Academic 360.com -- (Used to be "Jobs in Higher Education').  Tons of good information for finding a job in just about every discipline you can imagine.  This is probably the first place I would go to if you're looking for an academic position.  Includes an impressive list of links to Human Resources offices at colleges and universities across the country.

• Job Hunt: Academia -- List of links to a fair number of sites that post jobs in academia.

• CyberPsychLink - Grant and Job Info -- Appears to be a good resource, though I haven't checked it out thoroughly.  Maintained by someone at the University of  Missouri Kansas City.

• PsycCAREERS.com-- Maintained by the American Psychological Association.  Here you can submit an online resume that will be added to a database.  Employers can search the database to find potential employees.  This service is absolutely free to job-seekers!!!  One nice thing about the service, other than being absolutely free, is that you will be notified by e-mail whenever an employer looks at your resume for any reason.  Did I mention that this service costs you a grand total of exactly $0.00?

• Nature Online Job Search Page -- Fantastic site!  Let's you post your resume and search for jobs in academia and industry.  The database includes openings for post-docs, faculty, editorial staff, technicians, researchers in industry, sales and marketing, and many others.  If you post your resume, you can apply for many of the positions online!

• University Job Bank -- Provides job information including faculty/staff positions in hundreds of universities/colleges. You can also post your vita here for the world to see.

• Faculty salaries -- See what faculty members earn at the schools where you're thinking of applying.  The site gives salaries by rank at more than 1400 schools for the 2000-2001 school year and over 1700 schools for the 1999-2000 school year.  Even though the data are a few years old, they will give you an idea of the relative pay at various schools.

• U.S. News 2003 College Rankings -- A great source for quick stats about the schools to which you're thinking of applying.  There's an option that allows you to compare mulitple schools with regard to important stats (e.g., freshman retention rates, SAT scores of incoming students, faculty/student ratios, etc.)

• Cost of Living Calculator -- Compare the cost of living in various cities.  Very handy when you're trying to decide if you'll be able to survive on a post-doc or assistant professor salary!

• City Reports -- A quick way to get information about cities.  There is a city comparison option that allows you to see how cities compare to each other with regard to crime rates, pollution indices, median income, median education level, etc.

• Online Psychology Career Center --  This site is pretty impressive.  It provides information and links to information regarding how to prepare a vita, right cover letters, prepare for interviews, etc.  It also provides links to lots of sites that post jobs.  If you're looking for a job in psychology, this is a great site to visit.  Maintained by the Social Psychology Network.

• Science's Next Wave Career Development Center -- Provides career development advice for post-docs and junior faculty.  Covers topics including how to find funding, how to get jobs, getting tenure, etc.  Some of the information on the site is free to everyone, but getting access to other parts of the site requires a membership.

• Landing a Job at a Liberal Arts School -- Advice for how to apply for a position at a small liberal arts institution.

• The Teaching Portfolio -- Step by step advice for preparing your teaching portfolio.  Includes a few examples.  Very good resource.

• Writing Your Vita -- Suggestions for how to craft a vita.  I don't particularly like the layout that they suggest, but it offers one take on what a vita should include.

• Psychology Job and Earnings Outlook -- Provides a summary of recent data collected by the APA regarding employment and pay for people with advanced degrees in psychology.  The full report of the 1998-99 APA salary survey can be found here.

• College Source Online --Provides cover to cover catalogs for almost 11,000 colleges and universities!  For free!  Great information to have when working on an application for an academic position.  You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the catalogs.

• My advice to graduate students -- Just a little spiel I whipped up to help keep you focused and motivated.

• COS Funding Search Engine -- A fantastic way to see what kinds of funding opportunities are out there to support your research, whether you're a graduate student, post-doc, or faculty member.  Maintained by Community of Science, Inc.

• GrantsNet -- A grant search engine provided by the American Association for the Advancment of Science.  Free registration.  The site is primarily for people looking for funding in biomedical fields, including neuroscience.  Not the most user friendly site out there.

• APA Dissertation Research Award -- $1000 award to help support dissertation research.  50 awards are given out annually.  Your proposal must be approved before applying for the award.  A student must be nominated by the department, so print out the information and get your chair to nominate you for the award!!!  The deadline is in September of each year.