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Resources for M.S. and Ph.D. Students

Positions in Academia

Application Process for PostDocs and Professorships

Applying for an Academic Position (Graduate Career Office)
Great insight on how the process of applying for a position in the sciences works at Dartmouth and at other institutions. Includes information on the "hidden" questions to ask during the process as well as the art of negotiating as you make decisions on how to handle offers.

Demystifying Academic Terminology and Position Descriptions
This two-part series from the career advice section of the Chronicle of Higher Education (also known as The Chronicle), explains common academic acronyms and phrases that you'll be expected to understand.
- Learning the Lingo Part I
- Learning the Lingo Part II

Landing an Academic Position: The Process and the Pitfalls (PDF)
From how to develop your CV and summary of teaching philosophy, to how to prepare for an interview and what to wear...a thorough guide to applying for faculty positions. Developed by Professor John Danzig of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.

Advice on Working in Academia and Evaluating Potential Employers

Obtaining Employment
A comprehensive listing of on-line resources from general advice columns and job search strategies to on-line bulletin boards and communities for support and networking. From the University of Washington.
ChronicleCareers offers terrific resources and advice columns.

Academic position Listings

This is a small sampling of online position listings for engineering. Searching websites of professional associations and other discipline specific resources may yield additional results for your field of interest.

Academic Keys In addition to position listings, this site contains information about funding resources, conferences, and professional associations.
Academic Careers Online
More academic job postings.
American Society for Engineering Education
Site visitors may view positions from current issue of Prism magazine, the ASEE's membership magazine.
Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network
For position listings, select "Browse Jobs," then "Faculty/Research" positions in "Science and Technology." Note that as with many internet-based searches, searching on a broad category area—i.e. Engineering—will yield greater results than a narrowly-defined search.
Faculty for the Future
Hosted by the College of Engineering at Penn State, the mission of this site is to link women and under-represented minority candidates from engineering, science and business with faculty and research positions at universities across the country.
PhDs.Org
newscientistjobs.com/
Search hundreds of jobs in science and technology

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Positions in Industry

Job Searching for a Non-Academic Job (Graduate Career Office)
Helpful information on strategy and approach for applying for industry positions.
Interviewing for a Non-Academic Job (Graduate Career Office)
Great resource that will help you to successfully prepare for job interviews
Beyond the Ivory Tower
From the Chronicle, advice on how to transfer your academic and research experience into industry.
Resources for Searching for Non-Academic Positions
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, a helpful index of associations, links
newscientistjobs.com
Search hundreds of jobs in science and technology