News
Events
VideoResources for M.S. and Ph.D. Students
Positions in Academia
Application Process for PostDocs and Professorships
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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.
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.
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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. -
ChronicleCareers
Offers academic job postings, as well as terrific resources and advice columns. -
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. -
newscientistjobs.com
Search hundreds of jobs in science and technology
Positions in Industry
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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)
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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
Further Resources
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University of Washington Graduate Student Resources
This site contains a wealth of information and support designed to help you successfully complete your degree program. -
MentorNet
A formal email-based mentoring program designed to partner undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and untenured faculty in engineering, science and mathematics with experienced professionals in their fields. MentorNet is open to all Dartmouth and Thayer students. -
PhDs.org
Originally created by Geoff Davis, a former Assistant Professor in Dartmouth's Math Department, PhDs.org contains Science, Math and Engineering Career Resources.