Career Resources
Job Search Resources for Graduate Students/Postdocs
Job Search Sites
Academic Jobs Wiki: Many useful resources for both academic and beyond jobs for PhDs and real stories posted by PhDs
Academic Jobs Online: Discipline-specific academic jobs with other advanced search functions
Academic Careers: Worldwide university jobs including academic and administrative jobs
UniJobs: Higher ed jobs from around the world including the US, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and the United Arab Emirates
NeuroRumblr: Neuroscience academic positions (e.g., faculty, postdocs)
FindAPostDoc: Worldwide postdoc openings
EconJobMarket & American Economic Association Job Listings: Career opportunities including tenure-track jobs for Economic PhDs
Jobs.MyScience: Worldwide job openings for researchers and scientists (all disciplines, but mainly focuses on science)
H Net Online: For both humanities and social sciences academic jobs
NatureScience: STEM jobs from around the world
HigherEdJobs: Higher ed jobs categorized by faculty and administrative careers
ProFellow: Over 1000 academic and professional fellowships
InsideHigherEd: Disciplines specific higher ed jobs using search functions
Academicgates: Worldwide academic jobs for research communities
HiBrain (South Korea): Faculty, researcher, and administrator positions from universities in South Korea
Idealist: Non-profit jobs
USAjobs: Government jobs
Job Search or Career Exploration Resources
ImaginePhD: A free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoc in the humanities and social sciences
MyIDP: A free career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdocs in the sciences
ChemIDP: A free career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdocs in chemical sciences
Guidestar, Non-profit organizations Database to develop your target non-profit list
Think Tank Index Reports to explore/develop your target think tanks list
List of All Federal Departments & Agencies to explore/develop your target government agencies
InterSECT Job Simulations: Online career exploration platform by using job simulation exercises
MLA Connected Academics: Career exploration resources for PhD students in language and literature, but applicable to humanities or social science students
Using GoogleDoc Spreadsheet or e-Folders for your job search by “You On The Market”
Scarlet Chen's Blog, "My Journey from Econ PhD to Tech": Dr. Chen writes her job search journey to guide others who are interested in career transition to Tech.
Directoryofassociations.com: Find professional associations in your field
Impact of Covid-19 on the Academic Job Market in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: Worldwide trends & information
Academia Stack Exchange: A Q&A site for academics, staff, and students in higher education
Ask Up: Authors Seeking Knowledge from University Presses: Various resources and advice on how to publish books via university presses.
Layoffs.fyi: Track tech companies with layoffs since COVID-19, which could be useful to restrategize your target employer search (mainly for tech)
Advice & Resources for Job Offer Negotiation
ADP Payroll Calculator: Calculate your direct deposit after taxes
Glassdoor, Salary.com, PayScale, IndeedSalary: Calculate and discover salaries. You can also compare people with the similar job title in the same company or the same city.
Levels.fyi and comprehensive: Salary comparison and compensation insights in Tech companies
Salary.com, SmartAssest, NerdWallet: Calculate the cost of living to ensure your salary helps you maintain or improve your current standard of living
How to Negotiate Salary: 37 Tips You Need to Know by The Muse
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer by Harvard Business Review
PhD Career Outcomes/Trends Resources
Modern Language Association (MLA) Job Information List (JIL): Academic job trends and insights by year based on job openings posted on its website. Data are broken out by English and languages other than English
PDFs of the MLA Job Information List: All the job po2stings posted in each academic year
Reports on the MLA Job Information List: Each academic year, MLA produces a report that covers overall job trends.
The Trend: Research and Analysis from the MLA Office of Programs
Where Historians Work: An Interactive Database of History PhD Career Outcomes (of the 8,523 historians who earned PhDs at U.S. universities from 2004 and 2013)
AHA Careers for Students of History: Diverse career paths that students of history can pursue
Resources for Further Exploration by each career path
Nature Career: Diverse STEM career related news and opinions
Humanities Commons: An open-access scholarly network for professionals in Humanities including Academic Job Market Support Network where job search-related materials for Humanities PhDs
Rethinking about Humanities PhD Resources by Council of Graduate Schools
College Scorecard (Created during the Obama era): Check college outcomes at a glance including retention and graduate outcomes. PhD students or postdocs can use it to learn more about institutions of your interest during job search and also to collect information before your interview.
IPEDS Data Feedback Report: Offer more detailed information than the College Scorecard, which can be used to track tuition changes, enrollment numbers, completion rates, retention rates, and other outcomes.
Survey of Earned Doctorates: An annual census conducted since 1957 of all those who earned a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. higher education institution to provide various data such as
Employment commitment, median expected salary by fields, sex, and citizenship
Statistical profile of PhD recipients by fields (e.g., age, career plan, their previous degrees)
Non-Academic Career Resources for Humanities PhDs’ Resources by Fordham University
Occupations of Humanities Ph.D.'s by American Academy of Arts & Sciences