At the moment, these are just disjointed links and quotes about finding a job in academia, particularly in mathematics. I hope to flesh it out one day. update 7 January 2007: now they’re categorized disjointed links! And there are more of them than there used to be!

Other lists o’ links

Math Job Search Resources

from Sam Buss (UCSD)

Career and Employment Related Articles

from the AMS

The Search

A Timeline for a Job Search in Mathematics (with web resources)

in the J. Online Mathematics Appl.

The Academic Job Search in Mathematics (AMS)

Canonical document.

Academic Job Application Checklist

Another by M.C. Sies. I should really make up a version of this for math, since it’s so potentially useful while still missing some important points.

Landing an Academic Job (the process and the pitfalls) (local copy)

An engineer at U. Illinois lays it out in plain English. Very nice. Includes sample documents. General, with a technical slant.

The Long and Winding Road of Academic Hiring

“Only in academia does it take a committee and several months to a year or more to hire someone.” Some insights on the workings of academic hiring search committees. General.

Finding your first postdoctoral employment

LSU’s math department’s advice.

The Portfolio

Writing a cover letter

from the Chronicle of Higher Ed. General

CV Doctor

Also from the Chronicle. General science (there are other sample CV’s for other fields).

Writing a teaching statement

James Oxley’s advice. Most important thing in here, I think, is not to look at anyone else’s.

The Interview

Interviewing for a Job in Academia (local copy)

A very good overview from the AMS (written by Thomas Hull, Michael Jones, and Diana M. Thomas). Specific to math.

Academic Job Interview Advice

Slightly dated, but still very good advice on both “convention” and “flyback” interviews, from both sides of the equation. From Mary Corbin Sies, Dept. of American Studies, U. Maryland. General.

Academic Job Interview Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answer

Nicely categorized, again from M.C. Sies. General.

Hunting for a Job in Math Academia

By Tom Hull, from Merrimack. A narrative of the three stages: the Joint Meetings, on-campus, and after the interview. Includes a good list of typical interview questions.

The Dreaded Phone Interview

from ScienceCareers.org, advice for academic and non-academic hiring. General science.

How to handle illegal interview questions

Tricky territory (which I think varies from state to state, making it even trickier). General.

Illegal questions

Terse.

Likely interview questions

From a business-school POV, but not too far off base.

Notes from the other side of the table at the Joint Meetings

It’s a meat market, but don’t forget that the people you’re talking to were there once too. Math-specific, from Young Mathematicians’ Network.

The Campus Interview and Beyond

An other excellent article from YMN.

The Talk(s)

Rules for a perfect math job talk

Short and sweet, some “received wisdom”, but mostly good sense.

How to give a good colloquium (local copy)

Outstanding advice. Specific to math.

Giving a Job Talk in the Sciences

Communicate, contextualize, customize. Plus specific tips.

The Negotiation

After the offer, before the deal

The canonical document on negotiating an academic position, by Chris M. Golde (and now distributed by AAUP). General.

AAUP Faculty Salary Survey

How much is enough?

Negotiating Offers for Faculty Positions

Includes helpful table of priorities. General.

Negotiating your first academic job offer (rescued from oblivion — thanks, Internet Archive!)

Very sane advice. General.

Negotiating a Faculty Position

More light-hearted than most, but comprehensive. General science.

Cost of living calculator

From CNN. Find out how two offers really compare. (You should be so lucky.)

Two-body problems

Resources for Academic Couples

Pretty out of date, but still helpful. I keep meaning to mine this just in case it goes away.

Report on the Dual-Career-Couple Survey

Way out of date, so one might hope that the outlook were less dreary today. Hard to know.

Strange Bedfellows

Does academic life lead to divorce?

Dual Career Scientific Couples: Relocating Both of You

Need to read this myself. General science.

Looking For and Negotiating Faculty Jobs Together

Haven’t read this either.