AcademicFilter: tips/hints for at-conference interviews for TT faculty positions. [more inside]
posted by k8t on Nov 6, 2009 - 11 answers

In a few days I'll be interviewing for a job providing academic support to university-level ESL students. Help me prepare! [more inside]
posted by soviet sleepover on Oct 20, 2009 - 2 answers

What are my chances in becoming a Quantitative Analyst in UK, and if they are not too bleak, how to improve them? I realise this is a rather significant career path change, however, as I have been given to understand, many banks and financial institutions in UK do employ PhDs from a wide variety of backgrounds. [more inside]
posted by noztran on Aug 17, 2009 - 3 answers

What can I do to get a researcher position? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 29, 2009 - 2 answers

Circumstances have led me to apply for university instructional technologist positions even though this is not what I have specifically trained to do. Now that I am getting interviews, I need perspective/resources. [more inside]
posted by mrmojoflying on Apr 9, 2009 - 1 answer

Where are some places that a social scientist with a PhD can go to work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 22, 2009 - 11 answers

Do other countries have an equivalent of the UK's jobs.ac.uk, where pretty much all academic jobs are advertised?
posted by handee on Jul 10, 2008 - 5 answers

I am a new tenure track professor (research uni) in the US. I just finished my first year and feel barely competent in a lot of areas -- ok but not good teaching evals, 3-6 weeks late in paper "deadlines", so many last minute "preparations" for classes or meetings, no good ideas for future research. I need some help figuring out how to better play the game, or to be happier with just getting by. Fellow academics (or others in similar professions), to the bat phone! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 23, 2007 - 25 answers

Contemplating a move: Anybody know anything about Ripon College and Ripon Wisconsin, or McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and Westminster Maryland? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 21, 2007 - 15 answers

What are likely questions to be asked at an academic job interview? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 30, 2006 - 12 answers

How does one get a tenure-track job as a studio art professor? [more inside]
posted by ontic on Jan 3, 2006 - 14 answers