When a friend requested me to share some tips on academic job search, I realized it was the time to reflect on this unique journey of myself, or at least to organize a reading list that has inspired my own search. So here we go, a personal, and possibly biased, reading list about academic job search. Enjoy!

General

• The Ones We Didn’t Hire
• Academic job hunt advice: Tips for searching for and landing a professorship
• Volatile and Decentralized: How to get a faculty job, Part 1: The application
• Volatile and Decentralized: How to get a faculty job, part 1b: How to get an interview
• Volatile and Decentralized: How to get a faculty job, Part 2: The interview
• Volatile and Decentralized: How to get a faculty job, Part 3: Negotiating the offer
• The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student

Application materials

• Sample CVs | Society for Research in Child Development SRCD | for development
• Samples for Academic Positions | UCSF Office of Career & Professional Devel
• Sell your research in writing
• Writing a Research Plan | Science Careers
• Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement | The Professor Is In
• Research Statements | Cornell Graduate School
• Keys to the Cover Letter | Inside Higher Ed
• The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls | The Professor Is In
• Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement | The Teaching Center | Washington
• Writing Samples and Teaching Statements - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle
• The Professor Is In: Why Letterhead Matters | Vitae
• How to Create Digital Letterhead for Your Department and Job Search - ProfHacker

Phone/Skype interview

• Rocking the Phone/Skype Interview | The Professor Is In
• Essay on interview questions in academic job searches | Inside Higher Ed

Campus visit

• Prepping for the Campus Visit | Inside Higher Ed
• Interview and Job Talk Tips
• Job talk basics
• The Academic Job Talk
• Essay on how to give a job talk | Inside Higher Ed
• Philip Guo - How to deliver a great academic job talk
• American Physiological Society > Delivering a Dynamic Job and Chalk Talk
• Reassigned Time: Thoughts on Job Talks
• Giving a Job Talk in the Sciences - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Keep your job talk short and simple | University Affairs
• Preparing for Campus Interviews - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• How To Talk To A Dean | The Professor Is In

P.S.: While we could gain significant insights from the Internet, please do not forget to seek advice from friends and colleagues around you. Academic job search should never be a solo sport!