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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
  • ProfHacker](http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-to-create-digital-letterhead-for-your-departmentjob-search/27493?cid=vem)

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!

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