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Readiness for the Academic Job Market
Determine the best time to go on the academic job market

Video Chapters

  • General Timeline for the Academic Job Market
  • How to Determine if You are at the Right Stage in Your Studies to go on the Academic Job Market (Humanities)
  • How to Determine if You are at the Right Stage in Your Studies to go on the Academic Job Market (STEM)
  • Other Academic Factors to Consider When Deciding to go on the Academic Job Market
  • Other Non-Academic Factors to Consider When Deciding to go on the Academic Job Market

About this lesson

You’ve decided to go on the academic job market, but are you ready? When is the right time for someone in your academic discipline to begin applying for academic jobs? How many publications do you need? How much of your dissertation should you have finished? Can you put in the time and work required to go on the academic job market while also keeping up with the demands of your PhD program or postdoc position?

This lesson will help you answer those questions by giving you an overview of the academic job market cycle and helping you decide if you are at the right stage in your studies to begin applying. With sections specifically tailored to the concerns of both STEM fields and the social sciences/humanities, this lesson is for anyone wondering WHEN they should start applying for faculty jobs.

And If you know you’re ready to start applying for academic jobs now, check out our lesson on CV writing, which is the first lesson in our Apply stage.

Workbook Activities

This lesson covers pages 24 to 26 in the Evaluate Stage Workbook. You can also use the Take Notes widget to complete these activities.  

  1. Research the specific timeline and stages in your academic job search. What are the different stages in the hiring process? What are you going to need to prepare and when will you be the busiest? 
  2. The video lesson presented many factors to consider as you determine your readiness to go on the academic job market. Reflect on where you are at in your studies, what your responsibilities are, and the support you have available. When is the best time for you to go on the academic job market?

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Timestamps allow learners to quickly access information to move them forward in their job search.

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Beyond the Professoriate’s training platform is designed to promote active learning, which increases retention of information. Short videos are interspersed with activities, which encourages students to apply what they are learning to their own job search. 

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