Academic Jobs Wiki

This is a wiki for tracking searches in various categories for academic (i.e. faculty) positions. Please post listings by subject area. Note that some areas need filling in with actual pages.

Academic Networking and Job Resources

 * Academic Room is a next-generation social platform conceived at Harvard University for rising academics to market themselves by creating profiles, network with established scholars in their subfield, and curate resources such as lecture vidoes, journal articles, digital books, manuscripts and bibliographies. http://www.academicroom.com/
 * Academia.edu is a hybrid of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. http://academia.edu/
 * Academic Jobs International for academia and industry (36 countries, mainly USA and Europa): www.careeredu.eu
 * Academic Job board offering Phd positions, Postdoc positions, assistant- associate- and full professorships, great 'working abroad' coverage for The Netherlands and valuable link-section: www.academictransfer.com
 * #Alt-Academy - Alternative Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars
 * The Chronicle of Higher Education offers forums for discussing myriad higher ed related topics (job market, publication, tenure, leaving academia, etc.): http://chronicle.com/forums/
 * EU job board for researchers: www.euraxess.eu
 * The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) has academic jobs at 550+ colleges, universities, teaching hospitals, labs, and government agencies and search tools for dual-career couples. http://www.hercjobs.org
 * The Interfolio Portfolio is a paid web profile service with pretty robust features like video, powerpoint and teaching syllabi. http://www.interfolio.com/product/porttfolio/index.cfm
 * Interfolio / MLA JIL parnership announced for 2012-2013 job season: FAQ about Using Interfolio Dossier to Apply for Positions in the JIL
 * jobs.myScience.ch - The job portal for researchers and scientists in Switzerland: www.jobs.myscience.ch
 * myScience.cc - Worldwide job portal for researchers and scientists: www.jobs.myscience.cc
 * Researchgate is geared more towards the academic in the pure sciences. http://www.researchgate.net/
 * Sterneworks Academe page - professionalization resources focusing on Communication Studies (but of broader relevance: job search, transition from student to prof, tenure process, academic couples, etc.) http://sterneworks.org/academe/
 * Purejobs - Worldwide job portal for professionals searching jobs in the sciences: www.pure-jobs.com
 * UniJobs.com - a jobs board with openings from around the world including Europe, Asia, the US, Africa, Australia and the United Arab Emirates www.UniJobs.com
 * The MLA Job List for Everyone - Chronicle article on this site: "Faculty Group Leaks MLA Jobs List in Dispute Over Free Access" - September 24, 2012
 * LabRoots.com is a networking and collaboration space for all sciences, and includes the LabRoots Jobs page with science-related job postings worldwide
 * The Job Search Blog for everyone  - Article on this site include How To Taking Control of Your Job Search Now - November 30, 2012

Non-Academic Career Resources
(some requests for things like this on the venting page, which would not open for editing in the javascript editor because it is a table instead of editable topics)
 * The Versatile PhD, new home of Wrk4us, an international email discussion list on nonacademic careers for people with graduate education in Humanities, Education, and Social Science disciplines.
 * Campulse, the Online Magazine for Learners and all those who seek good resources on Education, Career and Placements.
 * National Assocation of Independent Schools website - includes a national list of teaching positions open at independent college prep schools.
 * Another idea: look at administrative positions at universities you are interested in. One of my friends moved quickly from grad student to Associate dean (in under 5 years) and he told me, "a PhD can be like a union card for many of the most powerful positions at a university." Something to consider. Plus, many schools will let you work out a joint appt (you teach maybe one course a year but have an administrative position in student advising, the graduate school, etc. )
 * The Leaving Academe forum at the Chronicle of Higher Education
 * http://www.beyondacademe.com/ is a great resource for historians or others wanting to do public history, digital humanities, etc.
 * I hope it's not a breach of protocol to mention my own blog, postacademic.org, here, but my friend and I recently started it to address life beyond academia for academics--in addition to a good dose of academia-related stuff, of course! I'm mostly discussing my experiences on the academic job market (some of which is inspired by the Wiki), while my friend is providing more of the hands-on information on how to make a transition outside of the academy. (If this is bad form, someone can go ahead and delete this link!)
 * See also the career advice columns 'Leaving Academia' and 'On the Fence' at Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/advice
 * Eliza Woolf, who writes 'On the Fence' also has a related blog: http://phd-onthefence.blogspot.com
 * #alt-academy: Alternate Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars
 * Webcomic about leaving academia: Literary Emergency
 * New website aggregating advice, resources, links, and support for people who think they might need or want to leave academia: http://www.howtoleaveacademia.com. Also includes a blogroll with a ton of blogs from folks who have left.
 * "Humanities Unbound: Careers & Scholarship Beyond the Tenure Track" - April 23, 2013 ·

Humanities Journals

 * Documenting the experiences of working with academic journals in the humanities. Which journals move quickly on submission? Which journals give useful feedback? Which journals help your research reach an audience? Go to Humanities Journals Wiki to see others' experiences and add your own.

Interview experiences

 * Universities to Fear
 * Universities to Love
 * The Venting Page
 * Dear Search Committees
 * A reply: Dear Applicants/Finalists
 * Deal Breakers: U Policies That Matter

Application Year 2013-2014

 * Accountancy 2013-2014
 * African American Studies 2013-2014
 * American Studies 2014
 * Arabic Language and/or Literature 2013-14
 * Archaeology Jobs 2013-2014
 * Art History 2013-2014
 * Biblical Studies 2013-2014
 * Chinese Language and Literature 2013-2014
 * Communication and Media Studies 2013-2014
 * Comparative Literature 2014
 * CreativeWriting 2014
 * Cultural Anthropology 2013-2014
 * English Literature 2013-14 (for academic positions in English Literature and related fields, e.g., English Education, that begin in 2014).
 * Ecology (includes organismal and environmental science 2013 - 2014)
 * Education 2013-2014
 * Ethnic Studies 2013-2014 (includes African-American Studies)
 * Film Studies 2013-2014
 * Fine Arts 2013-2014
 * French and Francophone Studies 2013-2014
 * Geography 2013-2014
 * History 2013-14
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2013-14
 * Information Systems 2013-2014
 * Indigenous and Native American Studies 2013-2014
 * Italian 2013-2014
 * Linguistics 2013-2014
 * Linguistic Anthropology 2013-2014
 * Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2013-14
 * New Media and Digital Humanities 2014
 * Physical Anthropology 2013-2014
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2014
 * Religious Studies 2013-14
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2014
 * Social Work 2013-2014
 * Spanish and Portuguese 2013-2014
 * Sport Management 2013-2014
 * Theatre 2013-14
 * Jewish Studies 2013-2014

Application Year 2012-2013

 * American Studies 2013
 * Arabic (Language and Literature) 2012-2013
 * Archaeology Jobs 2012-2013
 * Architecture 2013
 * Art History 2012-2013
 * Biblical Studies 2012-2013
 * Bioengineering 2012-2013
 * Biology 2012-2013
 * Chemical Engineering 2012-2013
 * Chemistry 2012-2013
 * Chinese Language and Literature 2012-2013
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2012-2013
 * Communication and Media Studies 2012-2013
 * Comparative Literature 2013
 * Computer Science 2012-2013
 * CreativeWriting 2013
 * Cultural Anthropology 2012-2013
 * Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies 2012-13 (including African-American Studies)
 * Dissertation Fellowships 2013-14
 * Earth and Geological Sciences
 * Ecology (includes organismal and environmental science 2012-2013)
 * Environmental Policy and Economics 2012-2013
 * Environmental Studies 2012-2013
 * Education 2012-2013
 * Electrical and Computer Engineering 2012-2013
 * English Literature 2013 (for academic positions in English Literature and related fields, e.g., English Education, that begin in 2013)
 * Film Studies 2012-2013
 * Fine Arts 2012-2013
 * French and Francophone Studies 2012-2013
 * Geography 2012-2013‎‎
 * German Studies 2012-2013
 * Global Studies 2012-2013
 * History 2012-13
 * History of Science Technology & Medicine 2012-13
 * Human Development, Children/Youth, Family Studies 2012-2013
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2012-13
 * Italian 2012-2013
 * Japanese Langugage and Literature 2012-2013
 * Jewish Studies 2012-2013
 * Kinesiology
 * Linguistics 2012-2013
 * Linguistic Anthropology 2012-2013
 * Materials Science 2012-2013
 * Mechanical Engineering 2012-2013
 * Molecular Biology 2012-2013
 * Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2012-13
 * Music---Piano
 * New Media & Digital Humanities 2013
 * Nursing 2012-2013
 * Physical Anthropology 2012-2013
 * Psychology 2012-2013
 * Political Economics 2012-2013
 * Public Health 2012-13
 * Public History 2012-13
 * Public Policy 2012-2013
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2013
 * Religious Studies 2012-2013
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2013
 * Russian & Slavic 2012-2013
 * Spanish & Portuguese 2012-2013
 * Social Work 2012-2013
 * Social Work Post-Docs 2012-2013
 * Sociology 2012-2013
 * TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2013
 * Theatre, Dance, &amp; Performance Studies 2012-13
 * Urban Studies/Planning 2012-13

Application Year 2011-2012

 * African American Studies 2012
 * Agriculture Related (Crop Science, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology) 2012
 * American Studies 2012
 * Anthropology 2011-2012
 * Archaeology Jobs 2011-2012
 * Architecture 2012
 * Area Studies 2012
 * Art History 2011-2012
 * Asian History 2011-2012
 * Biblical Studies 2011-2012
 * Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 2011-2012
 * Bioethics & Medical Humanities 2011-2012
 * Biology 2011-2012
 * Business/Management 2011-2012
 * Classics, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, and Classical Archaeology 2011-2012
 * Chemistry 2011-2012
 * Chemical Engineering 2011-2012
 * Chinese Language and Literature 2011-2012
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2011-2012
 * Communication and Media Studies 2011-2012
 * Comparative Literature 2012
 * Computer Science 2011-2012
 * CreativeWriting 2012
 * Cultural Anthropology 2011-2012
 * Dissertation Fellowships 2012-13
 * Earth and Geological Sciences 2011-2012
 * Education 2011-2012
 * Electrical and Computer Engineering 2011-2012
 * English Literature Jobs 2012 (for academic positions in English Literature and related fields that begin Fall 2012 or later)
 * Environmental Studies
 * Film Studies 2011-2012
 * Fine Arts 2011-2012
 * French and Francophone Studies 2011-2012
 * Geography 2011-2012
 * German 2011-2012
 * Global Studies 2012
 * Health Sciences Education 2011-2012
 * History 2011-2012
 * Human Development and Family Studies 2011-2012
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2011-12
 * Intercultural Studies 2011-2012
 * Italian 2011 - 2012
 * Japanese Langugage and Literature 2011-2012
 * Jewish Studies and Israel Studies 2011-2012
 * Linguistics 2011-2012
 * Materials Science and Engineering 2011-2012
 * Mechanical Engineering 2011-2012
 * Musicology/Ethnomusicology, 2011-12
 * New Media & Digital Humanities 2011-2012
 * Neuroscience / Neurobiology 2011-2012
 * Physical Anthropology 2011-12
 * Political Science 2011-12
 * Psychology 2011-2012 (hosted on wikidot)
 * Public Health 2011-2012
 * Public Policy 2011-12
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2012
 * Religious Studies 2011-2012
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2012
 * Russian & Slavic 2011-2012
 * Social Work 2011-2012
 * Spanish &amp; Portuguese 2011-2012
 * SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012-13
 * TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2012
 * Theatre / Performance Studies / Dance - 2011 - 2012
 * Urban Studies/ City and Regional Planning

Application Year 2010-2011

 * African and African Diaspora Studies 2010-2011
 * Art History 2010-2011
 * American Studies 2011-2012 (for jobs that start in 2011)
 * Anthropology 2010-2011
 * Biblical Studies 2010-2011
 * Bioethics &amp; Medical Humanities (2010-2011)
 * Biology(including Neuroscience and environmental studies)
 * Business / Management / Business administration 2011-2012
 * Chemistry 2010-2011
 * Chemical Engineering 2010-2011
 * Chinese Language and Literature (2010-2011)
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2010-2011
 * Classics, Ancient History, Classical Philosophy, and Classical Art &amp; Archaeology
 * Communication and Media Studies 2010-2011
 * Comparative Literature 2011
 * Computer Science 2010-2011
 * Dissertation Fellowships (page for 2011-12 fellowships)
 * Drama, Speech, Film & New Media 2011
 * Earth and Geological Sciences 2010-11
 * Education 2010/2011
 * Electrical Engineering 2010-2011
 * English Education / Children's Literature 2011
 * English Literature 2011-2012 (for academic positions beginning in Fall 2011 or later)
 * Ethnomusicology/World Music
 * Film Studies 2010-2011
 * Fine Arts 2010-2011
 * French 2010-2011
 * Geography 2010-2011
 * German 2010-2011 (hosted on wikihost.org)
 * History 2010-2011
 * Health Promotion/ Epidemiology/ Environmental Health/ Biostatistics/ Health Administration/ Public Health 2010-2011
 * Human Development and Family Studies 2010-2011
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2010-11
 * Information Science/ Studies
 * Interdisciplinary 2010-2011
 * International/Global Studies 2010-2011
 * Italian 2010-2011
 * Japanese Language and Literature 2010-2011
 * Jewish Studies and/or Israel Studies 2010-2011
 * Linguistics 2010-2011
 * Mechanical Engineering 2010-2011
 * Middle East Studies 2010-2011
 * Music History/Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2010-2011
 * Political Science/ Policy 2010-2011
 * Portuguese 2010-2011
 * Psychology 2010-2011 (hosted on wikidot.com)
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2010-11
 * Religious Studies 2010-2011
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2011
 * Russian &amp; Slavic 2010-2011
 * Sociology 2010-2011
 * Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoc 2010-2011
 * Social Work 2010-2011
 * Spanish 2010-2011
 * TESOL/Applied Linguistics 2011
 * Theatre / Theater 2010 - 2011
 * Urban Studies/Planning 2010 - 2011

Application Year 2009-2010

 * American Studies 2009-2010
 * Anthropology
 * Applied Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition
 * Art History 2009-2010
 * Biblical Studies
 * Bioethics and Medical Humanities
 * Biology(including Neuroscience and environmental studies)
 * Biomedical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Chinese Language and Literature 2009-2010
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2009-2010
 * Classics
 * Communication and Media Studies 2009-10
 * Comparative 2010 (Comparative Literature 2010)
 * Computer Science
 * Creative Writing
 * Earth and Geological Sciences Jobs--2010
 * Earth and Geological Sciences--2010
 * Economics
 * Education
 * Electrical and Computer Engineering
 * English Literature 2010-2011
 * Environmental Studies/Policy 2009-2010
 * Ethnic Studies 2009-2010
 * Family Studies 2009-2010
 * Film and Media Studies 2009-2010
 * Fine Arts 2010
 * French 2009-2010
 * Geography
 * German 2009-2010 (hosted on wikihost.org)
 * History 2009-2010
 * History and Philosophy of Science
 * Humanities/Liberal Studies 2009-2010
 * Humanities and Social Science Postdocs 2009-2010
 * Italian 2009-2010
 * International/Global Studies 2009-2010
 * Jewish Studies 2009-2010
 * Japanese language and literature 2009-2010
 * Library, Archival, and Information Studies
 * Linguistics 2009-2010
 * Mechanical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Materials Science and Engineering
 * Mathematics
 * Music---General 2009-2010
 * Musicology and Ethnomusicology (links to old site still in use)
 * Philosophy
 * Physics
 * Planetary Science
 * Polish Studies
 * Political science
 * Psychology 2009-2010 (hosted on wikidot.com)
 * Rhetoric/Composition 08-09. // 2010
 * Religious Studies 2009-2010
 * Russian 2009-2010
 * Spanish 2009-2010
 * Social Work
 * Sociology
 * Sport / Kinesiology 2009-2010
 * Theater 2009-2010
 * Women's studies_area studies

Dissertation Fellowships (Research, Completion, Predoctoral)

 * Tenure Year 2013-14 (Applications due Fall 2012 and Spring 2013)
 * Tenure Year 2012-13
 * Tenure Year 2011-12
 * Tenure Year 2010-11

Pre 2009-2010 search year Archive:

 * Accounting
 * AHA Fields (2007-2008) [for History 2008-2009, and now History 2009-10, see below]
 * MLA Fields (note: this links to the old wiki subpage) [see below for current listings]
 * african_american_studies
 * American Studies 2008-2009
 * Applied Human Sciences
 * Architecture (2008-2009)
 * Art History Positions (2007-2008)
 * Art History 2008-2009
 * Bioengineering
 * Biomedical Humanities* Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
 * [] (Note: Chinese Language and literature 08-09)
 * Communication Studies
 * Communication Studies 2008-09
 * Community development
 * Comparative Literature
 * Composition and Rhetoric 2007-08 // 2010
 * Dance2008-2009
 * English Literature 2009-2010
 * Ethnic_Studies
 * Family Studies
 * Film and Media Studies
 * Film and Media Studies Job Market History 07-08
 * French Can we fix this? Put up a new page here? LINK FIXED! or Go here: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/French
 * History 2008-2009
 * Humanities postdocs 2007-2008
 * Humanities & Soc Sci Postdocs 2008-2009
 * Italian
 * Islamic Studies
 * Japanese language and literature (Note: this links to the old wiki subpage; it will have to do until the MLA pages are moved en masse...)
 * Japanese language and literature 2008-2009
 * Jewish Studies
 * Jewish Studies 2007-2008
 * Music -- Voice / Opera2009
 * Neuroscience_2008/2009
 * Psychology (2008-2009)
 * Religious Studies 2008-2009
 * Spanish 2007-2008
 * Spanish 2008-2009
 * South Asia Studies
 * Sport / Kinesiology
 * Theater 2007-2008
 * Theater 2008-2009

Various others listed below still need formatting

Film and Media Studies Human Relations Leisure_sciences Linguistics Mass Communications:Journ/PR/Adv Engineering, Mechanical middle_east_history Music Neuroscience Organizational development Philosophy Physical Anthropology 07-08 Link Political Science Religion social work STS/History-Philosophy-Sociology of Science Urban Studies and City Planning studio_art
 * Management
 * academic_job-seeking_faq

Relevant Articles

 * Academic Blog Roll :(I hope it's good).

2009-2010 Articles

 * The Myth of PhD "Overproduction"
 * History "Job Czar" Shuts Down Phd Production; PhD "Oversupply" Continues For Two Decades.
 * We Work
 * [IMHO Bousquet has hit the nail on the head here, whether we like it or not.]


 * Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go, Thomas H. Benton, Chronicle of Higher Ed. - Jan. 2009.
 * The Big Lie about the 'Life of the Mind'


 * The Long-Haul Degree (NYT 4/18/10)
 * Stop Admitting Ph.D. Students
 * Useful article today (10/13/10) about applying for tenure-track jobs
 * New ranking system for hiring faculty/weeding applications? (InsideHigherEd 10/12/10)
 * The ritual satisfaction of stating the Grim Facts about the job market
 * Advice for Skype Interviews (Tenured Radical, Nov. 2010)
 * Tell Us About Your Dissertation: And Other Commonly Fumbled Interview Questions (Tenured Radical, Dec. 2010)
 * "The Disposable Academic" (Economist article, 12/16/10)

2011 Articles

 * Law School Grads get Debts, not Jobs(This is somewhat tangential to the subject of academic jobs, but it shows that the problem of finding jobs after grad school is endemic. It's a good article to send to eager undergrad seniors who are applying to law school. Not that they'll listen.) - Did any of us listen when told not to go to Graduate School? It's the other guy who can't get a job; I'll be fine.
 * What I Tell My Graduate Students (Chronicle, March 7, 2011)
 * "Survivor's Guilt" (Chronicle, March 15, 2011)
 * "A Little Calcitrance"
 * If you're thinking of taking a visiting position,or might even turn down a tenure-track job for a temp. gig, read this piece (IHE March 28, 2011): Essay on the Flaws of Becoming a Visiting Professor
 * How to Play Left Field at Job Interviews (Chronicle, Sept. 26 2011) - advice on handling Universities to fear - type interview situations.
 * Articles in Chronicle "Profhacker" blog on using the Wiki: Intro / Anonymity on the Wiki and Wiki Shortcuts.
 * Relevant to anyone in the humanities: Why Graduate Students Ignore Warnings about the Job Market

2012 Articles

 * MUST READ FOR ALL SEARCH COMMITTEES and HR Officers: "The Art of Rejection" (Chronicle, Jan 22, 2012)
 * A really excellent article about the job search process (in communication - but might apply to all. I'm not the author of the article, I just enjoyed reading it. (2012). "I know I'm unlovable": Despiration, Dislocation, Despair and Discourse on the Academic Job Hunt"
 * From Graduate School to Welfare - "The Ph.D. Now Comes with Food Stamps" - CHE article, May 6, 2012
 * #Altac and the Tenure Track - CHE article, May 23, 2012
 * The Sweet Spot of a Nonacademic Job Search (CHE, Jan. 2, 2012)
 * [http://Why Would We Want A Less Educated Nation? Defending the PhD [CHE, June 13, 2012]]
 * For historians: William Palmer, "All Coherence Gone? A Cultural History of Leading History Departments in the United States, 1970-2010", The Journal of the Historical Society, Vol. 12, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 111-153.
 * "On Not Knowing: Why I Avoided the Academic Jobs Wiki " (2012) - It's worth a read.
 * Grim Job Talks are a Buzz Kill (CHE July 16, 2012)
 * Inside Higher Ed: What New Faculty Members Need to Know about Salaries (Sept. 5, 2012)
 * Chronicle: Minding Your Manners for the Conference Interview - Sept. 9, 2012
 * Inside Higher Ed: Colorado State Criticized for Job Post Favoring Recent PhDs (Sept. 11, 2012) ... and the controversy spreads to Harvard, Inside Higher Ed: Restricted Entry Redux, September 17, 2012.
 * Chronicle: "Stale Ph.D.'s Need Not Apply" - September 19, 2012
 * Inside Higher Ed: "Going on the Job Market, ABD" - September 19, 2012 and Part 2 (September 26, 2012)
 * Love in the Ruins: or, Should I Go To Grad School? (Nov. 13, 2012)
 * Should I Go to Grad School in the Humanities? One Person's Opinion (November 14, 2012)

2013 Articles

 * Chronicle: What Search Committees Wish You Knew - January 2, 2013
 * Inside Higher Ed: Strategic Job-Hunting - January 4, 2013 (Report from MLA 2013)
 * Graduate School Is a Means to a Job
 * ‘We Ask That You Do Not Call Us Professor’
 * "The Humanities Ph.D. at Work" - Chronicle, Feb. 21, 2013 (challenges of non-academic careers for Hum. PhDs)
 * "12 Job Interview Bloopers to Avoid," Chronicle, Feb. 25, 2013
 * "Making Yourself 'Fit'" (essay on issues of 'fit' when applying for jobs at teaching institutions) - March 13, 2013 - Inside Higher Ed
 * "The Etiquette of Accepting a Job Offer" - Chronicle, April 2013
 * "Thesis Hatement: Getting a literature Ph.D. will turn you into an emotional trainwreck, not a professor" - Slate, April 2013
 * A response to "Thesis Hatement" - "Thesis Defense: No, it's not a waste of time to get a literature Ph.D. " - Slate, April 2013
 * "Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career" - Chronicle, April 29, 2013
 * "The Long Odds of the Tenure-Track Job Search" Chronicle, May 19, 2013 (subscription only). Full text posted HERE .
 * Why Your Job Cover Letter Sucks (and what you can do to fix it)

Comic Relief

 * (hilarious animation video) SO YOU WANT TO GET A PHD IN THE HUMANITIES: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/?ref=nf
 * . . . and the counterpoint to this hilarity: http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/you-cannot-possibly-be-this-stupid/
 * And another point of consideration: http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/11/02/yes-i-want-to-get-a-ph-d-in-the-humanities/
 * No offense, but this video is utterly innane. Grad school? Lovely time, yes. Then you're 30-35 and unemployable. Cheers. I'm glad you had fun.
 * On the auteur of the original video (and the Xtranormal phenom in general): "So You Think an English Professor's Life Is a Cartoon" (Chronicle)
 * Diversifying the (white) Academy. FYI: This, too, is comic relief of the best kind!: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7477411
 * 9interviews.com ... comic relief about the agony of finding a job in academia (Please add more!!)


 * Anyone looking ahead to the next job season and needing a good laugh might like to check out this MLA spoof. It's ongoing and borderline brilliant.


 * MLA Jobs - Putting the "AACK!" in the tenure track
 * When in Academia tumblr: When you go on the job market for the first time.

Jobberwiki
Exhaustig, as my chums from school

Did grum and gream at Em Allay:

All mopesy was the Chronicule,

But we’d been twerking all day.

“Beware the Jobberwik, my son!

Five-minute tasks shall take five days!

Beware the Letter Service! Shun

its mislaid dossiers!”

Took hours to choose our vorpal pens:

And sighned our coverlets with pride –

And threw Seevees into the breeze,

And sat awhile, and cried.

And as we kvented and kvetched

The Jobberwik, that pushy moocher,

Shtiffled past us as we retched,

And sketchered at our futures!

Oi veh! Oi veh! All night, all day

At Em Allay we groamed and grobbed –

And left half-dead, but in our heads

The slight hope we’d been jobbed.

“And shall we feed the Jobberwik?

And shall we gain or lose employ?

Regardless, shall we kill morale,

or fight despair with joy?”

Exhaustig, as my chums from school

Did grum and gream at Em Allay:

All mopesy was the Chronicule,

But we’d been twerking all day.