Resources: Faculty Portfolios

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:56:22 -0400
career, faculty, jobs, postdocs

The following resources were compiled to supplement the "Developing a Faculty Portfolio" seminar, designed for postdocs.

Resources:

UC Berkeley - Academic Hiring: https://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDhiring

Perspective on how search committees think: https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/advice-how-north-american-faculty-position-search-committees-work/

UCLA Faculty Diversity and Development:

https://faculty.diversity.ucla.edu/resources-for/search-committees/search-toolkit

Rice University ADVANCE Program - Search committee insight:

file:///C:/Users/Renetta/Downloads/Search%20Committees%20NIFP%202010.pdf

FEATURE PAPER: Job Hunting:

http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/national/2011/papers/job_hunting.pdf

(The feature thumbnail image for this post is in this paper.)

Example of an error:

" ... adding the line “references on request” when specific references and contact information were requested, providing incorrect or outdated contact information for the references."

Serving on a search committee:

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/02/06/essay-what-abd-can-gain-serving-search-committee

"Departmental fit was the key to success."

Texas A&M - Special report on the academic job search; what search committees wish you knew: