Job Listings by Academic Discipline

The sites listed below offer comprehensive career opportunities and information by academic discipline, plus perspectives of people with advanced degrees who either have or are in the process of making a transition to work outside of academia.

Education

Engineering

Humanities & Social Sciences

Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Environmental Sciences

Mathematical & Statistical Sciences

Education (back)	Academic 360.com this meta-collection of internet resources for vacancies in colleges and universities contains faculty, staff and managerial position listings. Search for jobs throughout the U.S. and worldwide AERA is an international professional association with the primary goal of advancing educational research and applications for practice. The site contains vacancy listings in educational research, administration and practice Independent Educational Consultants Association a national association representing full-time experienced independent educational advisors. CCC Registry the CCC Registry is the California Community Colleges system's database of current and anticipated vacancies for 109 community colleges and 22 district offices. Positions include faculty, administrative and managerial vacancies. Search by discipline or geographic location Chronicle Careers search for job listings which include professional and managerial jobs in the private sector, non-profit organizations and foundations studentaffairsjobs.com search this site for professional and managerial positions in college student affairs. Most positions require graduate degrees and a combination of instruction, program development and leadership experience. Related Articles: A Community College Teaching Career , Modern Language Association (MLA), 2006
Engineering (back)	Career Connections UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering's career site, which includes internship and job opportunities, alumni connections, and social networking information Engineeringjobs.com search jobs by field and location, post a resume, find out who is hiring, and find out the current needs of top companies EngineeringDesignJobs.com is the nation's premier employment job board and resume database built exclusively for the engineering, design and building industries Dice.com a comprehensive career site especially for computer and technical engineers, search jobs and career information including resume tips and samples Engineeringinfo.com gives you the power to search hundreds of job from one site The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. Search for jobs and internships, utilize job seeker tools, and find out about career webinars and job fairs Biospace.com search engineering jobs, news and advice in the biotech, and biopharm industry
Humanities & Social Sciences (back)	General Academic 360 provides an array of scholarly organizations, listservs, and other discipline-specific career-related info. Academic 360 can aid in identifying where to find academic and nonacademic job postings H-Grad is part of the Humanities OnLine initiative (H-Net). A discussion forum for humanities and social sciences graduate students on issues related to graduate school, teaching, research, and job hunting Sellout is Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe. Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software WRK4US ("work for us") was created as a discussion list focusing on career options beyond academe for people with graduate degrees in the humanities, WRK4US has grown to address the interests of social scientists and education specialists as well. Job postings are frequently sent to the list. Access the WRK4US Guest Speaker Discussion Archive Anthropology & Archaeology American Anthropology Association ACRA-L American Cultural Resources Association, provides career opportunities and resources in cultural resources management Anthropology Jobs.org Job-Digger broad resource for professional employment, advice, and information geared to archaeology graduate students Shovelbums.org Employment and volunteer opportunities in Archeology and cultural resource management Aviso Employment Resources from the American Association of Museums Art History ArtCareer.net lists job openings in the visual arts and includes a resume bank ArtJobOnline is a national database of job, internship, and fellowship opportunities. Subscription fee required. About Art History lists job, fellowship, and internship postings in art history. Career Alternatives for Art Historians provides information created by a Notre Dame professor on alternative careers for art historians College Art Association Drama EntertainmentCareers.net provides links to career-related resources as well as job and internship postings in the entertainment industry Economics Economics Departments, Institutes, and Research Centers in the World: Think Tanks (University of Connecticut) Directory of think tanks Economics Research Network Academic and nonacademic job listings in the US and abroad Job Openings for Economists (JOE) Inomics Job Openings for Economists the International version of JOE, Inomics lists jobs in academic institutions, government, and industry, and provides links to other resources International Monetary Fund Major recruiter of economists National Council of Teachers of English lists Job postings for English teachers at all level PoeWar.com is a list of some of the most likely and probably most satisfying careers for people who love to write History Beyond Academe is a site created to help historians explore opportunities beyond academe. Provides advice about finding jobs beyond academe and profiles of historians who have done so Related Articles: Journeyman: Getting Into and Out of Academe is an essay by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a history of science PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, arguing that one can remain a successful scholar while pursuing a career beyond academe From a History PhD to Grantwriting From History PhD to Software Marketing courtesy UC Berkeley Linguistics The Linguist List lists academic and nonacademic job openings LatPro is a job board for Hispanic and bilingual professionals (Spanish and Portuguese) Bilingual Jobs Music MusicalChairs.info lists job openings for classical musicians and singers worldwide. Includes a discussion board and directories of conservatories, musicians, and orchestras Philosophy ePhilosopher.com includes info for philosophers on pursuing careers beyond academe "A Non-Academic Career? Information, Resources, and Background on Options for Philosophers"American Philosophical Association Political Science The American Political Science Association Psychology American Psychological Association (APA) lists and defines the multitude of career paths beyond academia for psychology grad students and illustrate the various skill-sets and expertise that psychologists possess, which are also highly valued by employers outside of academe JobsinPsychology.com Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology lists job opportunities in academic, private and public sectors
Life Sciences (back)	BIOCOM this career center is the only career site that focuses exclusively on the life science industry in Southern California. Search life science careers, educational & training initiatives, and job postings ScienceCareers.org Science Magazine's ScienceCareers.org is the most comprehensive Ph.D. career development website available BioSpace.com A comprehensive site that bills itself as "the global hub for the life sciences," Contains an impressive array of scientific and business-related information. For job listings, go to theBioSpaceJobs Career Center where listings can be searched by location NewScientist Jobs offers a database of current scientific, technological and academic vacancies. Search positions by region. The regions include US/Canada, UK/Europe and Australasia National Laboratories and Technology Centers The US Department of Energy's laboratories and technology centers house world-class facilities where more than 30,000 scientists and engineers perform cutting-edge research. Visit the laboratory website to search for jobs and postdoctoral fellowships PhDs.org career resources for scientists Nature.com Naturejobs is the worldwide career resource for scientists, providing a wide range of career opportunities, advice and information Biotechnology Calendar including regional links to San Diego and Los Angeles San Diego Networking & Professional Association: ACS San Diego AWIS San Diego Biocom Biotoasters CleanTalk San Diego French BIO Beach Laboratory Robotics Interest Group MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego MySDscience SABPA San Diego Bioinformatics Forum San Diego HTS Discussion Group San Diego Licensing Executives Society San Diego Venture Group SD Biotech Discussion Group Southern California Biomedical Council TiE San Diego Women of Bioscience SD Biotech Network Related Articles: From Science PhD to Investment Banking courtesy UC Berkeley
Physical Sciences (back)	American Chemical Society (ACS) premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe Chem Industry.com is the leading comprehensive directory and search engine for chemical and related industry professionals. The Physics Today Career Network (PTCN) is a niche job board network operated by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for the physical science, engineering, and computing disciplines Institute of Physics, Careers (IOP) search job postings and research career opportunities in different industries Related Article: How to Leave Physics After earning a PhD at Cornell, Jennifer Hodgdon left academia to work for Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a Strategist in commodities trading
Research Laboratories	SEARCH Google's directory of independent research laboratories in the life and physical sciences
Environmental Sciences (back)	Environmental Careers is a national job board with many opportunities for PhD's Environmental Jobs and Careers Ecoploy.org provides a clearing house of valuable jobs in government, with agencies, and geographically by employer Environmental Careers Opportunities provides hundreds of job and internship postings, and current advocacy news articles National Audubon Society Society of American Foresters provides access to jobs, information and networking opportunities to prepare members for the challenges and the changes that face natural resource profession USAJobs portal for federal job openings in the US government (including EPA, Dept. of Forestry, and National Parks Service) Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2009
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences (back)		Society of Actuaries includes comprehensive information concerning the actuary profession Math-jobs.com provides international job postings for bankers, computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, and teachers. Provides links to mathematics organizations and mathematics and statistics departments around the world and info on applying for jobs abroad MSCI Project for Nonacademic Employment is the Mathematical Sciences Career Information Project for Nonacademic Employment is a collaborative project of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, partially funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Provides extensive career-related resources on the job search beyond academe National Security Agency visit their career link RAND Statistics Group Employment Opportunities is a nonprofit research institution that employs many statisticians Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute this site includes postings for jobs, fellowships, and postdoctoral opportunities. US Census Bureau includes job and postdoctoral opportunities for mathematicians and statisticians. Related Articles SEARCH Science Magazine's online career articles, which contains narratives of junior scientists making the shift from academia to the business, government, or non-profit sector. Articles cover a range of fields, including Biomedical Engineering, Technical Writing, Scientific Entrepreneurship, Science Policy, Nanotechnology, Market Analysts, Biomaterials, Consulting, and much more!

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