Inside scoop on the job search process: great article!

This article from UC Berkeley provides some very helpful perspective as to what the job search is like from the perspective of the hiring institution.  Well worth a read!  https://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDhiring.stm

Using personality psychology to find a good career match

So you're really smart and you have a PhD, but does that mean that a professorship is the right career for you?  This Nature article explores some of the tools available to help academically-inclined people find careers that suit their personality.  Enjoy!

The Career Assessment Worksheet is available here.

How To Get Tenure At a Major Research University

Having never been through this process, I certainly can't say whether or not the views expressed in this column are accurate. But they're certainly thought-provoking, and probably worth knowing about. Hat-tip to David Brang for pointing this one our way:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/03/30/how-to-get-tenure-at-a-major-research-university:

13 Pearls of Wisdom for Job-Seeking Psych Grads!

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/12/wisdom.aspx

Worth a read! -Matt

The Compleat Academic

No, that's not a typo.

Compleat, adj: highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects; complete; total.

Highly recommended by one of our postdoc panelists, and also endorsed by esteemed psychologist Roddy Roediger (Wash. U., St. Louis), The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide (Amazon, Geisel Library) boasts the following sections and chapters:

I. STARTING A CAREER

-- Guide to PhD graduate school: how they keep score in the big leagues / Charles G. Lord

-- After graduate school: a faculty position or a postdoctoral fellowship / Kathleen B. McDermott, Todd S. Braver

-- Hiring process in academia / John M. Darley, Mark P. Zanna

-- Broadening the job search: jobs outside of academia / Patrick C. Kyllonen

II. TEACHING AND MENTORING

-- Tips for effective teaching / Douglas A. Bernstein, Sandra Goss Lucas

-- Mentoring: managing the faculty-graduate student relationship / Mark P. Zanna, John M. Darley

III. RESEARCH AND WRITING

-- Setting up your lab and beginning a program of research / Jeffrey M. Zacks, Henry L. Roediger III

-- Obtaining a research grant: the granting agency's view / Jane Steinberg

-- Obtaining a research grant: the applicant's view / Robert J. Sternberg

-- Writing the empirical journal article / Daryl J. Bem

-- Intellectual property / James L. Hilton, Jonathan R. Alger

IV. ORIENTATION TO THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

-- Power, politics, and survival in academia / Elizabeth D. Capaldi

-- Managing the department chair and navigating the department power structure / Louis A. Penner, John F. Dovidio, David A. Schroeder

-- Wiring the ivory tower: the interface of technology and the academy / Kevin M. Carlsmith

V. DIVERSITY IN ACADEMIA

-- Dialectics of race: academic perils and promises / James M. Jones, Eun Rhee

-- Women in academia / Denise C. Park, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

-- Clinical psychologists in academia / Richard R. Bootzin

-- Varieties of college and university experiences / Deborah L. Best

VI. KEEPING YOUR EDGE: MANAGING YOUR CAREER OVER TIME

-- Academic marathon: controlling one's career / Shelley E. Taylor, Joanne Martin

-- Managing your career: the long view / Henry L. Roediger III, David A. Balota

Have you read it? Let us know what you think!

Tools for Finding Jobs Online

General Tips:

Set up search alerts on the sites below, join societies, and get on their mailing list

Summer is the best time to do a lot of legwork for job searching.

Most faculty job applications are due in October.

Postdocs come through more informal networking.

Regional Searches: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

SoCalHerc.org

NorCalHerc.org

For other regions, google “Higher Education Recruitment Consortium”

General Psychology

APS under job opportunities tab (more academic): http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/employment

APA Monitor (more clinical, some non-academic): http://www.apa.org/careers/index.aspx

Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

Subfields of Psychology

Social: http://www.spsp.org/student/career.htm

Cognitive: http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/employment_overview.html

Developmental: http://careers.srcd.org/

Neuro: http://www.sfn.org/neurojobs/default.aspx

Sensation & Perception: http://www.psychonomic.org/announcements.html

Behavior Analysis: http://www.abainternational.org/jobs/jobsIndex.asp

Conferences & their sponsoring organizations

Check the conferences you go to- most have job postings on their website

Resources at UCSD:

http://career.ucsd.edu/phd-and-masters-students/index.html

Port Triton: https://ucsd-csm.symplicity.com/students/(great stuff to explore in there, even if you can’t stand their workshops)

How to find interesting companies (which may or may not be hiring)

Vault.com: nonacademic, lots of details on job, interview process

Glassdoor.com: sortof like Facebook meets Yelp for companies

Indeed.com: meta site search, like Kayak

Monster.com: might as well… worked for a recent JDP student!

Networking: lots of internal hiring happens without public advertisement, and you want to get in on that pool, which also means being informed about upcoming opportunities. Real-life networking is critical, and can be supplemented with the resources below.

-linkedin

-academia.edu

-more…?

What's on tap this year!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our survey about what you're hoping this job search club can provide! Based on your input, Alli and I have identified 10 key topics that will be the focus on meetings this year, as well as a number of topics that will be discussed over informal lunches. There were also a number of topics for which the staff at the Career Services Center are more well-equipped.

The plan below is subject to change, but here's some of what you can expect:

Fall Quarter Job Search Club Meetings: one Friday per month, 2-4pm, Crick Conference Room

Friday, 9/30: a panel of postdocs shares their job search experiences

Friday, 10/28: non-academic jobs and how to find them

Friday, 11/18: how to write a strong research statement (come with a draft prepared)

Friday, 12/9: making the most of your CV/resumé (come with your current CV/resumé)

Winter Quarter Topics (exact dates & times TBA)

A panel of junior faculty shares their job search experiences

Practice interviews: get a preview of what an on-site interview is like, and learn from watching others

What you've always wanted to know but were afraid to ask: a session where you can submit anonymous questions about anything job-search related

Spring Quarter Topics (exact dates & times TBA)

Teaching Jobs: how to write a teaching statement, design a course, & market yourself

Clinical & Government Jobs: where to find them and how to get them

Grantwriting: general guidelines and specific resources

Informal Lunches: year-round, when there aren't faculty meetings.

Topics to include: time management tips, how to get the most out of conferences, balancing family and professional lives, grants, and more! Feel free to suggest additional topics!

Career Services Center: those who are interested in non-academic tracks should make sure to check out the previous post about what the Career Services Center has to offer, including converting CVs to resumés, non-academic interviews, and networking tips!