UCSD Psychology Job Search Club

13 Pearls of Wisdom for Job-Seeking Psych Grads!

2011-12-07T11:29:00.001-08:00

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

Worth a read! -Matt

The Compleat Academic

2011-10-03T14:55:00.001-07:00

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

2011-09-28T15:25:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-09-01T13:48:00.000-07:00

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!

UCSD Career Services Center Offerings

2011-08-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

Whether you're looking for an academic or non-academic job, the Career Services Center at UCSD offers helpful seminars throughout the year. Here's a link to their list of grad-focused events.

We may also arrange a special on-camera interview practice session for interested grads. Details forthcoming!

Special Job Postings

2010-12-10T17:48:00.001-08:00

Periodically, you may come across job opportunities you think aren't a good fit for you but that might be perfect for one of our other members. When that happens, send them to us and we will post them on here. If we all pool resources, we are eventually bound to find something that fits the bill. We already have a couple to share!

If you're looking for a change of pace, consider a faculty position in Norway! Their benefits are awesome!!

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/476211/65775?iso=gb
http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/474903/65775?iso=gb

2010-11-09T09:25:00.001-08:00

Thinking about next steps can feel daunting, particularly if you’re an 'nth' year post-doc who would much rather be in a city with terrible winters! ;) But seriously, we should all be thinking about where we want to end up next, whether we are actively applying for academic positions, still figuring out what we want to be when we grow up or considering dropping out of the graduate program to start our own business. (Anyone want to open up a bakery?) The point is, regardless of where you’re at in the process, one day you will have to confront your future. We think that should be now, with the help and support of your peers and colleagues in the same situation!

We have been playing with the idea of forming a Job Search Club. Such club meetings may prove to be one of your most practical meeting experiences at UCSD yet. Though the University Career Services Center provides graduate students many resources that serve to help us transition, those tend to be fairly general in nature. Moreover, those services aren’t typically extended/geared towards our post-docs. Our hope is to tailor some of the same sorts of things to graduate students and post-docs specifically in Psychology. We can learn from one another's job searches, interviews, CVs/teaching portfolios/research plans, connections and experiences, in general. We can also have guest speakers come in and tell us what it’s like to work in different types of research (e.g. Scripps), academic (e.g. SDSU and USD) and other appropriate settings (e.g. industry, consulting firms, non-profits, government, fill in your dream workplace, etc.). And find out what they are looking for in new hires! These are just some initial ideas. We feel the activities of the club should be based on the needs of its members and therefore, this will be a somewhat organic endeavor.

This Job Search Club can only be as useful as the people who make it up. We know we have some extremely talented, bright people in our department and are confident that the club has the potential to be a very helpful resource as we try to transition to our next chapters in life. That said, we will be holding the first Job Search Club meeting on Friday, November 19 at 12 PM in the Glass Conference Room. Snacks will be provided. Please join us!

All best,
Gena and Mary