Finding and Applying for Jobs

From the job search to the negotiation process, this page has the resources you'll need when you're getting ready to move to the next step of your career.

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Planning your job search

  • Use networking and job boards to find postdoc, faculty, and industry positions
  • Considerations for dual-career searches

Application materials

  • Develop application materials for postdoc, faculty, and industry positions
  • See samples for different job types, including faculty positions at different institution types

Interviewing

  • Anatomy of an interview: Approaching interviews for different types of positions
  • Preparing for interview questions and presentations
  • How to use the interview to avoid a bad fit
  • Following up, what to wear, and more

Negotiating

  • Understanding compensation in industry
  • How to ask for what you need in a faculty negotiation
  • Negotiation for postdoc positions