A job search is time consuming and difficult, but a good book written by someone who has been there can provide a boost in morale. Whatever your academic discipline or appointment you desire, you are likely to find a match for it on the Internet.
Investigate the Campus Review for jobs in Australasia or find a career connection at the Women in Higher Education Web page. The Black Collegian advertises an "abundance of career planning/job search information," which also includes jobs in higher education.
Job-hunting within the tight higher ed. market is a challenge, and using the best tools can make all the difference. You may want to bookmark this page, as links are added and updated frequently.
There are a number of all-purpose guides that share the same basic premise and offer good tips. The following roundup of books and websites target the higher education job market.
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Cross-Disciplinary Discipline-Wide Textbook Publishers |
Part-Time Thoughts
Executive Pay in the Spotlight — Finally
Super Adjunct
Super Adjunct Versus "Brian": Teaching Large Classes
Negotiating the Paradox: Adjuncts & Writing
Seeing Us Ghosts
Freeway Flyer
Summer: The Hot Semester
Juggling 101
Part II of Why, Gen Y?
The Mentor Is In
Sick and tired
Teaching In Pajamas
The Final Straw
The New Adjunct
What a Year It Has Been!
The Union Army
Madison Area Technical College Part-time Teachers Union Sues College
The "Electronic Dog" (read: computer) ate my homework. I allow one per student per semester; in Week 15, students auction off their unused excuses.