Research & Subject Guides: Graduate Student Toolkit: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences: Professional Development and the Job Search

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Use the resources on this page to connect with other professionals in your field, find conferences and publication venues, search for academic jobs, or begin planning for an alt-ac (alternative academic) or post-ac (post-academic) career using the skills and expertise that you've acquired during your graduate studies.

Professional Organizations

ACLS Member Learned Societies
(List of organizations who are members of the American Council of Learned Societies)
African Studies Association
American Academy of Religion
American Anthropological Association
American Historical Association
American Psychological Association
International Center of Medieval Art
Linguistic Society of America
Modern Language Association
National Council on Public History

Job Search

AHA Career Center
(American Historical Society)
Carney, Sandoe & Associates
(Placement service for independent primary and secondary schools)
Find Jobs at Vitae
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
HigherEdJobs
Idealist
(Search for volunteer, work, and internship experiences in the non-profit sector)
Non-Academic Career Options for PhDs in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Columbia University)
PsycCareers
(American Psychological Association)

MLA Job Information List
Current. Listings primarily announce full-time academic job openings in postsecondary departments of English and foreign languages. The job openings range in rank from instructor to full professor and include faculty positions, administrative posts, vacancies abroad, and some opportunities for nonacademic employment. About two-thirds are openings at the rank of assistant professor. JIL can be searched by field or language; by geographic region; by key words or phrases in a job description.

Alt-Ac Networking

PhDs at Work
(Networking organization for PhDs and advanced graduate students interested in alt-ac and post-ac careers)
The Versatile PhD
(Advice, support, and networking for PhDs and advanced grad students interested in alt-ac or post-ac careers)

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