Career Development

The Office of Graduate Professional Development offers graduate students support with their pursuit of a meaningful career after graduation. This page features resources, workshop recordings, and other materials to help you. Industry and government career resources are featured first; academic job search resources are further down.

Preparing for Industry & Government Jobs

Writing Stellar Resumes

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Workshop Slides & Recording

Watch this Zoom recording of a workshop offered during a previous term about how to write a stellar resume (NC State users only). The slides (at left) accompany the workshop and provide students with concrete examples of language to use (and what not to do!).

Preparing for Virtual Career Fairs

This workshop recording from January 2021 provides step by step instructions on how to prepare effectively for a virtual career fair at NC State. Click the image to view the Zoom recording (NC State users only).

Applying to Academic Jobs (Faculty, Postdoc, and Administrative Positions)

For doctoral students and postdocs seeking faculty or other academic positions, this section provides resources for your job search. Grad students and postdocs are welcome to request individual appointments with Dr. Kittle Autry for assistance with their application materials, including cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, job talks, and more.

Understanding the Academic Job Market

The first step to securing an academic job is to understand the landscape of hiring in academia, what makes for a strong candidate, and how to start now to ensure you can be one. This workshop is offered annually for students; a Zoom recording is available from the summer 2021 offering (NC State users only).

Part 1: How to be a good candidate

Developing Strong Application Documents

The key to making the first cut is to have outstanding job documents. This workshop is offered annually for students. Click the image at left to access a Zoom recording from a previous term (NC State users only).

Preparing for Academic Job Interviews

Learn the ins and outs of academic job interviews in this workshop, offered annually for students. Click the image at right to access a Zoom recording from a previous term (NC State users only).

Where to Find North American Jobs

The Registry: https://www.theregistry.ttu.edu/ (If you are a diverse candidate, you should also register on this site as a job seeker, as this site is used by search committees to find excellent minority candidates.)

IEEE Jobs: https://jobs.ieee.org/

HigherEdJobs: www.higheredjobs.com

Chronicle Jobs: www.chronicle.com

InsideHigherEd: www.insidehighered.com


Application and Interviewing Advice

The Professor Is In: The blog, Pearls of Wisdom, provides excellent advice on every academic job question imaginable, from writing an effective cover letter, to delivering an amazing job talk. She has blunt advice about the academic job market, so be warned that her editorial style is a bit harsh.

Chronicle Vitae: Academia's foremost news publication runs a great site dedicated to advice for applying to and succeeding in faculty positions. Great pieces include:

Academic Job Search: UC Berkeley provides many great resources for academic job applications on this comprehensive site.

Reference Letters: UC Berkeley provides a great summary of the purposes of your recommendation letters and how to solicit strong ones to support your application.

The Effective Diversity Statement: A senior faculty member provides advice on writing this new genre of the academic job application

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