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Explore careers and resources by academic field.

Humanities

Humanities: General

Academic 360
A good resource on an array of scholarly organizations, listservs, and other discipline-specific career-related info.  Academic 360 can aid in identifying where to find academic and nonacademic job postings.

H-Grad
Part of the Humanities OnLine initiative (H-Net).  A discussion forum for humanities and social sciences graduate students on issues related to graduate school, teaching, research, and job hunting.

Sellout 
Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe.  Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software.

WRK4US ("work for us")
Created as a discussion list focusing on career options beyond academe for people with graduate degrees in the humanities, WRK4US has grown to address the interests of social scientists and education specialists as well.  Job postings are frequently sent to the list. WRK4US Guest Speaker Discussion Archive

Humanities: Art & History

ArtCareer.net 
Lists job openings in the visual arts and includes a resume bank.

ArtJobOnline
National database of job, internship, and fellowship opportunities.  Subscription fee required.

About Art History
Job, fellowship, and internship postings in art history.

Association for Art History
Lists job and fellowship opportunities in museums and academic institutions.

Career Alternatives for Art Historians
Information created by a Notre Dame professor on alternative careers for art historians.

College Art Association

New York Foundation for the Arts
Lists job and internship opportunities in the arts.

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
E-newsletter providing info on grants, fellowships, internships, and study abroad opportunities.

Humanities: Drama

EntertainmentCareers.net
Provides links to career-related resources as well as job and internship postings in the entertainment industry.

Humanities: English

ACCUTE Careerlinks 
The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English maintains this site on Canadian academic and nonacademic careers.

National Council of Teachers of English
Job postings for English teachers at all levels.

Sellout
Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe.  Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software.

Humanities: Foreign Languages

Bilingual Jobs

LatPro
Job board for Hispanic and bilingual professionals (Spanish and Portuguese).

Humanities: History

Beyond Academe
A site created to help historians explore opportunities beyond academe.  Provides advice about finding jobs beyond academe and profiles of historians who have done so.

Journeyman: Getting Into and Out of Academe
An essay by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a history of science PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, arguing that one can remain a successful scholar while pursuing a career beyond academe.

Humanities: Linguistics

The Linguist List
Lists academic and nonacademic job openings.

Humanities: Music

MusicalChairs.info
Lists job openings for classical musicians and singers worldwide.  Includes a discussion board and directories of conservatories, musicians, and orchestras.

Humanities: Philosophy

ePhilosopher.com
Includes info for philosophers on pursuing careers beyond academe.

"A Non-Academic Career? Information, Resources, and Background on Options for Philosophers," American Philosophical Association

Life and Physical Sciences

Life and Physical Sciences: General

Academic 360
A good resource on an array of scholarly organizations, listservs, and other discipline-specific career-related info.  Academic 360 can aid in identifying where to find academic and nonacademic job postings.

Association of Science and Technology Centers
Lists job openings at science centers across the country.

Association for Women in Science
Promotes the advancement of women in scientific careers.  Includes job listings.

Biofind
Features job postings in biotechnology, info on events, and a live chat with people in the industry.

Biohealthmatics
Career networking site for biotechnology and healthcare IT. Includes job postings, resume bank, and career advice.

Medzilla
Career resources in medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and science.  Includes a resume bank.

National Academies
Lists job opportunities at the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering.  The National Academies also produced the online guide, Careers in Science and Engineering, which features profiles of scientists and engineers, advice on establishing career goals, job searching, and changing careers.

National Association of Science Writers
Advice on pursuing a career as a science writer.

National Cancer Institute
Job, fellowship, and internship postings.

National Institutes of Health
Job, fellowship, and internship postings.

National Science Teachers Association
Provides job listings and career advice for science educators.  Includes a resume bank.

Nature Jobs
Job listings and career-related articles for scientists in the private, public, and academic sectors worldwide from the British magazine Nature.

New Scientist Jobs
Includes academic and nonacademic job postings in the sciences, from the New Scientist, an international weekly magazine.

PhDs.org
A site for math, science, and engineering PhDs supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  Includes postings for jobs both in and out of academe and many career-related resources.

Postdoc Jobs
Lists academic and nonacademic postdoctoral positions, mostly in the sciences.  Includes info on fellowship and scholarship opportunities, a resume bank, and career-related advice.

Science Careers
Job listings from Science, a weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Includes a CV/resume bank, a job alert service, and profiles of companies that hire scientists.

ScienceJobs.com

Scientific Career Transitions Program
The Science & Technology Advisory Board administers this program created to help scientists and engineers change careers.  For a fee, the program's career consultants assist participants with career planning and job hunting.

Sellout
Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe.  Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software.

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
Career planning resources in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and healthcare.

Using Your Calculator to Save the World

Life and Physical Sciences: Astronomy

See Physics and Astronomy

Life and Physical Sciences: Biology

Bio.com Jobs Career Center

Biology Jobs

Life and Physical Sciences: Biomedical Sciences

BioMed Scientist Jobs
International academic and nonacademic job announcements for life scientists from The Scientist.  Includes a CV/resume bank and email alert service.

Cell and Molecular Biology Online

Employment Links for the Biomedical Scientist 
Career resources for biomedical scientists; includes info on jobs in and out of academe.

Life and Physical Sciences: Chemistry

American Chemical Society jobs database

Chemistry & Industry Jobs
Society of Chemical Industry bimonthly magazine.  Includes job postings and a CV bank.

ChemJobs.net
Academic, postdoctoral, and industrial job postings in the US and abroad.

RSC: ChemSoc
International network of chemistry societies, based in Cambridge, England.

Life and Physical Sciences: Environmental Sciences

Earthworks Jobs
International resource.

EE-Link
North American Association for Environmental Education

Environmental Careers

Environmental Careers Opportunities

Environmental Jobs and Careers

Jobs & Careers in Outdoor, Environmental & Adventure Education

National Audubon Society

National Council for Science and the Environment

National Park Service

National Resources Conservation Service

Society of American Foresters

US Environmental Protection Agency

USDA Forest Service

Life and Physical Sciences: Physics and Astronomy

AeroIndustryJobs
Job listings in the aerospace, defense, aviation, advanced materials, and composites industries.  Includes a resume bank.

American Astronomical Society Job Register
Lists academic, postdoctoral, and some nonacademic job openings for astronomers and astrophysicists.

American Association of Physics Teachers
Lists jobs for physics educators at the secondary and college levels in the US and abroad. 

American Institute of Physics
Many listings for physicists and astronomers in academe, government, and industry.  Includes a resume bank and job alert service.

American Physical Society Job Center
Lists positions within academe and beyond.  Includes a resume bank.

How to Leave Physics
Jennifer Hodgdon, a Cornell PhD in physics, created this site to provide information for physicists on careers beyond academe.  Includes career-related advice, links to resources, and the opportunity to submit questions.

NASA JOBS
Job openings at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Physicsweb Jobs
Lists academic and nonacademic job openings worldwide from Physics World, the monthly magazine of the Institute of Physics in Europe.

Space Jobs
Job listings in the aeronautics and space industries.

Using Your Calculator to Save the World

Mathematical Sciences

Mathematical Sciences: General

Academic 360
A good resource on an array of scholarly organizations, listservs, and other discipline-specific career-related info.  Academic 360 can aid in identifying where to find academic and nonacademic job postings.

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
Career planning resources for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and healthcare.

Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics and Statistics

American Mathematical Society

American Statistical Association: ASA Jobweb
Academic and nonacademic job announcements for statisticians.

Be An Actuary

Math-jobs.com
International job postings for bankers, computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, and teachers. Provides links to mathematics organizations and mathematics and statistics departments around the world and info on applying for jobs abroad.

MSCI Project for Nonacademic Employment
The Mathematical Sciences Career Information Project for Nonacademic Employment is a collaborative project of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, partially funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Provides extensive career-related resources on the job search beyond academe.

OR/MS Today
Operations research job postings in the magazine of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS).

National Security Agency
Employs many mathematicians.

PhDs.org
A site for math, science, and engineering PhDs supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  Includes postings for jobs both in and out of academe and many career-related resources.

RAND Statistics Group Employment Opportunities
A nonprofit research institution that employs many statisticians.

Sellout
Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe.  Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software.

Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
Includes postings for jobs, fellowships, and postdoctoral opportunities. 

U.S. Census Bureau
Job and postdoctoral opportunities for mathematicians and statisticians. 

Social Sciences

Social Sciences: General

Academic 360
A good resource on an array of scholarly organizations, listservs, and other discipline-specific career-related info.  Academic 360 can aid in identifying where to find academic and nonacademic job postings.

H-Grad
Part of the Humanities OnLine initiative (H-Net).  A discussion forum for humanities and social sciences graduate students on issues related to graduate school, teaching, research, and job hunting.

The New Social Worker Online

Sellout
Mark Johnson, a Boston University English PhD who works in the software industry, created this web site to help PhDs explore career options beyond academe.  Features articles on leaving academe, and resources and practical advice on careers in technical writing and software.

WRK4US ("work for us")
Created as a discussion list focusing on career options beyond academe for people with graduate degrees in the humanities, WRK4US has grown to address the interests of social scientists and education specialists as well.  Job postings are frequently sent to the list. WRK4US Guest Speaker Discussion Archive

Social Sciences: Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthrojob.com

ArchaeologyFieldwork.com
Lists job, internship, fellowship, scholarship, and volunteer opportunities in anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, historic preservation, and museums.  Includes a discussion list, resume bank, and an international list of cultural resource management firms.

Aviso Employment Resources Online
Job postings from Aviso, the monthly newsletter of the American Association of Museums.

Job-Digger
Job listings for archaeologists.

National Association of State Archaeologists
Directory of state archaeologists.

Shovelbums.org
Job and volunteer opportunities in archaeology and cultural resource management.  Includes a list of international archaeology, CRM, and preservation companies.

Southwestern Archaeology Job Opportunities
Job and volunteer openings for archaeologists.  Includes resource links.

Social Sciences: Economics

Economics Departments, Institutes, and Research Centers in the World: Think Tanks (University of Connecticut)
Directory of think tanks.

Economics Research Network 
Academic and nonacademic job listings in the US and abroad.

Job Openings for Economists (JOE)

Inomics Job Openings for Economists
International version of JOE.  Inomics lists jobs in academic institutions, government, and industry, and provides links to other resources.

International Monetary Fund
Major recruiter of economists.

Social Sciences: Political Science

Political Science Resources: Think Tanks (University of Michigan)

Research Centers in International Relations (US Institute of Peace)
Directory of IR research centers.

Social Sciences: Psychology

American Psychological Association PsycCareers

JobsinPsychology.com
News, advice, and job openings for therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals.  Includes a resume bank.

National Association of School Psychologists Career Center
Job listings for school psychologists.

Non-Academic Careers for Scientific Psychologists 
Provides diverse professional profiles of psychologists in nonacademic careers.

Psychwatch.com
Lists academic and nonacademic jobs for mental health professionals.

The Pursuing Psychology Career Page
Resources on careers in psychology, by the University of Northern Iowa Psychology Department.

Social Psychology Network's Online Psychology Career Center 
Provides useful links.

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 
Lists job opportunities in academic, private, and public sectors.