Join a peer-led group of interdisciplinary PhDs and post-docs applying for tenure-track and full-time contract academic jobs.
Coming back in Summer 2025 - to learn about future cohorts
In weekly 90-minute seminar-style meetings, group members will have the opportunity to:
- share their academic job search progress
- discuss aspects of the academic job search process (CVs, job talks, etc.)
- develop their communication and pedagogical skills through short presentations and discussion facilitation
- review and have their own documents reviewed by peers and career advisors
- practice for interviews, job talks and teaching demos
- draft the components of an academic job application
Weekly topics:
- Welcome: Community Guidelines and Finding Jobs
- Application: CV/CL
- Application: Research Statement and EDI Statement
- Application: Teaching Portfolio
- Campus Visits and Job Interviews
- Teaching Demos, Job Talks
A CaPS staff member will be present to help facilitate the meetings and provide non-discipline specific career development advice.