Academic Careers

Academic Career Tools – Use the resources for academic career planning resources.

  • Inside Higher Ed: Inside Higher Ed is a resource for faculty, staff, and students to access current topics in higher education, job board, and career tools.  
  • Highered360: Use this tool to find jobs in higher education. 
  • Higher Education Recruitment Consortium: The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium is a job board for recruiting diverse employees in higher education.​ 

Non-Academic Career Tools

Non-Academic Career Tools – Use the resources below to explore areas outside of academia.

  • Idealist: Browse Idealist for non-profit career opportunities. 
  • Indeed: Indeed allows job seekers to search for jobs, review company ratings, and find salary information for comparable positions. 
  • PostDoc: Post Doc hosts positions across a variety of academic fields.  
  • Simply Hired: Browse SimplyHired for jobs, view local and national salary information, discover companies, and learn about the job market in a specific city. 
  • Versatile PhD: Versatile PhD is a free resource for graduate students, post-doctoral students, and alumni who are seeking career opportunities outside of the professoriate.​ 


Career Exploration Tools

Career Exploration Tools – Use the career exploration resources to hone your interests and identify potential career paths.

  • Career Navigator and Quizzes: Use this took from the Canadian government to take a variety of free career inventories.  
  • Imagine PhD: Imagine PhD is a free career exploration and planning tool for PhD students in social sciences and humanities. 
  • My Next Move: Explore career options with this tool from the Department of Education.  
  • O*Net Online: Find detailed career information from the US Department of Labor, including required training and education, job duties, related careers, job outlook, and salary. ​