Insights on the Faculty Job Market – Preparing for the fall application season and beyond

In this workshop, Virginia Tech Postdoctoral Affairs Program Administrator, Chris Smith, shared data from a set of faculty job market applicant surveys from 2018 to the present as well as an overview of the Academic Career Readiness Assessment developed at UCSF.

Attendees will learn about some of the critical factors and metrics associated with landing a faculty position as well as an appreciation of the different qualifications needed to be competitive at different types of institutions. While the presented data are mostly from STEM and the biological sciences fields, general advice on applying for faculty positions will be shared.

Learn more about this work and read the 2018-2019 job market survey paper.