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So, you remember when I told snaxcident about webinars and she told her boss and all hell broke loose?

We were talking about it the other day while she cursed the name of Webinar, and I said, "I have to ask, though, are the webinars at all productive? Are they bringing in new clients or at least new contacts?"

She made many frowny faces at me but said, "Unfortunately for me they have an incredible ROI - they are generating lots of leads, especially in the states. We hired an event manager to manage our webinars because they became so popular."

This means I literally talked a job into existence. I have created employment for someone! Let's hold onto that magic.

Let's have a SAM'S CAFE JOB FAIR.

The job fair is simple!

Leave a comment about where you are and what you do and what kind of work you're looking for (use your own good common sense about how much personal info to share). If you're looking to hire, know someone who is, or have resources to share, feel free to post those too!

I'll kick it off: I don't have many general jobsearch bookmarks anymore, but if you're looking for Not For Profit Jobs, there's a place to start.

Have at it!

ETA: Comments have been locked due to spammerz. Sorry guys!

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how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[sibylle]

Hi!

I am in the happy position of being in a temp job that still has two years' to run, but since I am thinking about The Next Step after that, here I am anyway ...

In a couple of months, I will be the proud owner of a PhD in American Literature (I also have an MA in United States Studies and MA equivalent degree(s) in American/English studies, Business Management, and Media Studies, and a BA equiv. in Public Law).

I've been an academic in England, Germany and Denmark, but since my main focus is American Studies and I've never yet worked in the United States, I'm right now trying to find out if it'd be possible to spend some time at an American University as an exchange lecturer, visiting PhD scholar, or to get a post-doc position somewhere.

Right now I mostly teach American Literature and Cultural Studies, but I also get some regular experience at teaching media studies classes (and taught the odd business management class this term, oops).

I'd be happy to hear about jobs that might be opening in a couple of months, but mostly I am looking for information regarding the publication of jobs - where's the place to go for post-doc position advertisements in the US?

As a trade, I'd be happy to help people around the German university job market, if anyone's looking to apply over here?

Re: how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[guardantares.livejournal.com]

My roommate is actually a recently graduated doctor who focuses on early modern and medieval Germany. I'll point her in your direction. She can give you a better idea of where to look for job postings.

Humanities postdoc listings

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

The best place I've discovered so far for an organized list of humanities postdocs is at the Academic Jobs Wiki (where all information is posted by anonymous academic jobseekers, so use with care, and if you find anything the list doesn't have, be a good citizen and add it!)

Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoc Wiki 2010-2011 (http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities_and_Social_Sciences_Postdocs_2010-11)

And, for information about postdocs that existed last year and may not be available YET this year, Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoc Wiki 2009-2010 (http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities_and_Social_Science_Postdocs_2009-2010).

If you -- or anyone else who reads this post! -- know where to find other humanities postdoc listings, I'm interested!

Re: how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

There's probably a website with some kind of larger listing, but I don't know what it is. A good place to start would probably be individual university websites, in the employment/job area.

Re: how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[lucky-guess.livejournal.com]

Hi! I know that the Chronicle of Higher Ed tends to be a place where a lot of schools advertise for either temporary or tenure-track positions.

http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

I went through my own job search very recently (and served on a search committee last year), so if you need help navigating the ins and outs of American academia, you can ping me at kitkat_50311 (at) gmail (dot) com.

Re: how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

(as the roommate in question, here are some resources; feel free to get in touch if you want more information-- this is just off the top of my head, without any research)

H-net: (aka "Humanities Net")

http://www.h-net.org (their job guide section is an excellent resource for jobs and post-docs)

Chronicle:

Somebody has already mentioned the Chronicle for Higher Education; their on-line job guide is very comprehensive


German Historical Institute- this is their fellowships page, which includes some specific opportunities for German academics looking for an opportunity to do research in the US:

http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=61

The DAAD, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Fulbright are other good potential sources of funding with a specific Germany-US connection.

Re: how to find post-doc positions in the US?

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

This is just to say -- are you another medievalist (okay, medievalist/early modernist) who fixated on The Dark Is Rising? There are an awful lot of us around. :D