Career Planning Info and Resources 

Information for undergraduates considering graduate school. http://www.cra.org/ccc/csgs.php

Online version of self assessment: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/workshops/finding/

Extensive online resources for the academic job search including MANY articles on academic job interviews: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/workshops/CV/academic_interviews.html

Additional Academic Job Search resources: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/workshops/CV/RelatedLinks.html and http://web.mit.edu/career/www/graduate/academiccareers.html

There were videos made of a series of panels on academic careers which should still be available at Hayden Library reserve desk:

• PDS1 Why Choose an Academic Career, LB1778.2.W59 2002
• PDS2 Nuts and Bolts of the Academic Application Process, LB1778.2.N87 2002
• PDS3 Surviving Your First Year as an Assistant Professor LB1778.2.587 2002
• PDS4 Balancing Family and Academic Career LB1778.2.B45 2002
• PDS5 Transition from Industry to Academia LB1778.2.T73 2002

This is the best information I've seen on starting a faculty job and running a research lab. Excellent! Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty. There is some other good information on this page as well.

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Last updated: 9/21/11