Preparing for the Job Market
Contents
Job Market Overview
- Careers for Students of History - AHA publication that is a must read for any prospective student interested in pursuing a career in history. This pamphlet discusses the numerous career possibilities, and includes interviews with prominent historians in all fields of history, ranging from academic and publishing, to public and consulting.
- AHA Best Practices on Spousal/Partner Hiring
- Mapping the Contours of the History Profession: Three Perspectives by Jim Grossman, Robert Townsend, Edward Balleisen, and Alexandra Lord (Dec. 2011)
- Plan C by Anthony T. Grafton and Jim Grossman (Nov. 2011)
- No More Plan B: A Very Modest Proposal for Graduate Programs in History by Anthony T. Grafton and Jim Grossman (Oct. 2011)
- The Parlous Paths of the Profession by Anthony Grafton and Robert B. Townsend (Sept. 2008)
Academic Job Market
- Another Word on Job-Market Etiquette by Dana Polanichka (Dec. 2011)
- A Day in the Life of a Community College Professor by Natalie Kimbrough (Dec. 2011)
- Job Market Etiquette by Katharine Hijar (Dec. 2010)
- Teaching at a Community College: Some Personal Observations by John H. Ball (Apr. 2010)
- How to Apply for a Position at a Small College by Samuel Huston Goodfellow (Feb. 2010)
- Hiring Historians: Can't We Make the Process Better? by Martin R. Mulford (Sept. 2008)
- Applying for a Job at a Liberal Arts College by David Allen Harvey (Perspectives, Sept. 2003)
- Facing the Indignities of the Job Market by Michael S. Foley (Mar. 2001)
- Using the Annual Meeting to Win a Position at a Small Undergraduate College by Steven A. Leibo (Perspectives, Dec. 1995)
CVs, Cover Letters, Teaching Portfolios
- Going on the Job Market? Some Dos and Don'ts for an Effective CV and Cover Letter by Laura York (Perspectives, Mar. 2006)
- Cover Letters and CVs for History Job Seekers by Carl Ashley (Perspectives, Dec. 2004)
- The Convincing Cover Letter by Steve Hochstadt (Perspectives, Sept. 2003)
- Preparing the Teaching Portfolio by Betty A. Dessants (Perspectives, Sept. 2003)
Interviewing
- Advice on Overcoming the Job Interview by Jacqueline Jones (AHA Today, February 27, 2013)
- Telephone and Video Interviews for Academic Hiring: Some Guidelines AHA Professional Division (Mar. 2011)
- Advice on Surviving the Job Register: A Guide for the Bemused and Befuddled by Richard E. Bond (Perspectives Annual Meeting Supplement, Dec. 2004)
- Reflections on Interviewing by Richard E. Bond (Perspectives Annual Meeting Supplement, Dec. 2004)
- The Art of the Job Talk by Marilynn S. Johnson (Perspectives, Nov. 2004)
- The Campus Visit by Sally Hadden (Perspectives, Sept. 2003)
- Interviewing Strategies: Survival at Interviews by Melanie Gustafson (Perspectives, Dec. 2002)
- Successful Strategies for Interviews at the Annual Meeting by Lucy G. Barber and John Wood Sweet (Perspectives, Dec. 1998)
- Preparing for AHA & Phone Interviews (PDF) by Leisa Meyer & Questions for AHA Interviews (PDF)
Career Paths
- Career Diversity for Historians - AHA initiative to demonstrate how graduate programs in history can prepare doctoral students to pursue a wide spectrum of career opportunities.
- Beyond Academe - website to educate historians about opportunities outside of academia.
- Careers in Public History
- What I Do: Historians Talk About Their Work
- Are You Thinking of a Career in Secondary Schools? A Supervisor's Perspective on Which Candidate to Hire by John Pyne
- An Option Worth Pursuing: Teaching Opportunities for History Graduate Students in the Secondary Schools by Ron Briley
- A Historian in a Professional School of Politics by Matthew Dallek (Perspectives, Jan. 2015)
- From Academia to a Think Tank: Reflections on How to Be Lucky by Ted Bromund (Perspectives, Dec. 2014)
- What I Learned at AHA 2014: A Mentor’s Perspective by Lauren Apter Bairnsfather (May 2014)
- A Historian in the World of Investments: How Historical Thinking Resonates in Business by Chris McNickle (Perspectives, Mar. 2014)
- In Admin: Four History PhDs Discuss their Alt-Ac Careers by Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, Pam Lach, Jason Myers, and Anne Mitchell Whisnant (Perspectives, Nov. 2013)
- Studying Change to Affect Change: A History PhD in Human Resources by Camille Henderson (Perspectives, Oct. 2013)
- Thinking of Moving Abroad? How to Begin Applying for Foreign Jobs by Brett Bennett (Perspectives, Apr. 2010)
- A Picture of Public History, Preliminary Results from the 2008 Survey of Public History Professionals by John Dichtl and Robert B. Townsend (Perspectives, Sept. 2009)
- Teaching History in Independent Schools by Darcy R. Fryer (Perspectives, Nov. 2007)
- Looking for a Federal Job? Some Practical Advice by Art Gómez (Perspectives, May 2006)
- Practical Advice on Getting a Public History Job by Debbie Ann Doyle (Perspectives, Apr. 2006)
- The View from Outside the Ivory Tower by Alexandra Lord (Perspectives, Jan. 2005)
- Doing History in Exhibit Halls: The History PhD and a Museum Career by Louise Pubols (Perspectives, Feb. 2004)
- Public History Employers—What Do They Want? by Philip M. Katz (Perspectives, Sept. 2003)
Negotiating an Offer
- The Job Offer (PDF) by Edward Muir