April 9th, 2026 | Yerace & Dilger
Thanks for joining us for our job market discussion!
Our slides
Refer to our slides from today’s talk.
Some JETS resources for understanding job ads
- Our document explaining institution and position types
- Annotated examples of boilerplate you might see in job advertisements, to help you decide what is helpful to your application
Relevant links for academic job-searching
- Places to look for academic job listings:
- https://www.higheredjobs.com/
- https://jobs.chronicle.com/
- https://joblist.mla.org/
- Disciplinary email lists (such as):
- Resources for researching academic institution types:
- National Center for Educational Statistics College Navigator: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
- Carnegie Classifications Institution Search: https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institutions/
Wanna learn more about preparing for the academic job market? We welcome folks at every level of their studies—we’d love for you to start planning in advance of your job market year! Learn more about Jobs in English and Transdisciplinary Studies.