Careers

Academic Jobs

General Overviews and Advice

Professor Brad Hooker (Reading) and Professor Helen Beebee (Birmingham) @ BPPA Careers Day 2011:

Professor Brad Hooker (Reading) on preparing for the job market

Debbie Roberts, who recently got the 'holy grail' of a permanent job in philosophy at York after completing her PhD at Reading, provides some advice for philosophy grad students and job hunters

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jbeebe2/Placement.htm
http://theoriesnthings.blogspot.com/2007/09/uk-job-market.html
http://www.lps.uci.edu/lps_grad_placement

Dr Clare Saunders (Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies), Professor David Archard (Lancaster), and Professor Helen Beebee (Birmingham) detail a day in the life of a philosophy academic and answer general questions @ BPPA Careers Day 2011:

Academic Job Listings
http://www.jobsinphilosophy.org/
http://phylo.info/jobs

Teaching Experience:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/how-much-teaching-experien...
http://insocrateswake.blogspot.com/2007/09/evaluating-teaching-credentia...

Applications and CVs
http://philosophysmoker.blogspot.com/2011/05/honing-your-application-and...

Writing Samples
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2008/10/writing-samples.html

Reasons For Non-Selection
http://lemmingsblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/reasons-for-non-selection-of-jo...

Applying after being away from academia:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/philosophy_grad.html
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2009/05/publishing-philosophy-whil...

Applying as an ‘older’ student/candidate:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/a-philosophy-st.html
http://philosophysmoker.blogspot.com/2011/09/ageism.html

What to be prepared for at a small department:
http://smallphildept.blogspot.com/

Applying to jobs with a primary emphasis on teaching
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/how-to-best-pre.html

Oxford
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/jobs_at_oxford_.html

The US Job Market
http://mugwump.pitzer.edu/~bkeeley/work/ADVICE.HTM
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/hiring_practice.html
http://philosophyofbrains.com/2006/12/20/new-comment-on-the-philosophy-j...
http://brainbrain.blogspot.com/2006/02/on-philosophy-job-market.html

Discussions of the APA process and interviews:
http://philosophersanon.blogspot.com/2009/12/apa-smoker-donts.html
http://philosophersanon.blogspot.com/2009/12/apa-interview-donts.html
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/advice-for-job.html

Writing a cover letter for the US job market:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-write-a-cover-lette...

Blogging
http://askpang.typepad.com/relevant_history/2003/08/academic_blogge.html

Making Controversial Public Comments
http://www.newappsblog.com/2011/09/a-strategic-thought-on-entering-the-j...

Negotiating
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/negotiating_a_j.html

Jobs Outside of Philosophy

Professor David Archard (Lancaster), Professor John Cottingham (Reading and Heythrop), Dr James Garvey (Editor Philosophers' Magazine), Professor Sean Kelly (Harvard), Rick Lewis (Editor and Founder of Philosophy Now), and Jonathan Rée (Royal College of Art)@ BPPA Careers Day 2011:

03 Philosophy Beyond Academia: Philosophy in culture and the public sphere by Bppa

Philosophy Employability Guide from PRS
The Subject Centre for Philosophy and Religious Studies has kindly made available their PRS Philosophy Employability Guide, a guide to unlocking the value of your Philosophy degree in the job market

Other Links
http://askpang.typepad.com/relevant_history/2004/03/journeyman_gett.html
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/alternative-options-and-ba...
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/good-career-paths-for-unde...
http://www.ephilosopher.com/articles/papers/non-academic-jobs-for-philos...