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AIP Statistical Research Center Data on faculty employment
AIP Statistical Research Center Data on astronomy and employment
Navigating the Faculty Job Search – AstroBetter wiki page
A Career in Undergraduate Education – 2013 AAS post about jobs at non-PhD-granting institutions
Career Profile: Astronomer to Tenure-Track Faculty – 2013 AAS CSWA interview
APS Physicists Profile: Careers in Academia & Research Universities
AAS Career Development Webinars and Workshops
Physics Today Careers and Education articles
CSWA Advice for Postdocs Applying for Tenure-Track Positions (scroll down to find)
Science magazine article "Learn to read between the lines of a job ad" by David Jensen
Ph.D. Resources for Re-envisioning the Ph.D.
A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science , by Peter J. Feibelman. June, 1993, Basic Books.
Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering , by Richard M. Reis. 1997, Wiley-IEEE Press.
Networking for Nerds , by Alaina G. Levine. 2015, Wiley-Blackwell.
Jennifer Hodgdon on Leaving Academic Physics - An article covering many aspects of career change.
The Professor is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your PhD into a Job , by Karen Kelsky. Sugust, 2015, Three Rivers Press.
Science magazine article "Employment Crisis' for new PhDs an illusion" by Jeffrey Mervis
AAS member Robin Corbet has provided the AAS with a result from his 2004 survey of academic astronomy and physics programs in the US. It shows the number of assistant, associate, and full professors as a function of years from PhD.
The Right Startup Package for Beginning Scientists - reprinted from the Chronicle of Higher Education
For Current Faculty