Navigating the Academic Job Market Minefield

Publication metrics and success on the academic job market

The number of applicants vastly outnumbers the available academic faculty positions. What makes a successful academic job market candidate is the subject of much current discussion [1-4]. Yet, so far there has been no quantitative analysis of who becomes a principal investigator (PI). We here use a machine-learning approach to predict who becomes a PI, based on data from over 25,000 scientists ...

Finding the right academic job.

The career path in academic medicine is full of exciting opportunities as well as great achievements and discoveries. In this review, we discuss various obstacles that fellows face as they explore career opportunities in academic hematology/oncology. We also share thoughts on what might be considered steps for success in maneuvering through a search for the "right" position. We discuss several ...

The Rhetoric of "Job Market" and the Reality of the Academic Labor System

The “ Market ” for Academic Research

It seems that nothing unites the interests of academic economists like the pitfalls and mysteries of the publication process. Despite nearly universal dissatisfaction expressed with the process---and despite journals piled from floor to ceiling unread---economists read, copy, discuss and debate the latest “ranking” article either with much glee or with much condemnation. Such ranking systems ar...

Job Market Signaling and Job Search

The high cost of searching for employers borne by prospective employees increases friction in the labor market and inhibits formation of e¢ cient employer-employee relationships. It is conventionally agreed that mechanisms that reduce the search costs (e.g., internet portals for job search) lower unemployment and improve overall welfare. We demonstrate that a reduction of the search costs may h...