If you are planning to apply for academic positions soon or in the future, explore resources to help you maximize your opportunities in these competitive roles. Take advantage of MCS advisors and resources throughout your time at Griffin GSAS to enhance your candidacy for research and/or teaching intensive jobs in different types of academic settings.

Highlighted Resources

CVs and Cover Letters

Every graduate student needs a curriculum vitae, or “CV”. Your CV represents your accomplishments and experience as an academic and helps to establish your professional image.

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Beyond the Professoriate

Beyond the Professoriate is an online professional development training platform that helps PhD students successfully transition into academic or nonacademic career paths.

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Interfolio

Interfolio is one of several online services that graduate students may use to manage their academic job search documents, including confidential letters of recommendation.

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20-Minute Tips: Videos for Harvard Griffin GSAS

A series of short how-to videos, including academic CVs, cover letters, and more.

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National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

The NCFDD offers resources focused on developing skills to thrive in the academy such as strategic planning, productivity, work-life balance, and healthy relationships.

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Harvard University has an institutional subscription to the Chronicle, allowing full access to all of the offerings including a job board for faculty and administrative positions.

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Free Professional Headshots!

Visit the Headshot Hub in the Collaborative Commons, 2nd Floor of the Smith Campus Center for your free self-service professional headshot, delivered to your inbox!

No appointment needed. Stop by anytime the Smith Campus Center is open: Mon-Fri: 7am – 10pm, …

By Mignone Center for Career Success
Mignone Center for Career Success
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Career Exploration Is a Humanities Research Project

Delve into key questions about your career options using humanities methods like qualitative research and interpretative analysis.

Written by Rachel Bernard, Inside Higher Ed

Many students come to their career advising appointments with just one question: What do Ph.D. (or …

By Caroline Rende
Caroline Rende Associate Director of Graduate Career Exploration
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start a Ph.D.

The work force is a mess. But deep skills will always be in demand.

“This is a dire moment to enter the work force.

It is a perfect moment to spend four to seven years acquiring rare and valuable skills …

By Laura Stark
Laura Stark Associate Director: Academic Careers & Pursuing the PhD
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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHTS

  • Cambridge, MA
  • Economics Postdoctoral Fellow National Bureau of Economic Research
Meet Salman
  • Princeton, NJ
  • Associate Research Scholar Princeton Society of Fellows
Meet Louis
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methodology University of Georgia
Meet Lily
Meet Jiemin Tina
Meet Kang Rui Garrick
Meet Emily
  • Boston, MA
  • Molecular Biology and Biophysics Postdoctoral Researcher Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Meet Andres
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Loyola Marymount University
Meet Robert

Marissa Hauser Master’s ’25

  • Seattle, WA
  • History PhD Student University of Washington
  • Boulder, CO
  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Change, Health & Wellbeing University of Colorado Boulder
Meet Ellen
Meet Danielle
  • Worcester, MA
  • Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Meet Connor
Meet Sarah
  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor) School of East Asian Studies, The University of Sheffield
Meet Yookyeong
  • Cambridge, MA
  • Research Professor Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College, Arizona State University
Meet Mary
Meet Ronak
Meet Ani
  • Berkeley, CA
  • Postdoctoral Scholar University of California at Berkeley
Meet Grace
Meet Ajinkya
  • Tampa, FL
  • Assistant Professor of American Politics University of South Florida
Meet Eric

Contact & Location

Phone
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Address

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