Career Resources

Career and Job Market Information

DATA

• Report on the MLA Job Information List, 2011-12 
• Report on the MLA Job Information List, 2010-11 
• Data on Humanities Doctorate Recipients and Faculty Members by Race and Ethnicity
• Reports on the Surveys of Earned Doctorates
• MLA Surveys of PhD Placement
• Report on the MLA's 2004 Survey of Hiring Departments 

ARTICLES AND GUIDES

• Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career
• Rethinking the Master's Degree in English for a New Century
• Guide to Doctoral Programs in English and Other Modern Languages
• Professionalization in Perspective: Report from the MLA Ad Hoc Committee on the Professionalization of PhDs
• Self-Study Guide for Doctoral Programs
• Committee on Professional Employment: Final Report

The Job Search: Information for Job Seekers and Hiring Departments

• Administrations Censured by the American Association of University Professors
• CAFPRR: Advice to Search Committees and Job Seekers
• Checklist for Job Seekers
• Disability and Hiring: Guidelines for Departmental Search Committees
• Dos and Don'ts for MLA Convention Interviews
• General Advice for Candidates
• MLA Recommendation on a Minimum Wage for Full-Time Entry-Level Faculty Members
• MLA Recommendations on Minimum Per-Course Compensation for Part-Time Faculty Members
• MLA Statements Relevant to the Hiring Process
• Professional Meetings
• Profession Article: What Search Committees Want
• Sources of Information for Job Candidates in English
• Using Sign Language Interpreters

ADE and ADFL Online Job Counseling

• About ADE and ADFL Online Job Counseling
• Planning a Career after Graduate School
• Developing an Academic Career
• Developing a Nonacademic Career
• When and Where to Look for an Academic Job
• CVs, Dossiers, Application Letters, Writing Samples, and Portfolios
• Interviews, Campus Visits, Job Talks, and Teaching Demonstrations
• Negotiating Special Situations
• Job Offers