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Global Academy Jobs is the most informed academic jobs board in the world.
This is our Higher Ed blog where we bring you the latest news and views from the world of academic recruitment to help you find and secure the perfect academic job, anywhere in the world.

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Jo Mitchell

How to stay motivated when you’re job hunting

The search for your next academic job can be exhausting and painful. To have got where you are, however, you will have faced – and overcome – steep challenges. So what can you do now to revitalise your search and keep momentum up until you finally nail that job?

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Academic CVs

| Jo Mitchell

Transferable skills cheat sheet for your next application

Academic CVs

| Jo Mitchell

Dynamic verb cheat sheet for your academic CV

Rethinking academic conferences

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a dramatic and thorough rethinking of in-person events, including academic conferences. So given that the alternative of virtual conferences look set to stay, how can these be refined to deliver the best and most accessible experience?…

Job Search

| The GA Jobs Team

Keeping track of your job search

Dates, files, emails addresses, reminders . . . there’s a lot to keep track of when you are job searching. We suggest a simple job search spreadsheet to help you keep everything in one place….

Teaching and supervision

| Jo Mitchell

Online teaching: what have we learned and how to move forward

The sudden transition to online teaching precipitated by the pandemic has been stretching – and dizzying for many. Here is what we have learned so far, and what we can do better in the future….

Job Search

| Wendy Stone

What does your email address say about you when you apply for jobs?

Your email address is an important part of your personal brand. Before you begin your job search you should consider whether your current email address matches your career aspirations….