EPCS offers services to UW-Madison School of Education graduate students pursuing careers in higher education. Services include dossier, curriculum vitae review, and job-search consultation.

• Dossier Service
• The Job Search and Preparing a Curriculum Vitae
• Interviewing
• Higher Ed Job Links
  

This site has been designed to provide you with some basic job-search information. We encourage you to make an appointment with your EPCS consultant to help you map out your strategies.

• The academic job-hunting season for most disciplines runs from fall through spring (See Higher Education Timeline)
• Your department will most likely be your best source of information regarding the normal job-search process in your discipline
• Most academic positions are posted long in advance
• For entry-level positions, students trying to finish their dissertations need to expect to spend substantial time drafting application letters and checking postings in the late fall (see Getting Started)
• Some disciplines schedule mid-winter (December) meetings where initial screening interviews can take place
• Otherwise, students can expect to see interviewing traditionally starting in February through March
• Students need to be prepared to have a scholarly talk ready on their dissertation topic for on-site interviewing
• This time frame allows for most departments to bring candidates on campus for interviews, make offers, and complete the cycle by the end of the academic year

PhD Survey Report
For many years EPCS had conducted a UW-Madison campus-wide survey of the employment status of graduated PhD students. Reports have been put on-line at: PhD Survey Report.

Send comments or questions to epcs-online@education.wisc.edu