Dual Career Resources
The information on this page has been provided to help spouses and partners of new faculty members find out about career opportunities in and around Santa Cruz County.
Job Search Tips
General Job Hunting Tips
| Capitola Career Center | Applicant Workshops |
| LiveCareer | A career and job-hunting resources guide. |
| Monster College | Advice on how to conduct an effective job search. |
| UC Davis Career Management Toolkit | Includes self assessments, career exploration, goal setting, job search tools, and more. |
| Staff Human Resources | General advice on finding a job at UC Santa Cruz. |
Resume Writing Tips
| Damn Good Resume Guide | Resume writing guide and resources. |
| UCSC Career Center | Resume guide. |
C.V. Writing Tips
| C.V. Tips | Tips for writing a successful curriculum vitae. |
| Curriculum Vitae & Resume | Tips from the Graduate Information Program at UCSC. |
Cover Letter and Interview Thank You Letter Tips
| Live Career | A formula for creating dynamic cover letters |
| Career Trend | Cover letter tips. |
| Career Lab | 200 sample letters for all sorts of career situations. |
| UCSC Career Center | Cover letter guide. |
Interview Tips
General Interview Tips
| Job Interview Net | Job interview question bank by field. |
| Career Builder | Interview advice and resources. |
| Job Interviews for Dummies | Large job interview question bank. |
| UCSC Career Center | Interview guide - although geared towards students, the guide has good suggestions and sample questions. |
Career Networking Tips
| Networking Rules for Job-seekers: the Good, the Bad and the Almost Perfect. | |
| Monster.com | Career Networking Tips: Use Social Media. |
Academic
UCSC is a member of the Northern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
UC Santa Cruz
| Academic Employment | |
| Staff Employment | |
| UCO Lick Observatory |
Nearby UC Campuses & Office of the President
| UC Berkeley | |
| UC Davis | |
| UC San Francisco | |
| UC Office of the President |
California State University
| Web site for all campuses | |
| California State University East Bay | |
| California State University Monterey Bay | |
| California State University San Francisco | |
| California State University San Jose |
California Community Colleges
| California Community Colleges Registry & Job Bank | |
| Association of California Community College Administrators | |
| American Association of Community Colleges |
Other Bay Area Campuses
Academic Associations and Job Banks
| HigherEd360 | Academic360.com is meta-collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions. |
| Insight Into Diversity | The Insight into Diversity Career Center is the premiere higher education online diversity job board connecting highly qualified job seekers and sought-after employers who understand the value of a diverse and inclusive workforce. |
| Association Jesuit Colleges and Universities Job Bank | The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) provides informationon employment opportunities at Jesuit institutions through The Jesuit College Job Bank. Announcements include job title, category (admin, faculty, dean, etc.), school, position start date, and application deadline. |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | Weekly listing of faculty, administrative, executive, and research positions from The Chronicle of Higher Education's Academe This Week. Focus is primarily on US institutions. Subscriber-based user ID and password are required to view current week's listing. Previous week's announcements are freely available. One of the largest collections of higher education employment opportunities on the Internet. |
| Council for Christian Colleges and Universities | A well-maintained listing of administrative and faculty job announcements provided by the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities. Position openings are listed as either faculty or non-teaching/administrative and include both member and non-member affiliated institutions. |
| Council for the Advancement and Support of Education | |
| Guide to California Colleges and Universities | |
| Higher Ed Jobs | HigherEdJobs.com lists over 1,000 faculty and staff positions at hundreds of colleges and universitiesacross the country. Job seekers can search www.HigherEdJobs.com bycategory, state, or institution. |
| Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | The Hispanic Outlook for Higher Education is published bi-weekly for the campus community. Their web site provides a listings of employment opportunities in higher education categorized by geographical region. |
| Humanities | A weekly listing of academic teaching opportunities in History, the Humanities, and the social sciences. Announcements are updated every Monday. |
| IM Diversity | The Minorities Job Bank carries an extensive listing of private, public, and academic sector positions. The site includes the opportunity to post resumes, browse employer/member profiles, and read career-related articles. Special sections provide additional information for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native-Americans, and Women. |
| American Association of University Women | Job categorizations include Academic affairs, Admissions, Development, Executive director/C.E.O, Faculty/non-tenure track, Faculty/tenure track, Human resources, Other, Student affairs, and Technology. |
| Northern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium | Free jobs web site for faculty, staff, and executive positions at Northern California Colleges and Universities. |
| University Job Bank | Free job listings in higher ed. |
| Women in Higher Education | The Women in Higher Education monthly journal carries announcements from schools that are actively seeking qualified women candidates for faculty and administrative positions. The WIHE web site allows you to search by job title and/or geographical region. |
Education, K-12
Employment Search Sites
| California School Districts | |
| Cal State Teach | |
| Ed Join | |
| Education World | |
| EduTech | Online Educational Employment Search California K-12 and Community College Administrative, Teaching, and classified positions. Search by job title, category or location. |
| K-12 Teaching Jobs | |
| Private School Employment Network |
Public Schools
| Santa Cruz County Office of Education | |
| Monterey County Office of Education |
Santa Cruz County
| Bonny Doon Schools | |
| Happy Valley School | |
| Live Oak School Dist. | |
| Pajaro Valley Schools | |
| San Lorenzo Valley Schools | |
| Santa Cruz City Schools | |
| Scotts Valley Schools | |
| Soquel Schools |
Private Schools
| Gateway School | |
| Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep. School | |
| Good Shepherd School | |
| Green Valley Christian | |
| Santa Cruz Waldorf School | |
| Simcha Preschool | |
| Twin Lakes School |
Non-Profit Career
| Idealist | |
| Chronicle of Philanthropy | |
| Work for Good | |
| NonProfitJobs.org | |
| Non-Profit Times | |
| Social Worker Job Opps |
Santa Cruz County/Monterey Bay Employers and Career Resources
Newspapers, Career Services and Job Listings
| Central California Small Business Development Center | Free small business assistance/resources |
| MontereyBayHelpWanted.com | |
| Santa Cruz Careers | |
| SantaCruzJobs.com | |
| Santa Cruz Sentinel (newspaper) | |
| Santa Cruz Tech Beat | |
| Workforce Santa Cruz County |
Government
| Capitola City | |
| Santa Cruz City | |
| Santa Cruz County | |
| Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit Dist. |
Santa Cruz Area Employers
| Hoover's | Company directory of local employers |
| California Labor Market Info | Find local employers through variety of searches |
| Career InfoNet | Employer locator |
| Cisco Systems | |
| Crosswind Technologies | |
| Dominican Hospital | |
| Dovetail Genomics | |
| Dynamic Engineering | |
| Looker | |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | |
| PG&E | |
| Poly (Plantronics/Polycom) | |
| Tapestry.Net | |
| Thuridion | |
| Two Pore Guys |
Employment Agencies
| Count of Santa Cruz | |
| Santa Cruz Staffing | |
| The Armada Group |
High Tech. Industry Resources
| Santa Cruz Tech Beat | |
| Santa Cruz Geeks Forums |
Silicon Valley Careers
Newspapers
| San Francisco Chronicle | |
| San Francisco Gate | |
| San Jose Mercury |
Job Listings and Services
Specific Career Fields
View UCSC's Career Center listing of websites for specific career fields
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