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2025 BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair (VIRTUAL)
The virtual BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair connects PhD and Postdoc professionals with academies across the nation (and potentially internationally) who are hiring tenure and non-tenure track faculty positions. If you want to work in academia in a faculty role, then this is the career fair for you!
For more information and to register, visit this website: Big10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair
Who should attend the The BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair?
All PhD students and Postdocs looking for a faculty position are welcome to attend this virtual career fair. We highly encourage all early program PhDs and early postdoc trainees/scholars/researchers to explore future careers and build your professional network within Higher Education. Those of you within 18 months of completing your program should consider this a MUST attend career fair and explore current faculty positions.
How will I engage with employers at The BIG10 Academia Career Fair?
- To engage with employers on Handshake’s virtual career fair platform, you must register for the career fair AND sign up for group and/or individual sessions with organizations of interest to your career goals. For details on this process, please see Signing Up for & Managing Virtual Fair Sessions.
- Review which organizations are attending the event (follow organizations you want to check back in with). Make sure to do your research on the top organizations of interest to you and determine how you see your skillsets fitting into their organization and research program.
- You’ll be able to sign up for sessions at any point, even during the career fair (as long as the session hasn’t started). Sessions are limited, so we recommend signing up before the fair begins.
If you know you want faculty position, then we highly recommend you submit a C.V. no matter where you are in your current program, as some organizations will track your progress over the next several years. You can submit your C.V. by utilizing the link provided in the “You are registered” email that Handshake sends once you are registered for The BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair or via promotional emails from your home institution. Submission of a C.V. is not required to participate in this career fair, but is highly encouraged. If you are currently at a BIG10 institution and are not able to register for the career fair, but would like to submit your C.V., then please email Jeremy Hale (hale.516@osu.edu) for the Qualtrics survey link.
Want to make early connections? Submit your materials by Monday, Sept 29 at 12 PM ET:
DEADLINE for C.V. submissions is Monday, September 29th at noon Eastern Time. This is a HARD deadline to provide recruiters with 3 weeks to review C.V.s, so submit early just in case you have technical difficulties. It is also recommend you add your C.V. on Handshake, as this platform is a great place to search and apply for positions at your level.