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How to Submit a Listing
On the JIL home page, click on "Submit or Edit a Job Listing," and on the following screen select the edition you are submitting to (or, to edit a previously submitted listing, choose "Edit Your Department's Listings"). You will see five screens during the submission process:
- Chair Login: Log in with your department ID and two-letter password.
- Submission Form: Provide a description of the position and application procedure and select appropriate search categories.
- Review Job Listing: Edit your listing if necessary.
- Billing Information: Review cost and contact information. Your job listing is entered into the JIL database when you click "Finalize" at the bottom of this screen.
- Confirmation: Please print and save this page for your records; it provides a confirmation number verifying that your listing has been received by the MLA.
Note: Confirmation of your listing (including job description) will automatically be sent to the e-mail address you provided during the submission process.
Weekly Updates. New listings will be added to the online database every Friday after the initial release. Job seekers can search the database for listings posted since a specified date. A listing will remain online for the initial period selected (six, eight, or twelve weeks from the date it is approved). Each listing will also appear in the next available print edition of the JIL.
Editing and Renewing Listings. Departments can edit their listings online at no charge at the JIL Web page. Listings can also be renewed online for a fee for an additional two, four, or six weeks online. You will need your chair's user name and password to edit or renew a listing. On the JIL home page, click on "Submit or Edit a Job Listing," and on the following screen choose "Edit or Renew your Department's Listings". After you log in, the screen will display a list of all job titles submitted by your department in the current subscription period. Simply click on a job title and follow instructions to edit or renew the listing. Use the "Edit" option to submit a status report on your job search (see "Report on the status of your searches to candidates" below).
- If your listing is "pending," it will be added to the online database in our next weekly update. (If you edited a listing that was already online, the edited version will replace the original listing online after the next weekly update.)
- If your listing is "current," it is available online (after the initial release in September).
- If your listing is "expired," it is no longer available online but may still be renewed.
You may use the JIL to post two kinds of notices:
listings for definite or possible openings and reports on the status of your searches to candidates.
1. Listing for a Definite or Probable/Possible Opening
Each listing must announce a single position only, unless the department is announcing multiple hiring for the same position (e.g., three instructorships in composition). Departments announcing multiple positions in different fields or at different ranks must submit a separate listing for each position. Describe the position in detail, including the following information:
- Job title: Professor of English, Instructor in Linguistics, etc.
- Starting date and term of appointment; tenure-track or term contract. Indicate "tenure-track" only if the appointment is renewable and offers a possibility for tenure.
- Area(s) of specialization.
- Additional or subsidiary area(s) of expertise.
- Teaching load.
- Other departmental responsibilities or duties.
- Salary range.
- Degree, publications, teaching experience required.
- Application deadlines: specify a date for postmark of applications whenever possible.
- Form of acknowledgment: indicate whether applications will be acknowledged by a department letter or whether applicants should submit a self-addressed postcard for acknowledgment of applications.
- Person to whom letter (or letter and vita sheet; or letter, vita sheet, and full dossier) should be directed, if other than department administrator.
- Statement of compliance with equal opportunity or affirmative action regulations, if applicable.
There is a charge for these listings. Notices soliciting applications for graduate study cannot be accepted.
2. Report on the status of your searches to candidates
This year we are introducing a new feature to help departments communicate quickly and easily with the general population of job seekers. Departments can submit reports on the status of their searches (e.g., "No longer accepting applications," "MLA convention interviews have been scheduled," "Position has been filled") that will be appended to the online job descriptions. Job seekers can request e-mail notification when status reports are submitted for selected job listings. Departments can submit a status report at any time by logging in at the JIL page and choosing to "Edit your listing." There is no charge for posting a status report.
Sample Job Listings from the Job Information List
| U of Oklahoma |
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| Mod Langs, Lits, & Linguistics, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 |
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Assistant Professor of 17th/18th-Century French
The University of Oklahoma announces a tenure-track position in 17th and/or 18th-century French literature at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in an appropriate area of French studies, a native or near-native command of French, and a demonstrable commitment to both teaching and scholarship. The successful candidate will be expected to teach five courses per year in French language, culture, and literature. Salary will be competitive. Interviews at the MLA convention in San Francisco. Please send letter of application and dossier to Luis Cortest, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. Materials should be postmarked by Friday, December 4, 1998. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.
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| Lenoir-Rhyne C |
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| English, Hickory, North Carolina 28603 |
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Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. in English with specialization in Medieval and Renaissance British Literature. Preference will be given to candidates with secondary expertise in history and grammar of the English language. The position is tenure track and begins in fall 1999, pending approval. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to teaching excellence and serious scholarship. The normal teaching load is four courses (12 hours) per semester, including freshman composition and introductory literature courses. Send letter of application, vita, and three letters of reference to Barbara A. Herman, Chair, Department of English, Box 7283, Hickory, North Carolina 28603. Application will be acknowledged by letter. Dossiers will be requested after initial screening. Postmark deadline is November 7. Interviews of selected candidates will be held at SAMLA or MLA. Lenoir-Rhyne College is a private, liberal arts college sanctioned by the Lutheran Church-ELCA and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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| Lane Comm C |
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| English, For Lang, & Speech, Eugene, Oregon 97405 |
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Instructor of English
Instructor of composition with ability to teach literature courses. To apply: Lane Community College application; Resume/vitae; transcripts (official copies required of candidates interviewed); narrative describing teaching philosophy, two calendars/syllabi attached, one for composition, one for literature; narrative to explain how the attached syllabi/class calendars reflect (a) the application of the teaching philosophy and (b) the specific abilities and experience you would bring to the assignment. Application forms are available from Personnel Services, Lane Comm C, 4000 E 30th Ave., Eugene, OR 97405. Telephone: 541-726-2211.
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