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Academic Jobs
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Recruitment for higher education, research, and specialist employers.

The platform

Why Academic Jobs

Not a generic board. The hiring stack for academic talent.

Post and hope

  • A listing on a generic board
  • Whoever happens to search that week
  • No referrals, no search, no pool

Platform + partner

  • Academic-only audience
  • Referrals, search, talent pool, and AI
  • A campaign, not a classified

Hiring solutions

Proof

Reach

A specialist audience already looking for campus and research work.

65,000

Active jobs

245,836

Monthly academic visitors

14,000+

Universities and colleges

5000+

Subjects

195

Countries

“We posted a hard-to-fill research role and had relevant applications within days. This is where higher-ed candidates search.”

Chris P., Talent acquisition lead
Harvard UniversityStanford UniversityOxford UniversityUniversity of CambridgeMITNational University of Singapore

Audience

Who you hire here

Universities, labs, hospitals, and industry R&D — anyone hiring academics.

FacultyAdjunctsResearchersPostdocsPhD candidatesProfessional staffExecutives
UniversitiesCollegesLabsHospitalsIndustry R&D

Hire by discipline

Browse live jobs

Visibility

Boosts and banners

Make the urgent roles impossible to miss.

  • Featured Job$85
  • Top Job$100
  • Combo (Featured + Top)$150
  • News Article$150
  • Ultimate Deal$250
  • Homepage banner / month$1,500

See add-ons

Employee referrals

Activate employee referrals

15-second nominations. 4× more likely to be hired, 55% faster to onboard.

Higher Ed Employee Referrals

Activate employee referrals. Nominate a peer in 15 seconds — SMS, WhatsApp, or email. Included when you post a job. Peer referrals are 4× more likely to be hired and 55% faster to onboard.

Activate referrals

Peer-2-Peer Recruitment

The method: faculty and staff hiring faculty and staff. HECC is the platform. Search is the partner.

Explore P2P

Higher Ed Employee Referrals

Matching

AI Candidate Connect

Post the role. Match the field. Contact the shortlist.

  1. 1

    Post the role

  2. 2

    Match the field

  3. 3

    Contact the shortlist

How AI recruitment works

Software + proof

Your board

Launch a branded higher-ed job board — and see how boards rank.

Job Board Software

Branded higher-ed board in under 10 minutes. Trial $0, then $99/mo or $1,080/yr.

Launch a board

Job Board Rankings

See how academic boards compare. Proof for the channel — not a product you buy.

View rankings

Job Board Software

Integrations

Partners and stack

JobElephant rates, Post Everywhere, ATS, and employer branding.

JobElephant Unlimited

  • 1 – 750 FTE$3,995
  • 751 – 2,000 FTE$6,995
  • 2,001 – 3,000 FTE$9,995
  • 3,001 – 4,000 FTE$12,995
  • Over 4,000 FTE$15,995

Partner rates

Post Everywhere

One template, then syndicate to other boards. A one-off request posts on Academic Jobs and everywhere else.

Post Everywhere

ATS integrations

Connect the board to the stack you already run. Fewer copy-paste campaigns.

See integrations

Employer branding

Annual employer branding from $2,000. Culture, profile, and always-on presence.

Employer branding

Hiring integrations

Campus brand

University merchandise

Apparel, gifts, and event kit — 10% below any quote.

Campus brand, without campus markup.

Request a merch quote

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