Placement Service

Note: Subscribers are individuals, usually academic advisors of job seekers, who want access to up-to-date information about job listings but who are not themselves on the job market. They have access to all the features of the Service described under Services below, but not those described under Interviewing.

Fees

• SCS Members: Free
• Nonmembers: $55

Services

Candidates enrolled with the Placement Service will receive new position listings directly to their email address, usually within one day of SCS’s receipt of the advertisement. Enrolled candidates can log into their accounts at any time to view the current and past position listings. Additionally, on the first day of each month, enrolled candidates receive the complete digest of position listings received during the previous 30 days. Candidates also have access to the CV/Resume Upload form, which makes their CVs and other information about their qualifications available to departments looking for the best candidates, allowing them to reach out to qualified candidates and encourage them to apply. Finally, Candidates will have access to tutorial videos and live webinars to help them with navigating the Service.

The Placement Committee urges candidates to log into their accounts so that they will not miss important deadlines. In addition, if enrolled candidates are not receiving periodic e-mails from the Service, they should notify SCS staff immediately.

Any job candidate is welcome to use the Service; however, the fee is waived for SCS members. Join the SCS online at this web page. 

Interviewing at the Annual Meeting

The Placement Service offers facilities for interviews and other communications during the SCS Annual Meeting only to candidates and those institutions registered for Comprehensive Service. The Placement Service serves as a scheduling center through which messages are transmitted and interviews are arranged for institutional representatives and applicants at times convenient to both. The Placement Service provides private rooms for interviewing candidates; however, institutions are encouraged to rent their own private suites for this purpose, as the Placement Service’s space is limited. (See Placement Guidelines, section 12.)

The goal of the Placement Service is to schedule all interviews prior to the Annual Meeting. Doing so enables the Placement Service staff to run on-site operations more efficiently for all parties involved in the interview process. As both candidates and institutions have 24-hour access to their accounts and schedules on this site, all are encouraged to review their schedules prior to, as well as throughout the convention. Institutional representatives and applicants are welcome to visit the Placement Office at the Joint Annual Meeting, in case any last minute, on-site appointments need to be arranged.

Fees

• Comprehensive Service: $475
• Advertisement Only Pre-Convention (July 1st – January 9th): $200
• Advertisement Only Post-Convention (January 10th – June 30th): $175

Services

The Service welcomes and encourages any academic institution with a pertinent classics- or archaeology-related job vacancy to advertise openings in its monthly publication, Positions for Classicists and Archaeologists. The Service also encourages any national or regional organization to advertise positions such as executive directors, secretary-treasurers, or journal editors. In addition, it welcomes listings of openings in museums, libraries, or any organization to which someone with a classics or archaeology background would bring useful skills and knowledge.

Institutions may purchase Advertisement Only or Comprehensive Service. Purchasers of Advertisement Only Service may post a single opening. Purchasers of Comprehensive Service may post any number of openings and have access to interview space at the SCS Annual Meeting in January. (See next section.) As noted in the Candidate section above, once new advertisements are received, they are made available to registered candidates in several ways within a business day, so long as the Placement Service Guidelines criteria are met. Institutions also have access to the CV/Resume Upload page, in which they can browse research criteria and other information to reach out to qualified candidates who may have missed the initial job ad. In addition, ads are collected into a monthly digest for registered candidates and posted on the SCS web site. At the end of the academic year, all job listings will go into the online archive files.

Interviewing at the Annual Meeting

The Placement Service offers facilities for interviews and other communications during the SCS Annual Meeting only to candidates and those institutions registered for Comprehensive Service. The Placement Service serves as a scheduling center through which messages are transmitted and interviews are arranged for institutional representatives and applicants at times convenient to both. The Placement Office provides private rooms for interviewing candidates; however, institutions are encouraged to rent their own private suites for this purpose, as the Placement Service’s space is limited. (See Placement Guidelines, section 12.)

The goal of the Placement Service is to schedule all interviews prior to the Annual Meeting. Doing so enables the Placement Service staff to run on-site operations more efficiently for all parties involved in the interview process. As both candidates and institutions have 24-hour access to their accounts and schedules on this site, all are encouraged to review their schedules prior to, as well as throughout the convention. Institutional representatives and applicants are welcome to visit the Placement Office at the Joint Annual Meeting, in case any last minute, on-site appointments need to be arranged.