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Career Center Snapshot

Thanks to all the candidates and employers who utilized the Career Center in Boston! Based on your feedback, it was a terrific success!

The SBL Career Center job listings offers:

Job listings in biblical, religious, theological, and related studies
Job listings for teaching, research, administration, librarianships, and professional and religious leadership
Professional development resources
Information on trends in theological education
Easier online access to CVs, ad posting, and available jobs
Free access of job listing for members and non-members alike
Significantly reduced costs for job ad posting
Free logo uploading

Please contact careercenter@sbl-site.org if you have any questions about the Career Center.

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Career Tools

The Career Center strives to provide the most applicable professional development resources to its members.

On the Career Tools page:

Grants and Fellowships - with brief notes on the grant or fellowship itself and the field it concerns
Websites - helpful resources on outside sites
Articles - on current topics related to the job market in the field of religion scholarship

Top College Towns for Jobs: Job growth is rising in some places!

How Do We Inspire Them?: Anxious students need confidence-building just as much as they need an honest appraisal of their work.

In Global Recession, Global Ed Still Growing: Institutions with international connections may be better off.

Partnership and Collaboration

The Career Center is partnering with organizations in the fields of religious, theological, and biblical scholarship that are invaluable to SBL members. Current partners are:

By listing jobs through the Career Center, contributing professional development resources, informing members of organization activities, or collaborating on diverse initiatives, these organizations are shaping the Career Center into a broad and useful axis for the field.

If your organization is interested in partnering with the Career Center, please contact us at careercenter@sbl-site.org.

Jobs at the Annual Meeting

Career Center facilities will be on the eighth floor of the Sheraton New Orleans at the 2009 AM.

Registered employers and candidates may use Career Center services such as:

interview facilities
job listings
candidate credentials
messaging service

Click here for more information and to register. Registration is now open!

Groups and Advocacy

The Society maintains two committees and one group to provide support for certain sections of professionals: The SBL Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee, The SBL Status of Women in the Profession Committee and the Student Advisory Group.
Find out more about the SBL groups for professional support

The Association of American Colleges and Universities Program on the Status and Education of Women Provides Current Resources on Women in Higher Education

Advocacy Efforts for Scholars
The Society advocates for all scholars through a variety of relationships with other national organizations.
Find out more about advocacy efforts for scholars