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Changes to UW requirements for national competitive recruitments

Historically, the UW has required that online ads for competitive recruitments for faculty run in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Effective June 2, 2026, UW is expanding the group of acceptable online recruitment venues as follows.

Online ads may now run in:

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education 
  • Other higher-ed recruitment sites, e.g. Higher Ed Jobs or HERC
  • Any other jobs website closely associated with a national professional journal in the appropriate field. Examples include, but are not limited to: 

Other requirements for competitive recruitment have not changed. Units are responsible for retaining:

  • A complete copy of the ad as it ran in the relevant venue (including publication date, cover, page number, and/or URL if relevant)
  • Proof that the ad ran for 30 days or more (usually a receipt from the venue showing publication dates)

Print ads may still run in any national professional print journal.

For more guidance, see Creating ads for permanent residence sponsorship eligible positions. If you have questions about these changes, please contact ISO.

BTAA Career Fair Concludes

Big Ten Virtual Job Fair for Postdocs Concludes

The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) held its 2026 virtual Academic Postdoc Hiring Fair on March 25.  This event brought together postdoctoral researchers and PhDs with hiring teams looking to fill faculty and postdoctoral positions from across the now 18+ Big Ten institutions.  Held on the career services platform Handshake, the BTAA described this event as connecting “colleges and universities nationally with our diverse, high-caliber pool of BIG10 PhD and postdoctoral talent across all disciplines for open tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty positions, as well as postdoctoral roles.” A previous iteration of this event, held in October of 2025, drew 23 R1 institutions and over 900 registered participants.

If you weren’t able to attend this Spring, it’s worth keeping an eye out for future iterations of this event later in 2026.  The October 2025 event included a virtual career fair for postdoc and faculty positions. In the meantime, make sure your CV and research profile are up to date. The Office for Academic Personnel & Faculty intends to post further events on APF’s Postdoctoral Scholars page.

Postdocs & Advisors: Notable Mentoring Event is on the Horizon

2026 Mentoring the Mentor Workshop Series

The Office of Undergraduate Research, in partnership with the Office for Academic Personnel & Faculty, will be hosting a Mentoring the Mentor (MtM) workshop in the fall of 2026! In previous years, the MtM series has explored academic mentorship through interactive workshops to promote and support a respectful and collaborative mentoring model. As noted by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the workshops “help foster high-quality undergraduate research experiences by providing research mentors with opportunities to build community and enhance their mentorship practice.” These workshops have also disseminated effective methods, tools, and resources to a variety of participants.

Themes from 2025 MtM can be found here.

These workshops may be of interest to both faculty advisors and postdocs with mentoring responsibilities. Be on the lookout for the fall dates on this blog!