Academic Careers

Name

Academic Careers

Legal name

Academic Careers

Website

https://academiccareers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Job Board

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Graduate & Professional School Preparation (EDALABAI)

Keywords

• Academic job board
• Faculty recruitment platform
• University job postings
• Higher education hiring
• Online job marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Single Job Postings: Individual job postings sold to employers at flat rates. Single job posting on AcademicCareers.com is $295. Postings are active for up to three full months or until application deadline.
2. Bundled Job Postings: Job posting bundles (3, 5, 10, or 15 jobs) that provide increasing discounts. Plans can be used anytime within 12 months. Bundles include cross-posting to partner sites.
3. Unlimited Annual Job Postings Plans: Annual flat-rate plans based on institution FTE size. Covers all jobs at one campus/location for 12 months. Includes all features (Diversity Package, applicant alerts, social media, employer profiles, diversity job fair participation).
4. Partner Site Cross-Posting Add-ons: Posting on both AcademicCareers.com and partner sites (UniversityJob.com, EngineeringUniversityJobs.com) at discounted rates compared to purchasing separately.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Academic Careers operates an online job board marketplace that aggregates academic job listings across 50+ disciplines including faculty, postdoctoral, department head, library, and administrative positions. Employers (colleges, universities, community colleges, research institutes, K-12 schools) pay to post listings through single postings, multi-job bundles, or unlimited annual subscription plans, while job seekers access postings free of charge. Every paid posting includes a Diversity Package with proactive applicant email alerts and cross-posting to a network of partner academic job sites.

Product overview

Academic Careers operates as a unified job board platform with a main branded site (AcademicCareers.com and its alias AcademicCareersOnline.com) providing the core posting and search functionality. The product portfolio includes the primary job board platform, free Job Alerts email notification service, Advanced Search tools, and employer-facing posting solutions. Employer posting products range from single job postings ($295) through Multi-Job Bundle Plans (3-15 jobs with increasing discounts) to Unlimited Annual Job Posting Plans (tiered by institution FTE from $3,995 to $15,995). All paid postings include the Diversity Package as a standard feature. Unlimited Plans add institutional profile features, social media distribution, and automatic participation in Online Diversity Job Fairs. The platform also includes separate registration systems for job seekers (free) and employers (account-based), plus partner site cross-posting to extend reach across specialized academic job verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UniversityJob.com: Partner job site for generic academic job postings cross-posted from AcademicCareers.com
• PsychologyFacultyJobs.com
• NursingTeachingJobs.com
• ComputerScienceTeachingJobs.com
• EngineeringUniversityJobs.com
• ProfessorJobs.com
• AssistantProfessorJob.com
• AdjunctJobs.com
• AdjunctFacultyJobs.com
• UniversityTeachingJobs.com

Products and services

• AcademicCareers.com Job Board Platform An online job board marketplace for posting and searching faculty, teaching, education, professor, research, postdoc, adjunct, library, administrative, and senior management jobs at universities, colleges, community colleges, research institutes, and schools. The platform serves academic institutions as paying employers and academic job seekers as free users, with categories organized across 50+ academic disciplines and geographies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,825+ active job postings demonstrating platform adoption and traffic
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UniversityJob.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner job site where generic ads in all job categories are automatically included with each Unlimited Job Posting plan. Drives additional traffic and applicant reach.
• PsychologyFacultyJobs.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialized partner site for psychology faculty positions. Jobs in psychology categories are cross-posted to extend reach to discipline-specific audiences.
• NursingTeachingJobs.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialized partner site for nursing faculty positions. Jobs in nursing categories are cross-posted to extend reach to discipline-specific audiences.
• ComputerScienceTeachingJobs.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialized partner site for computer science faculty positions. Jobs in computer science categories are cross-posted.
• EngineeringUniversityJobs.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialized partner site for engineering faculty positions. Engineering jobs are cross-posted with savings option.
• Google JobscoreTechnology or IntegrationFully integrated with Google's job search database for Local, Regional, National and International visibility. Jobs appear in Google's job search results.
• Alexa.comminorOthersTraffic ranking provider (Amazon-owned, Google-powered search engine) used to validate platform's market position and traffic ranking.
• ProfessorJobs.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRedirects applicants to jobs on AcademicCareers.com.
• AssistantProfessorJob.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRedirects applicants to jobs on AcademicCareers.com.
• AdjunctJobs.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRedirects applicants to jobs on AcademicCareers.com.
• AdjunctFacultyJobs.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRedirects applicants to jobs on AcademicCareers.com.
• UniversityTeachingJobs.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRedirects applicants to jobs on AcademicCareers.com.
• Fall Semester Online Diversity Job FaircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic participation included with unlimited plans. Part of the Diversity Package helping employers reach diverse candidates.
• Black History Month Online Diversity Job FaircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic participation included with unlimited plans. Online diversity job fair during Black History Month.
• Women's History Month and Online Women in STEM Job FaircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic participation included with unlimited plans. Online diversity job fair during Women's History Month.
• Veterans & Memorial Day Job FaircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic participation included with unlimited plans. Online job fair for veterans.
• LGBTQ+ Online Diversity Job FaircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic participation included with unlimited plans. Online diversity job fair for LGBTQ+ candidates.
• HBCU Week Foundation, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdministers the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) providing $40,000 scholarships to students from underrepresented communities. Promotes HBCU enrollment and corporate career pipeline. Academic Careers hosts related positions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HigherEdJobs: The leading dedicated job board for higher education faculty, administrative, and executive positions in the US. Direct competitor serving the same employer and job-seeker base as Academic Careers, with overlapping pricing models (single postings, subscriptions) and similar diversity-focused offerings.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Major higher-ed publication with an integrated job board serving faculty and administrative roles at US colleges and universities. Comparable audience (institutional employers and academic job seekers) and overlapping recruitment product, with additional reach from Chronicle's editorial brand.
• Inside Higher Ed: Higher-ed news and careers platform with an active job board for faculty and administrative positions. Competes directly for academic employer recruitment budgets and shares the niche focus on US higher education hiring.
• HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium): Non-profit consortium of higher-ed institutions operating a shared job board focused on dual-career and diversity hiring. Overlaps with Academic Careers in employer base, diversity positioning, and job-seeker targeting.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Dominant professional network with university recruiting pages, job postings, and increasingly broad coverage of academic roles. While not academic-niche, it competes for the same employer budgets and candidate attention at a vastly larger scale.
• Indeed: Largest general-purpose job board globally. Universities and colleges post many academic roles on Indeed alongside niche boards, making it a substitute rather than a complement for employer recruitment spend.
• Greenhouse: Enterprise applicant tracking system with broader recruiting workflow tools, used by some universities for faculty hiring. Adjacent rather than direct, but competes for the same institutional recruitment technology budgets.
• ZipRecruiter: AI-enabled general-purpose job marketplace with employer subscription products. Competes indirectly for employer recruitment budgets across roles including academic-adjacent positions, and brings AI-matching capabilities that Academic Careers does not advertise.

Emerging players

• JobTarget: Job advertising distribution and recruitment platform used by universities and employers for multi-channel job posting campaigns. Comparable in distribution architecture (XML feeds, partner networks) and in employer customer overlap.
• AcademicJobs.org: Free academic job board focused on faculty and postdoc positions globally. Direct niche competitor with lower price points and broader international coverage, putting pricing pressure on Academic Careers' paid postings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AcademicCareers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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