Publication Policy for the AAS Job Register

[Deadline] [Rate] [Word Count] [Requirements] [Submission] [Circulation] [Member Notification]

Deadline

The deadline for submission of job announcements is the 15th of each month for publication in the subsequent issue.

15 January - Deadline for the February Job Register

15 February - Deadline for the March Job Register

Rate Sheet

There is a publication charge of $100 per job announcement, per issue. The maximum announcement length is 250 words. We reserve the right to edit announcements that exceed this maximum.

Employers must note how they will pay for their announcement at the time of submission. We accept payment by:

Check, in US currency drawn on a US bank.
VISA and MasterCard, be sure to include expiration date.
Purchase Orders

Checks and purchase orders should be sent and payable to:

American Astronomical Society
2000 Florida Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009-1231, USA

FAX: 202-234-2560

The AAS is a small, scientific, non-profit organization. The AAS Federal Identification number is 21-0735173.

If your institution requires a purchase order for billing, we must have the purchase order number no later than fifteen (15) days after the job is submitted for publication. We will invoice for job announcements at the end of each month.

Reduction of the $100 fee will be considered for part-time positions. Requests should be sent to jobs@aas.org and are handled on a case-by-case basis.

Announcement Requirements

Jobs will not be published without the following:

(1) an accompanying statement assuring that the vacancy is bona fide and the position has not been promised to anyone;
(2) for first time publication, an application closing date that falls no earlier than the last day of the month of publication; and
(3) a check or appropriate billing information as described above.

We encourage advertisers to include URLs to relevant web sites with their job announcements.

Previously published jobs may be re-published in the current issue with an application closing date earlier than the last day of the current month. The decision to run an ad without 30 days response time is left to the originators.

The AAS Job Register cannot require overseas employers to comply with any U.S. regulations regarding employment discrimination.

Submission

Please read the requirements above before submitting your job. If possible, use the Web Submission Form or send your advertisement by electronic mail to jobs@aas.org. If electronic mail is not available, job announcements are also accepted by US mail, and by FAX at 202-234-2560.

Frequency and Circulation

The Job Register is published monthly. On the average, 45 new jobs are announced in each issue. Since the Job Register is freely available to anyone with Internet access, circulation numbers are hard to estimate. In September 1999, over 4,700 unique IP addresses accessed the Job Register.

Job Register statistics are published on the Career webpages and in the Annual Report of the Society in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society.

The Job Register is published on the Web at: http://www.aas.org Click on Job Register.

The Job Register is published in postscript, PDF, and ASCII text and can be reached at: ftp.aas.org/jobs/jobreg or by performing the following:

prompt> ftp ftp.aas.org
username: anonymous
password: your e-mail address
ftp> cd /jobs/jobreg
ftp> get jan01.txt (for ASCII Text version)
ftp> get jan01.ps (for Postscript version)
ftp> binary (convert to binary mode)
ftp> get jan01.ps.Z (for compressed Postscript version)
ftp> quit
prompt>

Member Notification

The AAS maintains a list of members that like to be notified when a New Job Register is posted. Members may be added to the Job Register email notice list by sending a message to address@aas.org.
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