Academic job hunt diary – A gruesome reality in a market in crisis

This post will be updated weekly or bi-weekly, documenting truthfully my job hunting journey. My goal at the moment is to find a 15-hour per week part-time academic job in Business and Management. The main site that I will be using is jobs.ac.uk, but if there are job adverts in other sites, I will be documenting that as well.

6^th April 2026

Quick search on jobs.ac.uk for part time jobs in Business and Management. 18 results, initial screening indicates around 4-5 matches.

14^th April 2026

Work done last week: Updated my academic CV and applied to 6 academic positions.

Number of new openings on jobs.ac.uk: 11 part time positions in Business and Management, 3 of which are good matches.

24^th April 2026

Work done last week: Applied to 1 position in Industry and 1 position in Hospitality. Got rejected from 5/6 applications last week.

Number of openings on jobs.ac.uk: 16 part time positions in Business and Management, 2 of which are new and good matches.