Becoming a faculty: How faculty search is done? Faculty job openings? The other candidates?

In the world of academia (sounded like narnia) it is the most daunting task: landing a faculty job at the best environment that you can flourish.

Doug wrote about how a faculty search is done here describing the process at Rice University. He also has tips for a faculty candidate. A must read.

I came across with this incredible page at the freewebs. Titled as CM/AMO Physics Jobs Rumor Mill, it gives basic w's for the faculty job openings and the candidates. You can find out who's hot and who's not. Learn about the opponents. I wish there was such page on chemistry jobs.

The resources for becoming a faculty are a handful but not enough (as far as I know) and varies greatly between disciplines and universities. The common sense, as I understand it, is that faculty candidate is expected to:

1. Fit to the position (if specific to a certain field)
2. Have an outstanding resume (that has entries from ivy league universities)
   
3. Show perfect communication skills (required esp. for teaching)
   
4. Be able to mix well with the current faculty
5. Work hard to bring external funding

Here are some of the useful links for a potential faculty:

Both Jobs and Useful Information
Chronicle Careers: Excellent information and job search for higher education jobs
JobTarget.com: Very extensive and perfectly designed career central. They also offer career coaches with ample information.
Science Careers: Both finding a job and information central on especially bio related jobs
ACS Careers: Chemistry jobs for higher education as well as survival guides for junior faculty
ASM Career Center: As they advertise, "everything material" here. May worth to look at if you're at an all inclusive job hunt. Very few listings and non-academic mostly.

Just Useful information
About.com: "Getting a job after grad school" Excellent articles and case studies.
The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: Nicely designed, loaded with information

Just Jobs
Higheredjobs.com: More useful than popular searches since focusing on MS/PhD level jobs
Nature Jobs: Surprisingly it's only for finding a job and dominated by bio & medical openings
MRS Career Central: Excellent listings for material scientists. My favorite.
Academic 360: Specifically for academia, a useful central for faculty and other highered jobs
Academic Careers Online: Rather loosely designed but an ambitious website.


And of course check these popular sites too: Monster, CareerBuilder, Hotjobs, Jobing.
There are tens of other job sites but all of those use the database of these 4 websites.

This is pretty much all that I found.
Let me know if you know some places better.