Dual Career Opportunities

We recognize the challenges faced by couples when you find a faculty position in a new city and your partner also needs to find employment.

Indiana University is committed to providing dual career support to the spouses and partners of newly hired faculty members. Bloomington and the surrounding area offers a range of employment opportunities, both at IU and in the local community.

Dual Career Network

IU Bloomington’s Dual Career Network provides support to the spouses and partners of new or prospective faculty members.

Each school or college on our campus has a Dual Career Network representative to coordinate cases from that school. These representatives facilitate connections between the spouses or partners of new or prospective faculty members and potential employers on campus or in the community.

Faculty interested in exploring employment for a spouse or partner should inform their department chair or dean, who can refer dual career cases to their school’s dual-career representative.

IU Bloomington has more than 6,000 professional and support staff positions, in areas such as research administration, finance, student services, communications, information technology, and facilities management.

If you are a prospective faculty member invited to Bloomington for a campus interview, you may want to discuss with the department chair or associate dean the qualifications and interests of your spouse or partner. Our Dual Career Network provides resources for deans to explore staff job possibilities for spouses or partners of prospective or newly hired faculty.