Starting Your Career
Job Postings
- From the GSLIS Program
- Career Resources
Job listings, resources for resume writing, and links to Simmons career resources. - Career Links
A variety of links to job search resources, readings, staffing firms, and job listings. - New England Jobline
Service provided by GSLIS.
- Career Resources
- From National Professional Associations
- SAA Employment Bulletin
- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Career Center
- ARMA International Job Database
- Institute of Certified Records Managers Job Posting Database
- American Association of Museums JobHQ
- MuseumProfessional.org
- Also, many archivists post job openings on the Archives & Archivists listserv
- From Regional Professional Associations
- Federal Government
- Other Notable Resources
Employment Resources
- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Occupational Employment and Wages, 2009 BLS article on archivists
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition BLS profile of Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians
- A*Census (Archival Census and Education Needs Survey in the United States). Also published
in the American Archivist 69, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2006): 291-527.
- "The survey, conducted by mail and online during a two-month period in 2004, asked archivists about their positions, employers, demographics, credentials, job functions and specialization, salaries, career paths, issues, professional identity, and affiliation (article abstract)."
- From Linda Watkins and the Beatley Library
- A great blog on job hunting for archives students
http://elusivearchives.blogspot.com/
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