As you may know, Anne Ackerson and Joan Baldwin the writers of the blog, Leadership Matters, have been quite vocal about salary equity, especially for women. Just this morning they posted:
“Leadership Matters congratulates the American Association for State and Local History for its decision to require salaries in the job listings it promotes and we continue to underscore the importance of
living and equitable wages for all museum workers.”
Their blog can be found
https://bit.ly/2A0W5hA
Nancy Richner
Director
Hofstra University Museum
040 Memorial Hall
112 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1120
516-463-4041
516-463-4743 (Fax)
hofstra.edu/museum
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I strongly agree, I consider very unethical posting museum jobs without salary and benefits and being asked what my salary requirement is. Applying for a job is a very time-consuming activity and an applicant should be able to consider
all the parameters before applying. I also find extremely disappointing when some universities list under salary something like “level 7a” and refuse to provide additional information because it’s confidential/sensitive.
Asking ‘salary requirements’ it’s a subtle form of bullying that shouldn’t be accepted in the museum community.
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I agree. Museum job listings should include the salary and benefits. Nothing gets my goat more than applying for a job and listing my salary requirements (which probably
can't/won't be met) or applying and later finding out that the job salary is only in the mid to high 30s.
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] University of Delaware's Museum Studies Program and MuseWeekly on hiring practices
In June, the Museum Studies Program at the University of Delaware revised MuseWeekly, its popular e-listing of professional opportunities, to make position listings more transparent. Concerned
about hiring practices in the GLAM sector (which impact our graduates directly), we also announced efforts to promote transparency on our FB page; this post was shared over 10,000 times, which suggested to us just how serious the situation is. We are now
working to develop a list of “best practices” for the board of small museums, where some of the problems lie, but we have also seen large institutions be less than candid about the salaries and related benefits associated with the jobs they advertise. We
believe that asking for “salary requirements” on the part of young professionals is unethical and particularly disadvantages young women and individuals from under-represented groups.
We would like to see a coordinated effort on this matter, and we would be happy to hear from colleagues who would like to work together. Please contact us at
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Katherine C. Grier
Professor, Department of History
Director, Museum Studies Program
University of Delaware
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