Does his program offer job placement assistance as in
posting of job announcements.  I have a big smile on
my face for that question.

Our beloved Jim Roberts of the University Leicester is
the commoderator of MuseJobs
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseJobs).  He brings
the across-the-Big-Pond perspective to the list.  Each
week, he posts from a wonderful website he maintains
for the university and, from a personal aside, the
most delightful anecdotal information about what is
going on in that side of the world.

Jim, alone, does a fabulous job in assisting others to
find gainful employment in their chosen field.

He's an angel!


--- "Mahoney, Laura" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for the additional information Jim.  It's
> good to see that your
> graduates have had success in finding museum
> employment.  Does your
> program offer job placement assistance (job fairs,
> posting job
> announcements, etc.)?  I'm just curious if this
> accounts for your high
> success rate.
>
> I started my job hunt a year before graduation with
> no assistance from
> my graduate program here in the US.  With the
> internet in it's infancy,
> finding jobs was bit harder then too.  Although the
> university had a
> career placement office, it didn't offer targeted
> assistance with
> finding museum jobs.  Job fairs offered by the
> university rarely (if
> ever) included cultural organizations.  I felt
> fortunate to have secured
> a job at the Smithsonian Institution upon graduation
> even though it had
> little to do with my actual degree (many of my
> fellow students were
> still looking for jobs on graduation day).  Although
> the program may
> have improved in the 8 years since I graduated,
> little effort was made
> in posting job announcements or providing career
> guidance when I was a
> student there.  As far as I know, my graduate
> program has never
> conducted a survey like yours either (at least I
> don't recall ever
> receiving one).  In summary, I was very pleased with
> my education, but
> was disappointed with the total lack of assistance
> for finding jobs.
>
> For anyone considering pursuing a gradate degree in
> museum studies, I
> encourage you to look at the graduates of the
> program (both recent and
> not-so-recent) to see how many of them were able to
> obtain museum jobs.
> Seek out those alumni and ask them about their
> impressions of the
> program.  Also, don't count on much help from the
> general university
> career placement office -- be sure to ask about what
> specific career
> placement assistance is offered by the program
> itself.
>
> Laura
>
>
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