Hello all-
As someone who is currently on the job market, I would appreciate ANY feedback 
from potential employers.  I've been looking since November, have applied to 
approximately 25 jobs, and have gotten ONE "thanks but no thanks" letter back 
in both the museum field and other professions.  I will be graduating in May 
with my MA & seriously wonder if I'll get anything (looking in the Boston area, 
where I'm from originally) at all.  We all know how tight budgets are in the 
museum world but does that mean those of us "up and comers" should switch our 
careers since no one can afford to hire any of us?
Part of the problem is the fact you do indeed need to "resume spam" (love the 
term) to have a chance, or I'd have a job lined up already.  Also, how many 
museums are in need of a medical anthropologist with a specialization in West 
Africa?  This is why I tailor each cover letter to each position, since I've 
yet to see an advert for such a person (but if anyone knows of one, please let 
me know) in Boston or anywhere else for that matter.
I might also add that career services at most universities are of little to no 
help (at least the 3 colleges I've attended) when it comes to job searches in 
our field.  They know how to create a good resume for an MBA & will often host 
recruitment fairs for such folks, but not for museum professionals.  So where 
does one turn for advice?  I have 2 years experience in many facets but am 
basing my resume structure on what an accountant might type since that's what 
career services knows.
My 2 cents-
Stephanie 

-- 
Stephanie E. Santos
Graduate Student
Dept. of Anthropology
African Studies Program
Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405
USA

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together"
~Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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