Gosh--all this intelligence coming out of a _used_ brain!  (Clarify,
if you will--according to modern practice, "used" is no longer
used--instead, things are "pre-owned"--does this go for female
brains?)

"Bartlema, Lauri, L." wrote:
>
> Educational requirements ARE ratcheting higher and higher, but not just
> in the Museum-job world.  It's popping up everywhere.  My mother is a
> nurse, and has been a nurse for many years.  She has a Bachelors in
> nursing.  She has worked for the same city institution for YEARS, yet
> they have just decided that they will no longer hire any nurses that do
> not have a Masters in nursing. And that all their current nurses must
> earn a Masters, in their own copious spare time, by the year 2002, or
> they will be let go.  This is one instance where experience matters not
> a bit.
>
> I personally think that in a society where more and more people are
> going straight to college after high school, there has been created a
> pool of "higher educated" people for companies to choose from.  Since
> more and more people are getting more education, the
> companies/institutions can and have raised their expectations as far as
> the requirements of entry level and higher positions are concerned.
> What most haven't raised is their salary rate.  I agree with the people
> who have stated that as long as there are people who are willing to work
> for the ridiculously low wages, then the wages will not go up, at least
> not until the Federal Govt forces them up with an increase in minimum
> wage. In my opinion, this goes on the list of "sad but true" things.
>
> Lauri L. Bartlema
> Curatorial Assistant
> Conservation Division
> Directorate of Environment
> Fort Bliss, Texas
>
> > ----------
> > From:         E.J. Karetny[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> > Sent:         Tuesday, November 17, 1998 4:21 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re: experience
> >
> > ok, say you have a master's but not in museum studies and youre
> > looking
> > for work in natural history, say collections.  you have a little
> > experience as a curatorial assistant.  is this "enough" experience (at
> > the very very least shows experience and interest or something...)?
> > would you benefit from yet another academic debt with a master in
> > museum
> > studies?  when everyone ends up with this degre, what will they demand
> > of you next?
> > this is not meant to sound bitter but i'm just getting the feeling
> > that
> > the educational requirements are ratcheting higher and higher.
> >
> > looking forward to responses, ejk
> >

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