Just to add a little bit to the writing sample discussion:  I was asked to
do a presentation to the staff as part of an interview.  It was suggested
that I could talk about recent research, but I hadn't really done any.  I
called and asked what the purpose of my making the presentation was, and
basically, they were looking for skills, not research ability.

I had another type of talk that I was able to make, and things turned out
fine.

It never hurts to ask why they want whatever they want.

Claudia Nicholson
Curator
Museum Collections Department
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
St. Paul, MN  55102-1906
  e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
  Phone:  651-297-7442
  FAX:  651-297-2967

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