Me.

I was a groupie at the campus Vertebrate Museum while in grad school.  When
they needed to replace someone, I was asked because I was known.  I was
working there when the opportunity came to work where I am now (on a grant),
and my experience and references from there are what got me here.  I've
since advanced to my present permanent position.

Robin K Panza
Section of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh  PA  15213  USA
phone:  412-622-3255
fax:  412-622-8837
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Allen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

   "Show of hands... how many of
you got a job through volunteer work?"

  - 8 years of free labor and never got hired and I wouldn't be employed now
except for connections made through my graduate advisor.  It isn't
volunteering, or experience, it is who you know.

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