That's the spirit, Ginger Young!

Yes, having contacts and someone on the inside helps ..... but so does
Ginger's tenacity and the willingness to go to where the job might be find.

And I maintain, once more, that anyone seriously interested in the museum
profession needs to look beyond the urban museums out into the grass roots,
where professional help is often truly needed but (without adequate funds)
can't be recruited easily.
Ross Weeks Jr.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum, Tazewell VA
http://www.netscope.net/~histcrab

-----Original Message-----
From: Ginger M. Young <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: An interesting question about...


>I believe that someone just wrote about not being able to break into the
>museum world without "knowing someone on the inside".  I beg to differ!  It
>took me months of hard work sending out resumes, sending out letters and
>resumes to people and places that might not even be hiring, etc. just to
get
>my foot in the door.  And before these past few months of looking I have
put
>in years of hard work at museums during my undergrad and grad. years.  But,
>that hard work paid off and I now have a great job I am very happy about
and
>looking forward to starting in January (after graduation).
>
>I think one needs to keep an open mind and be willing to relocate almost
>anywhere!  You also have to use any resource available to you (the internet
is
>a great place to start!).  I know I must sound like a lot of ppl out there,
>but I wanted to give some hope to those just starting out!  It IS possible
to
>find a job fresh out of grad school, you just have to put your mind to it
and
>a little luck doesn't hurt either!  I wish ya'll the best!  Please feel
free
>to email me at [log in to unmask] if you would like to know about some of
the
>websites I have used over the months!
>
>Ginger M. Young