I also have found career counselors at my schol to basically know nothing,
but I have utilized my advisor and she has geared me, prep my resume
etc...... and she has been in the museum business for over 30 years
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: Career counselors


> --- Merri Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >  Career counselors don't always help.
>
> This is an interesting point. Unless a career counselor knows about the
museum
> industry, they aren't much help. I took my resume to one and she said that
I
> was trying to cover too many skills and should focus on what the job
> announcements say. Then I showed her a museum education job announcement
and
> she was floored.
>
> I'm a little disappointed that Indy's mentoring program fizzled. That to
me is
> one of the best ways of finding out about the museum world. And I think we
also
> need people from related industries who can help new museum grads get
> experience they need to compete for the museum jobs. (We all have to pay
back
> student loans. :) Time and time again, I've seen "real world" experience
beat
> out people with higher degrees and less experience. There's a lot of "real
> world" experience out there to be had that I think people are missing out
on
> because they immediately go for the museum jobs and will take anything
that
> they can get. To me, it's better to get any work experience for a few
years,
> volunteer or work part-time in the museum world and then move into a
> higher-level museum position. But each to his own and I'm starting to
ramble.
>
> Deb
>
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