Ross and M. Indigo are pretty much on target. However we must remember "that to each generation all things are new.  Many of the people who are posting quesries about careeers are new to teh field and new to the list. I find the queries to be informatative. They help me understand
the expectations of people who are soon to be our colleagues.
Greg Koos
McLean Co. Museum of History
Bloomington IL

Indigo Nights wrote:

> Now that my Home Boy Ross has jumped into this thread,
> I do have a couple of thoughts.
>
> For each of you who has posted to the list about
> wanting museum jobs or internships, I have taken to
> privately posting my employment web page, that (though
> in need of tidying) has some good nonprofit and
> museums information.  That link is here:
>
> http://victorian.fortunecity.com/stanmer/414
>
> However, as graduation fast approaches I would like to
> suggest that language be incorporated into the
> guidelines that new members to this list receive.  It
> appears that we have an abundance of new members who
> regularly jump in and say "Where can I get a job."
>
> I appreciate the fact that the jobs are needed and, if
> that were not the case, I wouldn't have created my
> employment web site or taken the time to post it
> privately each time someone asks.
>
> However, just arriving on the scene, never offering
> anything to the discussion, and wanting to know about
> where that person can get a job strikes me, as often
> as it has come up, as showing up at someone else's
> home and demanding to know just what we're going to
> give them for dinner (and no, they're not offering to
> help themselves in that process except to ask here).
>
> I would like to see language incorporated into the
> guidelines that says READ THE ARCHIVES FIRST if you
> have an employment question and possibly a few of the
> other more popular ones (like which degree).
>
> The archives contain a wealth of information that
> should not be ignored, or else the archives should be
> dumped as wasted bandwidth.
>
> In addition to this pointer (which I think would cut
> down on some of the traffic on that topic, and I'm not
> trying to discourage anyone from using this venue as a
> resource, just suggesting they be smarter about it),
> I'd like to offer the search primer I wrote last year
> that was adopted by the Jefferson County, Colorado (I
> live in CA) school district.
>
> So much of what is asked can be found with some
> initiative and the skills to know how to look.  The
> problem stems from the fact that too few people have
> been adequately trained to search the web.  My primer
> is not a be-all and end-all, but it will put you
> further ahead in your quest.  That site can be found
> at:
>
> http://204.98.1.2/isu/home/search.html
>
> Since this was written almost a year ago, I have
> learned of some new search engines to add to what I
> included above.  I would recommend you also consider
> using:
>
> http://www.alltheweb.com
> http://www.metor.com
> http://www.go.com
> http://www.baldey.com
> http://www.searchbots.net/
>
> Many ways to skin the proverbial cat.  With feline
> stealth and some good common sense, you can find most
> of what you're looking for, in far fewer key strokes.
>
> Please, no rotten tomatoes or old oranges.  They hurt
> when you pitch them my way.
>
> --- Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Greetings and best wishes to everyone who is
> > beginning to search for an entering position at a
> > museum somewhere.  The semi-annual "resume posting"
> > queries have begun.  There has already been an
> > extended interchange over the value of a graduate
> > degree in obtaining work at a museum somewhere.
> > Time for those of us out in the boondocks to roll
> > out the red carpet once again!  The problem is, we
> > can't afford new carpet.
> >
>
> =====
> Indigo Nights
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