As one of two moderators for the nearly 1,100 member MuseJobs forum, on a daily basis, I post the opportunities found in job searches from a variety of resources. What I have observed in the last week or so is falling true to the pattern of the prior years in which the MuseJobs forum has been available: As the new year approaches, institutions have received their budgets for the next calendar year and have started the hiring process. Consequently, more jobs of a caliber level are now starting to trickle through. If the pattern holds true, this may hold up through February. The goal of MuseJobs is to help you stay employed. Ideally, it's in the field and job of your dreams. However, with more candidates than there are jobs to fill, a tight market, and often a plethora of high college debt, the goal is to help you to become gainfully employed, even if it is in a job that calls for transferrable skills you can work until the perfect job for you comes along. The logic is also such that, if transferrable jobs are offered, some segment of the work group will opt out for other things, leaving museum jobs available for those who cannot cotton doing anything else. MuseJobs broadens the category of museum to include planetarium, aquarium, archaeology, anthropology, library, galleries, college or university work, zoo, botanical garden, and more. Sometimes there are jobs in other types of nonprofit organizations for those in the development field. MuseJobs also provides updates on the state of the job market in general (i.e., employment is up or down), and updates on employment law are also included. Information concerning resumes, interviewing, and other tools to give you a leg up in the hiring process are also provided on an intermittent basis. It's been a while since the list has been mentioned, and I felt I should let you know about the hiring spike and make new members aware that this free service is available. Hiring supervisors are encouraged to post their job opportunities, and employment opportunities from this list are consistently posted to MuseJobs. We've had some great successes in the time the list was birthed as an offshoot of this one. I've had countless notes of appreciation from grateful members who have found jobs and/or the tools for securing one from their participation in the list. Some who have hired have come back in search of new opportunities further down the road. If you would like to avail yourself of the opportunities the list provides, you can sign up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseJobs Happy holidays, and happy job hunting! ===== Indigo Nights [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).