Chris, I have had the same experience. In a word of advice, GET OUT, now. They will use you for as long as they can and you will not get a job out of it. I know this is hard to hear, I've been trying to get a full time job at a museum for years. It seems to me that volunteering will get you no futher with the organization. Good luck in your hunt. Janet Wilzbach, M.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Pike" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Issue of possible employment. Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:10:56 -0400 > > Need some advice.. > > I'm currently volunteering for a local museum that has undergone an change > in administration and employee's. I sent out a resume and went in for an > semi-formal interview. He said that he was impressed with my resume and > that they would be hiring in the future but not sure when (they have too, > they have almost no permanent staff). Since then, I've done a lot of > sorting work in terms of archival records and will be doing data entry in > the near future. I've been told I'm doing a great job and are happy with > my work. Again they hang the possibility of employement over my head. > > A few people have said I should stop volunteering as what I'm doing is > being done by others for good money. I'm being patient and continuing > because working there would be good future option but my question is > whether or not I should draw the line somewhere? I'm just really not sure > what to do? > > Cheers.. > > ========================================================= > 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). -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm ========================================================= 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).