On 4/14 Amy Marshall wrote: >That's the one thing I don't understand. My husband, who has a B.A. in >biology and another in anthropology, and nearly an M.A. in maritime >history/nautical archaeology started out as a volunteer at a children's >farmstead and later at a small zoo in Northeastern Kansas.... > > >I guess my beef is: does the internship and/or job experience have to be SO >SPECIFIC to the position? Are our personnel departments not creative enough >to understand that some types of experience translate?... ... >frustrations here (sorry), but it's annoying that there's a rampant bias >against experience that is not "traditional museum" specific. > >Amy Marshall I know I will offend many and be flamed by a few, but Amy, have you not been paying attention to the elitist attitudes of many on this list? It translates and transfers across the board with their own views of who should and should not be "Museum People". Just my .02 worth. Good luck with your respective searches. If you are seriously interested in the field some one will recognize the appropriateness of your experience. The other ones you don't want to work for anyway. Tim Tim Aydelott New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 (505)841-2845 (505)841-2866 FAX [log in to unmask] "...the only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school..." -- G.B. Shaw