No need now. Others have saved you the effort. Thanks, though. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Elizabeth Anne Hanson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 12:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: seeking: ENTRY-LEVEL JOB Dear Robert, OK, but I will have to do it on Monday. The article is at home and I will have to find it among all my papers! I know that one of them was Williamsburg. Elizabeth On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Robert T. Handy wrote: > Hey! Post a list of those ten to fifteen museums without Directors. I might want to send some of them a resume. > > > ------ > Robert Handy > Brazoria County Historical Museum > museum_bob > [log in to unmask] > http://www.bchm.org > > ---------- > From: Elizabeth Anne Hanson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 9:38 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: seeking: ENTRY-LEVEL JOB > > Dear Julia, > > I find this extremely interesting too. There was recently an article in > the Chicago Tribune discussing this exact same issue. At this point I > cannot recall the date, but could find out if you would like to read it. > Anyway this article talked about the fact that many museum directors > around > the country are quiting there jobs and listed about 10 or 15 top museums > without directors. Excessive hours and too much work were listed as some > of the reasons many directors are quiting. > > Elizabeth > > On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, J./B. Moore wrote: > > > Does anybody else besides me find it ironic that the entry-level jobs > > are so competitive when at any one time these days there are about 100 > > museum directorships vacant and looking for applicants? Guess when > > people do fight their way in and up to the top they find it's not as > > great as it seemed, and hop from job to job finding the "ideal" one. > > > > Maybe instead of grousing about how hard it is to find an entry-level > > job, we should focus on keeping the good people we have and grooming > > them for the top spots--and making the top spots worth holding. Maybe > > only then can the museum field move forward. > > > > > > Julia Moore > > Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services > > Indianapolis Art Center > > >