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No need now. Others have saved you the effort. Thanks, though.
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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
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From: Elizabeth Anne Hanson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 12:15 PM
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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.
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> From: Elizabeth Anne Hanson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 9:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: seeking: ENTRY-LEVEL JOB
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> Dear Julia,
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> 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:
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> > 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
> >
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