Bravo Ross! Lori, we understand your plight. You're in St. Louis -- right? Perhaps within commuting distance is a smaller museum that needs one fulltime professional at an acceptable salary range. But that's a choice you have to make -- a bigger, known museum in a low level job with barely a living wage or a museum where you do everything at a salary that will fit into your family's budget. Also, are you in art or history,science, or a generalist? There are a lot of small history museums everywhere -- but not a lot of small art museums (at least not one in every town -- like Tazewell, VA or Pennsburg, PA!). It makes a difference. And once you get that first job, put in a few tough years, you're likely to have all of the opportunities you want and need. Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Pennsburg, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: Summer staffing dilemma > Is it time for the annual reminder to prospective museum professionals that > often the best entry level jobs are out there in grassroots America? > > I have no idea where Lori wants to "settle." But every season, it seems the > best candidates want to be in the urban areas, usually the largest of them. > Those places are where jobs seem to be hardest to obtain. Usually they are > quite specialized as well. > > In the small towns there are institutions begging for qualified people. > Staffs may be one, two, five, ten -- it varies. Hours are long. > Compensation tends to be no higher than $20,000 for the Number One staffer. > It is a learning experience for anyone interested in a museum career, and a > good place to start networking. > > There -- the annual reminder. Hurray for the small museums! May we never > be overwhelmed by the overstaffed monsters! > > Ross Weeks Jr. > Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park > Tazewell, Va. > http://histcrab.netscope.net > > ========================================================= > 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). > ========================================================= 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).