Steven Miller

How to Get a Museum Job (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Finding a museum job is a highly competitive endeavor today. The unprecedented international growth of museums combined with a similar growth in programs to train staff for these unique institutions has vastly increased the number of qualified applicants for positions of all sorts. Finding work in museums now requires a broad understanding of how employees are sought and hired. This is especially true for those in the early stages of their careers. How to Get a Museum Job provides a detailed look at hiring in the museum job market today. It offers practical inside advice by a museum professional with nearly fifty years in the museum field - as both a seeker and provider of employment. Designed for those just entering or new to the museum field, those seeking to switch jobs or move up the ladder will also find valuable tips.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538121115
• Artikelnr.: 56819215

Autorenporträt

Steven Miller has been in the museum field for nearly fifty years. During that time he has been a curator, administrator, director, trustee, writer, consultant, and museum studies educator. He has served with six major museums in the northeastern United States. He holds a BA in sculpture (with honors) from Bard College and an international graduate certificate in the Principles of Conservation Science from the International Centre for the Study of the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Property, Rome, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Museum and You
Chapter 2: Selecting a Museum Discipline
Chapter 3: Selecting a Museum
Chapter 4: Job Listings
Chapter 5: The Job Application
Chapter 6: The Museum Interviews You
Chapter 7: You Interview the Museum
Chapter 8: Museum Job Search Variables
Chapter 9: The Future of Museum Professions
Index
About the Author