Building and Finding a Career in Anthropology: Using the Internet and Other Sources**

Provided by

IUP Department of Anthropology

and the IUP Anthropology Club

www.chss.iup.edu/anthropology

Contents:

1. Anthropology: Education and Careers for the 21st Century:

An Introduction

2. What Does Anthropology Teach That Is
Useful outside the College Setting?

3. What Options Does an Undergraduate Anthropology Major
Have after the Bachelor's Degree?

4. What Job Opportunities Are Possible for the Anthropology Major?

5. Career Paths: Academic, Corporate, Nonprofit, or Government

6. Anthropology's Career Advantages

7. Getting Started: Working Backwards From the Ideal First Job

8. Internships and Volunteering: Feedback and Apprenticeship

9. Networking and Devising A Career Development Strategy

10. Internet Sites: Job Hunting for the Anthropology

11. Selected Job or “Career” Titles for Anthropology Majors

12. Skills To Develop and Include On Resume

13. Career Resources: Recommended Books

Building and Finding a Career in Anthropology: Using the Internet and Other Sources

1. Anthropology: Education for the 21st Century

So you want to study anthropology? There are several important reasons why studying anthropology should be considered by undergraduate students. First, the material is intellectually exciting: anthropology students enthusiastically complete their courses of study. Second, anthropology prepares students for excellent jobs and opens doors to various career paths: the course of study provides global information and thinking skills critical to succeeding in the 21st century in business, research, teaching, advocacy, and public service.

Finding a position, however, as an anthropologist, especially with an undergraduate degree will be difficult. Unlike some majors, computer science and biology, few jobs are listed under the heading anthropologist. This guide will help students identify their unique skills, provide advice on how to break into the job market, and list a sample of “career titles.”

Anthropology includes four broad fields--cultural anthropology, linguistics, physical anthropology and archaeology. Each of the four fields teaches distinctive skills, such as applying theories, employing research methodologies, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing extensive sets of data. Anthropologists are careful observers of humans and their behavior, maintaining an intense curiosity: What does it mean to be human? Why do people behave in particular ways? What are the historical and environmental pressures that helped shape the experience and behavior of a specific group of people? What are universal facts of human life? Consequently, students approach problems in a more holistic fashion.

Anthropologists often specialize in one or more geographic areas of the world--for example, West Africa, Latin America, the British Isles, Eastern Europe, North America and Oceania. More and more western cultures, subcultures and institutions are becoming the focus of anthropological research including cross cultural domestic violence and criminal justice, birth technology, multilingual education, environmental resource management and so on. In addition, anthropology studies focus on particular populations in a locale or region. Some anthropologists study cultural practices, such as Pyrenees' Basques use of cooperatives in their economic system, which must be modified to fit the overarching Spanish or French legal structures, or Janine Wedel’s examination of the resulting economic crisis following the break up of the Soviet Union. Other examples include research on management of nuclear waste among Native American communities, advocacy with immigrant Asians involved with commercial fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Physical anthropologists observe both biological behavior in humans and primates, attempting to understand ongoing human evolution and the human adaptations to particular environments, such as maternal physiological response to pregnancy, the effects of altitude on maternal and fetal well-being, perhaps performing comparative studies of physiological responses to short-term high altitude residence (e.g., Euro-Americans and African Americans in Colorado) versus longer-term high altitude residence (e.g., indigenous Quechua-speakers in Peru or Sherpas in Nepal). Historical archaeologists help preserve aspects of the recent past, such as settlement patterns in the western U.S. plains. Archaeological studies generally involve teams of specialists who work with domesticated plant remains, indicators of animal life, and the manmade artifacts produced or imported into a particular area.

2. What Does Anthropology Teach That Is Useful
Outside the College Setting?

Careful record-keeping, attention to details, analytical reading, and clear thinking are taught by anthropological courses. Social ease in strange situations, critical thinking, and strong skills in oral and written expression are cultivated by anthropological training. Using a range of social, behavioral, biological and other scientific research methods, anthropology majors learn to supplement statistical findings with descriptive data gathered through participant observation, interviewing, and ethnographic study. An anthropologist is a trained observer who knows the importance of collecting data, in listening and watching what others are doing, in reflecting on what has actually as well as apparently occurred, in researching the context, in applying various explanatory models, and in adopting a broad perspective for framing an understanding. Whatever the topic of research, anthropologists share a particular holistic vision that requires using a repertoire of methods in order to forge a deeper understanding of situations. This holism characterizes the best anthropology and imparts the perspective for which the profession is valued.

While the job market for academic anthropologists is relatively steady, demand for anthropologists is increasing in other areas, stimulated by a growing need for analysts and researchers with sharp thinking skills who can manage, evaluate, and interpret the large volume of data on human behavior. In fact major corporations such IBM, Daimler-Benz and others are increasingly seeking qualitatively and quantitatively trained anthropologists (see appendix). The extent of occupational flexibility reflects the emphasis on breadth, diversity, and independence of thought. What we know about the future marketplace indicates the type of global, holistic knowledge, which an anthropological perspective brings. Still, finding a job as an anthropologist with an undergraduate degree is challenging. This guide will help.

3. What Options Does an Undergraduate Anthropology Major Have after the Bachelor's Degree?

There are many career and educational options for anthropology majors. Further anthropological study leads to both traditional anthropological careers of teaching and research as well as in applied anthropology. Academic anthropologists find careers in anthropology departments, social science departments, and a variety of other departments or programs, such as medicine, epidemiology, public health (especially the MPH or masters in public health), ethnic, community or area studies, linguistics, cognitive psychology, and neural science. Education degrees, carefully planned with department advisors offer primary and secondary teaching positions, e.g. social science education.

Applying anthropology offers many opportunities to use anthropological perspectives and skills. Jobs filled by anthropology majors include researchers, evaluators, and administrators. Cultural anthropologists have the range of careers filled by other social scientists; biological and medical anthropologists have other skills which are useful in the growing sector of health related occupations. Many archaeologists are employed in American cultural resource management projects which are required by federal and state laws before major building ventures.

Further study in graduate or professional school are common paths for anthropology undergraduate majors. Anthropology provides a strong basis for subsequent graduate level education and training in international law, public health, and other areas as well as the social sciences.

4. What Job Opportunities are Possible
for the Anthropology Major?

Job opportunities are generally forged by the individual, not by the program which one follows in college. The best college programs recommend that undergraduates take a well-rounded course of study, combined with practical career-skill courses interwoven in her or his overall program. Anthropology provides a good counterpoint to business courses, foreign language study, technical training, fine arts, and so forth. In addition to imparting invaluable core knowledge about the human animal and its cultural and biological history, anthropology lends itself flexibly as a tool to refine whatever other interests one brings to the higher-educational process. A double major is often recommended.

Anthropological study provides training particularly well suited to the 21st century. The economy will be increasingly international; workforces and markets, increasingly diverse; participatory management and decision making, increasingly important; communication skills, increasingly in demand. Anthropology is the only contemporary discipline that approaches human questions from historical, biological, linguistic, and cultural perspectives. The intellectual excitement and relevance of the wide range of information presented in anthropology assures that students are engaged and challenged. Moreover, it complements other scientific and liberal arts courses by helping students understand the interconnectivity of knowledge about people and their cultures. Increasingly, undergraduate and master's students are coming to understand that the issues affecting their futures and the information they will need to prosper cannot be found in narrow programs of study.

Ambitious anthropology majors often seek and acquire complimentary skills in the course of their undergraduate studies. Especially useful ones might include proficiency in probability and statistics, geosciences, human anatomy and physiology, fluency in foreign languages (especially Spanish), and computer techniques. The most successful students don’t follow the path of least resistance.

The undergraduate anthropology major will be exposed to archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology. They learn how to study people and how communities and organizations work. The master's degree candidate receives additional training in how to combine these perspectives and skills to solve problems. Many undergraduates have difficulty selecting their major, changing their minds several times as they search for a course of study which interests them and can lead to post-college employment. That search sometimes results in costly extra years of study. The undergraduates choosing to major in anthropology can be comfortable that their choice is both exciting and practical. Even when interests change, many students find that their new courses can be accommodated within the anthropology major, thus saving them semesters that would otherwise be spent changing majors.

5. Career Paths: Academic, Corporate, Nonprofit, or Government

Most of America's professional anthropologists have traditionally worked in higher educational institutions, teaching and researching, but today there are many other career options for trained anthropologists. Many anthropologists with master's degrees or bachelor's degrees work for contract archaeology firms at archaeological sites, in physical anthropology laboratories, and in museums in a wide range of areas. Similarly, there are many opportunities as social science researchers and in other areas available to anthropologists at every level of training. A doctorate is required for most academic jobs. The nonacademic employment of cultural anthropologists is greatly expanding as the demand for research on humans and their behavior increases. A 2002 survey by the AAA reveals that over half of all new PhDs in anthropology have taken nonacademic positions in research institutes, nonprofit associations, government agencies, world organizations, and private corporations. While the job market for academic anthropologists is relatively steady, demand for anthropologists is increasing in other areas, stimulated by a growing need for analysts and researchers with sharp thinking skills who can manage, evaluate and interpret the large volume of data on human behavior.

Academic. On campuses, in departments of anthropology, and in research laboratories, anthropologists teach and conduct research. They spend a great deal of time preparing for classes, writing lectures, grading papers, working with individual students, composing scholarly articles, and writing longer monographs and books. A number of academic anthropologists find careers in other departments or university programs, such as schools of medicine, epidemiology, public health, ethnic studies, cultural studies, community or area studies, linguistics, education, ecology, cognitive psychology and neural science.

Corporations, Nonprofit organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Federal, State and Local Government. Anthropology offers many lucrative applications of anthropological knowledge in a variety of occupational settings, in both the public and private sectors. Non-governmental organizations, such as international health organizations and development banks employ anthropologists to help design and implement a wide variety of programs, worldwide and nationwide. State and local governmental organizations use anthropologists in planning, research and managerial capacities. Many corporations look explicitly for anthropologists, recognizing the utility of their perspective on a corporate team. Contract archaeology has been a growth occupation with state and federal legislative mandates to assess cultural resources affected by government funded projects. Forensic anthropologists, in careers glamorized by Hollywood and popular novels, not only work with police departments to help identify mysterious or unknown remains but work in university and museum settings. A corporate anthropologist working in market research might conduct targeted focus groups to examine consumer preference patterns not readily apparent through statistical or survey methods. Large and successful consulting firms such as Abt Associates Inc. were created by two anthropologists and utilize this approach.

Anthropologists fill the range of career niches occupied by other social scientists in corporations, government, nonprofit corporations, and various trade and business settings. Most jobs filled by anthropologists don't mention the word anthropologist in the job announcement; such positions are broadly defined to attract researchers, evaluators and project managers. Anthropologists' unique training and perspective enable them to compete successfully for these jobs. Whatever anthropologists' titles, their research and analysis skills lead to a wide variety of career options, ranging from the oddly fascinating to the routinely bureaucratic.

Educational Options

Anthropology is not a large discipline. There are about 15,000 anthropologists actively engaged in the profession. About 6,000 bachelor's degrees were awarded in anthropology in 2000 and many of those degree holders use their anthropological training in their post collegiate experiences, both in further education and in the world of work. Recently about 1,000 master's degrees and 400 doctorates were awarded through American universities.

The average post baccalaureate time needed to obtain the master's degree is two years and the PhD, about eight years. The lengthy time required for an anthropology master's and doctorate is due in part to the custom of completing a field project for the thesis or dissertation and mastering several bodies of knowledge about the area, including comprehensive language training, before departing for the field site. The field research is generally several months for the master's student and 12 to 30 months for the doctoral student.

High school students interested in a career in anthropology should develop a firm background in social studies and history, math, science, biology and languages, both English and foreign. The computer has become an important research tool and computer skills are useful.

6. Anthropology's Career Advantages

Diversity. Anthropology is a career that embraces people of all kinds. It is a discipline that thrives with heterogeneity--in people, ideas and research methods. Anthropologists know the wisdom of listening to multiple voices and linking the work coming from researchers who bring different backgrounds and apply various approaches to their endeavors. The American Anthropological Association is committed to increasing the diversity of the profession.

Career Options. The following careers illustrate the range of choices that an anthropology student might explore after graduation. Social facility, critical thinking, and skills in oral and written expression are cultivated by anthropological training. The range of occupations reflects the emphasis on breadth, diversity, and independence of thought.

7. Getting Started: Working Backwards
(special thanks to the American Geographical Association)**

Thinking about careers means thinking backwards, really-- starting by projecting yourself in the ideal first job, then figuring out how to get there. Thus, the guide works backwards also, describing the technical skills (analytical, qualitative, statistical, field methods and writing, etc.) you can develop as a Anthropology major. You should think about what the job market is in the area you are interested in, what the entry-level requirements are for professional jobs in that field, what courses you should take to prepare yourself and what extra-curricular activities (volunteer work, internships, part-time jobs) to seek in order to enhance your marketability.

The notion of the marketability of skills may sound a bit too vocational for many college students. View it more as a way to take your coursework seriously, to shape your academic career so you can do what seems most worthwhile or challenging to you after you graduate. Even if you change your mind about your life's direction (as many of you may), at least you will have built up some coherent sense of what you're doing with your brief time as an undergraduate. While an undergraduate, you have the opportunity to develop skills and methods of problem solving which will be invaluable in any vocation you choose. Your course selection, approach to course work, and job-hunting are integrally related. One way to get a job is to develop a professional interest in a field or set of public issues or public policies. By "professional" we mean systematically developing your background, knowledge base, skills and contacts over a 2-3 year period so that by the time you approach the job market you will have the confidence that can only come from knowing what you know--and don't know--about your chosen field. Knowledge, enthusiasm, confidence in your skills and a good academic record are the keys to getting that vital first job.

8. Internships: Feedback and Apprenticeship

Internships are an ideal bridge between coursework and the world of work. Especially valuable in internships are the quality of feedback you get, the contacts you make, and the workplace skills you learn--including how to get along in an office. One of the surest ways to land a good job is to land a good internship--paid or voluntary--while you are still an undergraduate. Two-thirds of all interns are eventually hired by their internship site. IUP Anthropology has a well-developed program and has placed students internships for over 25 years. Contact the IUP Anthropology Department Internship Coordinator to begin the process. You need about a year to select and obtain an internship site that will meet your needs.

Community Service: Develop Your Skills

and Give Something back to the Community

An increasingly popular alternative to internships is the community service option. Students work in community-based agencies that are related to the themes or topics of courses, whether dealing with hunger, community development, poverty, domestic violence, etc. Community service thus counts toward satisfying course requirements and provides excellent first-hand experience with real-world problems--often calling for analytical ability, problem-solving, and human relations skills.

9. Networking and Devising A Career Development Strategy

Don't wait passively for the perfect job to show up on some website listing. Use the many contacts you have made to find out what sorts of skills employers are looking for, how to present yourself on paper, etc. Make some appointments for informational interviews to just ask people what they do all day and what they see as long-term hiring trends in their field. Remember, most jobs (80%) are filled without ever being advertised, or, if advertised, are already targeted for someone--often someone who has talked her or his way into the job. Be aggressive without being pushy or presumptuous.

Being aggressive means knowing what you can do for employers, and figuring out: 1) if they need you, and 2) how you can make it clear to them that you can help them. Approach the whole experience from their perspective. Find out about the company or agency; talk to people who work there; do some research on current trends or issues in their sector of the economy. The more you know about the company or agency and the context in which they go about doing their daily business, the more likely you are to get an interview and have a good interview. Remember, above all you want to impress them as someone who can help them, with a minimum of training or hand-holding. So the more you appear to be someone who has shaped her or his undergraduate career, the better your chances because the more “together” you’ll seem. Stress you skills that you have listed on your resume.

Thinking linearly, the career search actually begins with choosing courses in a reasonably strategic, sequential way and figuring out what you’ll need to look like on paper two years from now when you graduate. Developing your knowledge, getting acceptable grades (around 3.0, at least in your major), making contacts, writing a good resume, an internship, having a solid portfolio of your work to show potential employers--all of these are important. But they are all tactical matters, to be worked out after you’ve taken the big first step: seeing your undergraduate career as professional development, rather than as some obstacle course of requirements. A mature student studies things that can be used after college. Learning, of course, can be a virtue in its own right. But you can be pragmatic about it without turning the university into a voc-tech school: there’s nothing wrong with developing skills you can use after college to deal effectively with the issues and problems that most engage you. Going to college just to get a job is misguided; going to college to help yourself understand what career most appeals to you, and then working on the education and skills to attain that career, makes sense--and makes you a better student.

Networking

Networking may sound manipulative to some people, but it is part of the process described above: getting in touch with people doing the kind of work you think you may like to do some day, finding out what they do all day, how they got their first job, how they progressed in their careers, and what skills they see as crucial for those just entering the job market. Faculty and adviser are good initial sources of contacts. Other excellent sources are organizations such as NAPA-the National Association of Practicing Anthropologists; NASA-National Association of Student Anthropologists; WAPA-Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists. Department faculty can assist you in contacting these groups. The IUP Anthropology Chair has a network list and e-mail addresses of previous anthropology graduates. You’re invited to “mine” this list especially regarding careers in archaeology, museum studies, primatology, forensics, applied anthropology, census work and so on.

Internet Sites: Job Hunting for the Anthropologist

Remember, as stated earlier, 80% of all jobs are not advertised in newspapers or on the internet. While that might change rapidly the internet is still an interesting source of jobs and can help you quickly seek out advertised positions in select regions of the US or internationally. A combination of the internet, newspapers, professional publications, and networks, is highly recommend.

Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation:

Cornell University has a great site for all kinds of historic preservation related jobs. www.preservenet.cornell.edu/

Though this site you can sign on to a list that sends job announcements for archaeologists…sometimes 3-4 times a day. www.shovelbums.org

Job Assistance for Archaeologists has a site although he focus us Europe www.archail.force9.co.uk/jobpage.htm

Museum jobs can be located at http://aviso.aam-us.org/cgi-bin/aam/classifieds.cgi

Public Health, Medical Anthropology:

Careers in Public Health. A Day in the Life of a Public Health Worker http://www.apha.org/career/dayinlife.htm

About the Master’s in Public Health (MPH)

http://www.trainingfinder.org/

How to find Jobs in Public Health

http://apha.jobcontrolcenter.com/search/results/

Anthropology Related Societies (that offer career information):

Northern Kentucky University has a department site is an excellent place to find job listings and materials on anthropology careers

http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/careers.html

National Association of Practicing Anthropologists www.aaanet.org/sections.napa.htm (look for information packet about careers in anthropology outside the academy)

Anthro TECH www.anthrotech.com (Classified ads for anthropologists)

American Anthropological Association www.aaanet.org

Society for Applied anthropology www.sfaa.net

American Ethnological Society www.aaanet.org/aes/

Association for Feminist Anthropology http://members.aol.com/afeminista/afa/

Association for Political and Legal Anthropology www.aaanet.org/apla/index.htm

Association for Latina and Latino Anthropologists www.monterey.edu/academic/centers/sbsc/ALLA/index.htm

Society for Medical Anthropology www.cudenver.edu/sma/

Society for American Archaeology www.saa.org

Environmental Jobs (often related to archaeology, cultural resource management, historic preservation, cultural ecology)

The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) http://www.eco.com

Offers a varied site rich with jobs, job-hunting tips, and career paths.

University of Kansas Student Placement Office http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/sydfacts/upcfacts/enviro_sites. html A very wide-ranging general guide to environmental resources.

Environmental Employment Resource http://www.enviroindustry.com/employment A wide-ranging list of web sites for trolling for environmental career opportunities.

Environmental Listserves Index http://http2.sils.umich.edu/cbriggs/listservindex.htm/

GIS (archeology track students often have sufficient GIS skills)

The best current job-hunting site for GIS is through the University of Minnesota: GIS Jobs Clearinghouse http://www.gis.umn.edu/rsgisinf./jobs.html/

GeoSearch http://www.geosearch.com/. Extensive listings of GIS jobs, salary surveys, etc.

geojobsource http://www.geojobsource.com One of the most extensive listings of career opportunities in the spatial data professions.

Geoweb http://www.ggrweb.com/. Current job postings and resume postings; good directory of web sites and forums, home pages, chat areas, etc.; company index; product and business news; freeware, etc.

General Job Listings

JobHunt http://weber.u.washington.edu/~careers and at Stanford: http://www.job-hunt.org An excellent list of lists and student placement guide, visit the student placement

Career Net http://www.careers.rg/reg/crusa-wa.htm Lists thousands of jobs available in Washington State, plus had infinite links to other career sites.

Federal Jobs http://www.fedworld.gov All you want to know about working for U.S. federal government. Search also by agency

Online Career Center http://www.occ.com/. The first and most widely-used Internet job source.

JobTrak http://www.jobtrak.com/. Specially targeted to college students and alumni.

The Monster Board http://www.monster.com/. Lists over 50,000 jobs worldwide.

Career Path http://www.careerpath.com/ Searchable index of classifieds from six major newspapers.

Career Magazine http://www.careermag.com. Job openings, salary guidelines, professional organizations—plus you can post your own resume for up to six months!!

Seattle Times Classifieds http://www.seatimes.coin/classified/. Invaluable, searchable local source.

Career Mosaic http://www.careermosaic.com/. Lots of job listings, career resources, and on-line job fairs. Also helps you do a personal inventory of your dependable strengths. Will make you feel better about what you have to offer! Great advice on resumes.

High-Tech Careers Virtual Job Fair http://www.vif.com:80/ Searches thousands of openings and offers direct resume submission. Used nationally as a recruitment tool for high-tech workforce.

About Work http://www.aboutwork.com/ Reframe the whole work dialogue going on in your head. Discussion groups, career change screens, real-life stories of career shifts, etc.

Entry Level Job Seeker Assistant http://members.aol.com:80/Dylander/jobhome. html A gigantic resource designed for you if you've never held a full-time permanent job, have less than a year of nonacademic experience, etc. Resume help, current openings, etc.

11. Selected “Career Titles” for Anthropology Majors To Consider

Few jobs listed on the internet, newspapers or governmental publications use the word anthropologist (in same cases archaeology or historic preservation officer is used). To be successful you must become familiar with various “career titles” that closely describe your abilities. The following list is not complete but should also be a helpful guide in allowing you to “build” a career:

Innovative, persistent job-seekers may find this Index helpful. Some of the following listings apply only to those with advanced degrees.

Using the Internet version of papers like the New York Times or the general websites listed in the previous section can be helpful, especially if you can access their classified ads for jobs. The New York Times Sunday ads are recommended…log on, access the paper, and use their internal key word search. Find key words for jobs by reviewing this document. Think and search for ads using job titles such as: regional archaeologists, assistant curator, education development officer, archivist, planner (with a focus on ethnicity), researcher, international development.

Anthropologist

Development Anthropologist

Forensic Anthropology Consultant

Social Anthropologist, National Marine Fisheries Service

Archeologist, CRM or Historic Preservation

Cultural Resource Manager

Archaeological Technician

Research Associate

Museum Manager/Curator

Development Specialist

Historian

Preservation Planner

Architectural Historian

Public Historian

Historic Structure Review Specialist

Some specific archaeology job titles and locations follow:

Archeologist, DC Historic Preservation Office

Archeologist, Historic Archeology/CRM, National Park Service

Archeologist, Louis Berger & Associates Inc. NY

Archeologist, National Park Service

Archeologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, AL

Archeologist, US Dept of the Interior, DC

Archeologist II, Oklahoma Archaeological Survey

Assist. Arch. Survey, Iowa State Historic Preservation Office

Chief Archeologist, National Park Service

Consulting Archeologist, Massachusetts Historical Commission

Director, Alexandria Archaeology, VA

Director, Archaeological Survey of Alberta

District Archaeologist, USDA, Forest Service

Museum Archeologist

Archaeological Survey of Canada

Principal Archeologist, John Milner Associates Inc, PA

Principal Investigator, Center for Archeology

Project Archaeologist, R Christopher Goodwin and Associates

Provincial Archaeologist, Saskatchewan Culture & Recreation

Regional Archeologist, National Park Service

Research Archaeologist, Amerind Foundation, AZ

Research Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey

Research Archeologist, Center for American Archeology, IL

Senior Archeologist, Gilbert/ Commonwealth, MI

State Archaeologist, Oklahoma Archaeological Survey

Supervisory Archaeologist, Paul H Rosendahl PhD Inc, HI

Survey Archaeologist for Highways, Oregon Museum for Anthr

Vice President, Archaeological & Historical Consultants, PA

Archivist

Oklahoma Historical Society

Assistant to the President, Atlantic Community College, NJ

Assistant Desk Officer, Peace Corps, DC

Associate Pastor, St Matthews Cathedral, DC

Association Executive

Vice President, San Antonio Museum Association, TX

Archeological Services, Training, Administrator (International

Training Div, USDA)

Analyst

Associate Staff Analyst, NY City Human Resources Admin.

Quality Control Analyst, American National Bank, IL

Senior Consultant, Social Systems Analysts, MA

Senior Planning Analyst, NY City Human Resources Admin

City Planner

Senior Analyst, Berkeley Planning Associates, CA

Consultant

American Indian Tribe, UT

Associate Consultant, Planning & Management Training Step

Consultant, International Development, Inter-Regional & Global

Projects, NY

Health Policy Consultant, Control Data Corp, MN

Language Consultant, ESL, Japan

Public Health

Health Data Manager/Researcher

Community Health Program Manager

Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation

Public Health Epidemiologist, assistant

Socio-Epidemiology Researcher

Community Health Interventionists/planner/researcher

Discourse Analysis/educator/communication specialist

Organizational Consultant

Public Health Foundation of Los Angeles

Coordinator

Associate Coordinator, Title XII Program, Office of International Programs, U-MD

Industry-Education Coordinator

Curator

Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, PA

Assistant Curator, Southeastern Architectural Archive, LA

Curator, National Museum, Malaysia

Curator of Anthropology, New York State Museum

Curator of Anthropology, Riverside Municipal Museum

Curator of Archaeology

Curator of Archaeology, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History

Field Museum of Natural History

Development

Assistant Education Development Officer, USAID, DC

Development Anthropologist, International Development

Economic Development Officer, HUD, DC

Executive Officer, Institute for Development Anthropology

Director

Assistant Director, Enrollment Management Systems, NY

Assistant Director, Institute for Policy Studies, PA

Assistant Director, Montana Alliance for Progressive Policy

Assistant Director, Zuni Archaeology Program

Deputy Director, Div of General Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, DC

Deputy Director, Smithsonian Institution, WA, DC

Director, Centennial Archaeology Inc, CO

Director, Commission on US – Central American Relations, International Center for Policy Development, DC

Director, Cultural Resources, Regional Environmental Consultants

Director, East African Centre, Friends World College, Kenya

Director, Office of Hispanic Affairs, KPBS-TV, CA

Director, Program Development, Rural Development

Director, Research & Publications

Director, Research and Information Center, Ibero-American

Chamber of Commerce

Director for Faculty Research Development

Director for Latin America, Management Systems International

Director of Development, South Street Seaport Museum, NY

Director of Education & Training, TRW Inc, OH

Director of Excavations, Thunderbird Museum &

Archeological Park, VA

Director of Major Gifts, Carnegie Hall

Director of Museum Programs, South Street Seaport Museum

Director of Pathology and Laboratory Services, Coney Island

Medical Group, PA

Director of Planning Services, Gangston, DeBell, Titus, VA

Director of Programs, American Anthropological Association

Director of Research, Clinical Counseling, Galveston Family

Institute-Center for Family Studies, TX

Director, Music Research Institute, CA

Executive Director, DC Community Humanities Council, DC

Executive Director, Historic Ithaca, NY

Executive Director, National Coalition for Jail Reform

Folklore Project Director, Macon County School System, NC

Head, Psychiatric Effectiveness Division, Naval Health

Research Center, CA

Laboratory of Anthropology, Mus of Indian Arts &Culture, NM

Managing Director, Film Production, Ogbuide Ltd., NY

Multi-Cultural Community Center, Dallas Alliance of Asians

Navajo Tribe, Director of Planning & Legislation

New York State Dept. of Social Services, Child Sexual Abuse

Project

Program Director, Continuing Education, IL

Program Director, Health Services Research and Development,

Geriatric Research

Project Director, Continuum Corp, IL

Project Director, Soil Systems, Inc., AZ

Study Director, Prevention Research Center, CA

Editor

Associate Editor, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Inc., MD

Technical Editor, National Transportation Safety Board, DC

Information Officer

Information Assistant, Social Anthropology,

Instructor, Cross-Cultural Communication, US Army Operations

Nutrition Advisor, USAID, DC

Policy Analyst

Policy Analyst, US Dept of Health & Human Services, DC

Senior Policy Analyst, Organization Analyst, Organizational Analysis, NOAA, DC

Program Analyst

Policy Analyst, US Dept of Health & Human Services, DC

Senior Policy Analyst, Organizational Analysis, NOAA, DC

Program Analyst

Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, DC

Human Resources Development Institute, DC

Peace Corps, DC

Program Assistant

Smithsonian Institution, DC

Program Associate

Meals for Millions, CA

Program Coordinator

International Programs, USDA Graduate School, DC

State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon State Parks

Program Evaluator

Program Evaluator, Foundation for Health Care Evaluation

Program Specialist

Publications Assistant, Information Resources Specialist, Research Assistant American Academy of Physician Assistants, VA

Researcher

Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, MI

Associate Research Scholar, Hanna & Hanna Associates, MD

Director of Research, Intermountain Research, NV

Economic & Social Research Council, Sudan

National Eye Institute, NIH

Partner, Human Systems Research Inc., NM

Principal Researcher, Wessen & Associates, WA

Research Analyst, O.M.W.B.E., WA

Staff Associate

Staff Associate, Grant Coordination, NSF, DC

Staff Associate, Measurement Methods & Data Resources Program, NSF, DC

Staff Associate, The Population Council, NY

Trainer

Senior Customer Trainer, Auto-Crol Technologies, CO

Training Specialist, The BDM Corporation, CA

Land Use Specialist

Census Analyst

Geographic Information System Analyst or Technician

Location Analysts

Real Estate Appraisers, Researchers

Writing and editing maps, texts, atlases, etc.

Environmental Analyst

Travel agent, consultant

Transportation analyst: airlines, shipping companies

International trade (importing/exporting)

International development technician/analyst

(for more ideas on career titles go to the IUP Library reference desk and ask for Chronicle Career Index; The Complete Guide for Occupational Titles; Dictionary of Occupational Titles)

12. Skills To Develop and Include On Resume

When first asked, most undergraduate majors have difficulty listing concrete skills other than language, computers. But after reviewing specialty courses (statistics), and other course related to the major (archaeology field methods) most students realize they have many skills to offer. The following list was gathered from IUP student resumes. To begin constructing your list of skills think about some of the following: understanding of multiculturalism, cultural patterns and problems, writing, statistical (qualitative and quantitative) analysis, nutrition, health care delivery, etc. It is important that your list does not oversell you, or list skills you don’t really have. Still, many students underestimate their abilities. Also remember not to abbreviate job skills on your resume as some employers with not recognize that particular skill. The skills below might not be congruent with yours but are meant as a stimulus for items that you might want to include:

General:

Writing ability: organization, report preparation, gathering and

presentation of data, APA and MLA style

Ability to synthesize (I e., population, housing, environmental

concerns)

Ability to understand and produce maps: identifying and gathering

data, turning it into map form, present it

Ability to understand and produce charts, graphs, tables

Ability to use the internet to research information

Ability to meet a variety of overlapping deadlines

Specific: (taken from various IUP anthropology major’s resumes)

Computer software: word processing, spreadsheet management,

file and data base management, basic html, Microsoft Office,

Windows 95, 98, 2000XP

SPSSX statistical software

Descriptive and inferential statistics

Language skills-good reading speaking comprehension in Spanish

Chinese-4 semesters, intermediate comprehension

GIS design and analysis

Census data analysis

Graphics communications

Research skills: bibliographic skills; data identification, analysis,

Presentation
Qualitative and quantitative interview/survey skills

Statistics-probability, correlations and regression analysis

General archaeology excavation techniques

Set up units, record information (on forms and in journals)

STP (shovel test pits)

Mapping, stratigraphy, soil sampling, laying out a Grid of Units
Ability to use theodolite and statia rod (archaeology surveying)

Some anthropometrics background

Central American archeological field work experience

(the website resume.com can be valuable in helping you organize a vita or resume and list important skills)

13. Career Resources: Recommended Books

Some of the following selected titles are available in University Library reference collections or in the Career Placement Center. Still others are available in the IUP Anthropology Department’s collection:

Careers In Anthropology

Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors

Careers For Culture Lovers and Other Artsy Types

Careers For Good Samaritans and Other Humanitarian Types

Alternatives To The Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World & U.S.

The Peace Corps And More

Alternatives To The Peace Corps

International Jobs: Where They Are/How To Get Them

Beyond Safaris: A Guide to Building People-to-People Ties w/ Africa

The 100 Best Companies

The Academic Job Search Handbook

American Jobs Abroad

American Salaries & Wages Survey

Career Choices Encyclopedia: Guide to Entry-Level Jobs

Careers for Students of History

The Career Guide: Dun's Employment

Opportunities Directory

Chronicle Career Index (Latest in Reference)

The Complete Guide for Occupational Titles

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

The Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad

The Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

Finding a Job in Your Field: A Handbook for Ph.D.'s & M.A.'s.

Help! My job Interview is Tomorrow!: How to Use the Library to Research an Employer

Job Choices in Business (latest in Reference)

Job Choices in Healthcare (latest in Reference)

Job Choices in Science & Engineering (latest in Reference)

Job Hunter's Sourcebook

Looking for Employment in Foreign Countries

National Directory of Internships

Nonprofit Community Resource Directory for Washington

Occupational Outlook Handbook (latest in Reference)

Peterson's Job Opportunities in Business 1995

Peterson's Job Opportunities in Engineering and Technology

Peterson's Job Opportunities in the Environment 1994

Peterson's Job Opportunities in Health Care 1994

Planning Job Choices

Professional Careers Sourcebook

Professional Resume and Job Search Guide

Put Your Degree to Work

Resume Sample Notebook

Resume Writing: a Comprehensive How-To-Do-It Guide

Teacher's Guide to Overseas Teaching

Teaching English Abroad

**Portions of this document were based on similar guidelines, sources, web addresses and materials published by the American Anthropology Association, American Sociology Association and the American Geographical Association.