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General Advice | Organization Lists & Cold Calling Job hunting can be tough. You should be sure you talk to your professors, other students, people currently employed, and anyone else you can think of to talk to. There are a billion things to think of when you are getting ready to go look for a job. Some of the things you want to keep in mind are:
Of course there are other things that you will need to think about. One of the ideas that I try to make sure others are aware of is what I call "Preservation Plus." This idea means that you have something other than preservation in your background. One of my Pluses is computers. Its also experience in housing, planning, and community activism. You have to find your Plus. Maybe its education, maybe its planning, maybe its business, maybe its as small as conference coordination. But whatever it is, develop it while you are in school so you have something to build upon before you get out there. Its easy to develop other Pluses out in the work world, but you need one to get in the door. Below are a few links to follow for advice. If you have more, please e-mail me!
Organizations to contact about jobs in preservation and public history. Cold calling, as this is sometimes referred to, can be difficult, but it may provide you with a few contacts, as well as finding about other opportunities in the preservation world. Preservation and public history are small enough fields that everyone knows everyone (mostly). By contacting someone in, say the NJ Trust, you can often find out whats going on in the rest of the Mid Atlantic--if not other regions.
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