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Your Museum Career Now What Career Resilience in a Post COVID Climate
As museum staff return from unprecedented furloughs and layoffs, not all the jobs that were there pre-COVID will return as well. For many professionals, this will be a chance to shift to a …
IMPs Talk: Pricing Your Projects
Are you up nights wondering what to charge for your work? Do you suspect there’s a secret formula you just haven’t discovered? Watch this recording as IMPs Talk about pricing …
Managing Your Museum Career through COVID‐19
This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. The COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented layoffs and furloughs across the globe, including in …
MEMBERS ONLY: Rock Your Profile with LinkedIn Webinar
Ready to update your digital profile? Or perhaps you are just getting started on creating your online professional presence? As the world’s largest professional network including 160K U.S. …
Career Development Webinar
Katherine McNamee, Director of Human Resources at AAM, and Ryan Bourke, Director of Member Services at AAM, present on job search and career development resources available on the American …
The State of the Museum Field in 2020, as Viewed by Students
On a day in April 2020, Richard E. Jones—a recent St. John’s University graduate who grew up with a view of New York City’s famous “Museum Mile” from his Harlem neighborhood—looked down the …
Navigating a Job Search in the COVID-19 Market
The museum field, and cultural institutions in general, have undoubtedly been hit hard by COVID-19. As a result, many museum professionals are finding themselves job searching and …
Zoomed Out: An Argument for In-Person Conferencing
Preface: I want to preface this reflection with a bit of context and explanation. Those who followed me on the #AAMvirtual or #AAMsmj hashtags throughout the conference undoubtedly noticed …
Supporting Museum Professionals During a Time of Need
One of the best pieces of wisdom I’ve ever received came from a former boss of mine who later became a good friend. The year was 2009, almost a decade after our professional paths …
Short Term Strategies for Museum Workers
As I wrote in the latest edition of TrendsWatch, staff who feel valued, supported, and trained are a museum’s most important resource for implementing long-term strategies for financial …
13 Tips for Working Remotely
With the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation in the US and elsewhere, museums may begin allowing employees to work from home. For those new to this type of work life, the Independent Museum …
Eleanor Harris of Royal Museums Greenwich on the importance of a digitally-led approach
Royal Museums Greenwich comprises four attractions . These are the National Maritime Museum, the Queen's House and the Royal Observatory. It also includes the Cutty Sark. Eleanor Harris has …
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