A Short Rant About Quiet Quitting (or, Why Heroism Can Be Toxic)
One of the things that fell to the cutting room floor as I edited this year’s TrendsWatch was a short rant about the phrase “quiet quitting.” In the published version of the essay on workplace trends,* I merely noted that “confusingly [the …
Grow Where You’re Planted: How to Progress in Your Career without Changing Institutions
At some point in all of our careers, it happens. You run into a past colleague, often while mingling at a museum networking event, and after a hug or handshake you jump into updates. They tell you about their current role, a few states …
The Three Types of Museum Career Change, and How to Navigate Them
I remember it clearly. My organization’s education department had just received a large gift to launch a new initiative. We planned to open a new informal learning center focusing on creative practice paired with research and evaluation …
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 different type of work or museum. This session …
IMPs Talk: Pricing Your Projects
Handout of additional resources 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 and structuring …
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 the museum field. While museums are beginning to …
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. museum professionals and over 1K museum jobs …
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 Alliance of Museums website in this MuseumExpert …
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 street toward the Metropolitan Museum of Art. …
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 considering career transitions at a time with seemingly …
