Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo

Anthropology Graduate Area
Online Job & Career Information

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In addition to the electronic resources listed below, don't forget about paper. For example, the following can be very useful:

Zeder, Melinda A.
1997. The American Archaeologist: A Profile. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
- Sponsored by the Society for American Archaeology, this work includes extensive details on US employment and the state of archaeological employment.
American Anthropological Association
yyyy AAA Guide. nth Edition. Washington: American Anthropological Association.
- Detailed guide to North American departments of anthropology.

Anthropology & Academic Career Information:

+ Academic Careers Online
+ American Anthropological Association's Anthropology: Education for the 21st Century brochure
+ AnthroTECH (WWW V-Lib for Anthropology) Job Opportunities pages
+ ARCH-L's Frequently Asked Questions About a Career in Archaeology in the US
+ Careers in Non-Academic Physical Anthropology
+ Northern Kentucky University's Careers in Anthropology: Where the Jobs Are
+ Point of Career NEW! (resources for finding jobs within the European Union)
+ Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Bulletin's Get Your First Job in Cultural Resources Management (Practical Guide for Students)
+ Society for Historic Archaeology (SHA) Careers In Historical Archaeology
+ UC San Diego's Careers in Biological Anthropology
+ Next Wave's Career Development Center (experts offer practical advice on topics incl: writing grant applications, review criteria, becoming faculty, designing labs, budgeting, and becoming an administrator)

Academic Job Pages/Listings:

+ Academe This Week (Chronicle of Higher Education) Job Openings (from 16st week's edition) and their pages specifically for humanities | social sciences | professionals
+ Academic360 Anthropology Jobs
+ Academic Employment Network (By State)
+ Academic Position Network
+ American Anthropological Association (AAA) Careers in Anthropology
+ American Studies Crossroads Project American Studies Opportunities & News (job & fellowship opportunities)
+ Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities (global listings mostly of fieldwork opportunities, including some paid positions)
+ archaeologyfieldwork.com ("free employment advertisements, resume postings, volunteer and field school opportunities, a list of CRM firms worldwide, and additional resources for those in the internet archaeology community") + Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology (CAPA) Job and Fieldwork Opportunities in Physical Anthropology
+ Canadian Association for University Teachers (CAUT) BULLETIN Online classifieds (including job postings)
+ Earthworks (job and career opportunities for archaeologists and anthropologists)
+ eCulturalResources
+ Higheredjobs OnLine
+ H-Net's Job Guide for the humanities and social sciences
+ JobHunt's academic listings (formerly "Stanford Academic Listings")
+ Jobs in Higher Education by Dan Knauft <dknauft@gslis.utexas.edu>
+ join overseas s.r.l (A company in Rome, Italy, specialising in job promotion. "Services are offered to individual consultants and consulting firms, mainly in fields related to development co-operation in third world countries.")
+ Library Job Postings on the Internet
+ Mining Company's "Employment and Job Hunting" archaeology page (links to other pages)
+ National Association of Colleges and Employers' JobWeb Catapult ("the springboard to career- and job-related sites")
+ National Communication Association--Grant and Fellowship Archive + Nature (look for their "International science jobs" area...)
+ Science Professional Network Jobs, Careers, and Employment in Science
+ Scout Report for Social Sciences: Current Awareness Metapage - Employment/Funding section
+ Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Job Announcements and also see ads in the Bulletin)
+ Society for Historic Archaeology (SHA) Employment Opportunities (from their bulletin)
+ Southwestern Archaeology's JOBS: Paid And Volunteer Opportunities (US Southwest listings and links to other pages & guides)
+ Human Resources Development Canada Job Bank
+ Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center PRIMATE-JOBS

General Career & Employment Resources:

RESEARCH TOOLS

+ Researching Companies Online a tutorial for finding company information
+ DataMaster's Cost Of Living Calculator
+ HomeFair.com's International Salary Calculator
+ JobStar's Salary Negotiation Strategies
+ Yahoo's HotJobs.com Salary & Benefits
+ US Occupational Handbook anthropologist wage figures

JOB SITES

+ Career.Path job site
+ CareerSite including a confidential career service
+ HeadHunter.Com (large database of job postings and job seekers)
+ JobHunt "A Meta-list of On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services"
+ Career Consulting Corner's Career Consulting Corner job database, guides, and tips
+ JobTrak "the nation's leading job listing service"
+ JobNext Career Network "job search, resume and job posting services"
+ JobSpider anthropology listings
+ National Association of Colleges and Employers' JobWeb
+ Monster Board
+ HotJob
+ Online Career Center
+ Recruiters OnLine Network
+ ShovelBums.org

NB. For general fieldwork opportunities, also see the F.M. Houghton Chapter's fieldwork links.

Guides and Tips

+ UB's Career Planning and Placement guides and samples

+ Finding an Academic Job: the Process and Pitfalls (or in pdf)
+ College Grad Job Hunter (all sorts of goodies in here)
+ Monster.com's tips and sample resumes and cover letters
+ How To Write a Masterpiece of a Resume
+ Yahoo's HotJobs.com Career Tools
+ U Kentucky Career Center's How to Prepare for Interviewing
+ Monster.com's Interview Tips
+ Yahoo's HotJobs.com Interview Tips

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