Career Options
The
American Historical Association: Jobs and Careers Resources Page
The Jobs and Careers Resources Page of The AHA has useful career guides for
students of History. There
is also a searchable database of job ads which requires
membership to access (For a student that is $35.00/yr).
The Organization
of American Historians: Official Job Listing Page
The
Official Job Listing Page of The Organization of American Historians. It is updated
regularly.
The general website includes a page that allows a prospective
history major to
download state by state
certification requirements.
University
of North Carolina at Wilmington: Career Services Page for Careers in History
This is a site for the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington and is a scroll down page with sections on
Career Titles, Types of Employers, Related Major Skills, Job
Listings, and Career Resources. It
is very
inclusive and would be helpful
to anyone
looking for a job in history education.
The
Chicago Historical Society: Career Opportunity Page
are
currently available.
The Phi
Alpha Theta History Honor Society: Career Possibilities
Education,
Non-Profit Sector, Private
Sector, Public Sector,
Small Firms or Individual
Enterprises
The
Society of American Archivists: Online Employment Bulletin
The
Online Employment Bulletin Page of The Society of American Archivists.
The
Smithsonian Website: Career Opportunity Page
The
Career Opportunity Page of The Smithsonian Website.
The
Museum Employment Resource Center
The
Museum Employment Resource Center operates this site to directly
curator to job opportunities in both museums and
historical associations. It is updated
regularly.
Underwater
Archaeology and Maritime History Jobs
This
website is for those interested in maritime history (underwater
archaeology). It includes a
job link
section, a section containing a list of
company websites from companies that might employ
historians, and a
section on internships, fellowships, and scholarships.
The
Peace Corps
the
social aspect of helping another
society, any study of history is magnified by living in your place of study.
Even if your
specialty is European History (the Peace Corps don't do Europe) spending time
in a third world
country with a history linked to Europe or the United States such
as Latin America or Africa would be a
valuable experience for a
post-graduate student.