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Employment in History

• Academic
  
  • Career Seekers - Inside Higher Ed
    (job postings for all higher education)
  • Chronicle of Higher Education - Jobs
    (executive, administrative, faculty/research, organizations, includes public history)
  • Fulbright Scholar Program
    (includes global opportunities for teaching)
  • History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada
    (search by name, state, or specialization, American Historical Association, AHA)
  • H-Net Job Guide
    (academic positions in history, the humanities, and the social sciences)
• Museum, Archives, Public History
  • American Association for State and Local History
    (includes Careers for The History Professional, links to internships)
  • AHA Perspectives offers the following guides and advice:
    • Melissa Bingmann, "Advising Undergraduates about Career Opportunities in Public History," (March 2009)
    • Louise Pubols, "Doing History in Exhibit Halls: The History PhD and a Museum Career"(February 2004)
    • Emily Sohmer Tai, "Teaching History at a Community College" (February 2004)
  • Careers in Public History
    (links to other sites in this section, and general information about working in public history, AHA)
  • Museum Careers
    (search jobs by keyword, location, type, American Association of Museums)
  • Jobs & Training - National Council on Public History
    (NCPH also offers listings of jobs, workshops, and internships, by state/country)
  • SAA Online Career Center
    (Society of American Archivists, free resume posting service, search job listings)
• Government
  
  • Internet Job Source
    (employment in federal, state, and local government)
  • Society for History in the Federal Government 
    (includes Federal History job announcements, and Internships in Federal History: An SHFG Guide, 2010)
  • USAjobs
    (Office of Personnel Management, official job site of the United States federal government; includes "GS-170 Historian" classification, etc.)
• General
  • Beyond Academe
    (for historians, mainly PhDs, seeking second careers)
  • Careers for History Majors
    (American Historical Association, with online version of Careers for Students of History, by Constance Schulz, Page Putnam Miller, Aaron Marrs, and Kevin Allen, 2002)
  • Eastern Illinois University Career Services
    (workshops, interviewing, jobsearch strategies)
  • Monster and MonsterCollege
    (commercial jobsite and resume posting)
  • NACE - Knowledge Center - Job Seeker Resources
    (from National Association of Colleges and Employers, includes resume and interview advice, how to market yourself to employers, guidance for on-the-job success)
  • Prof. Catherine Lavender, "What Can I Do With a History Major?"
    (posted by Eastern Illinois University, History Dept.)