Anthropology Career Resources

1. Career Advice from Anthropology Associations

So, how long does it take to find a job? American Anthropological Association (AAA) Survey of Anthropology MAs.
Working for the Federal Government: Anthopology Careers NAPA (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology) Bulletin, 2008.
Non-academic careers in physical anthropology (American Association of Physical Anthropologists)
Applied Anthropology (by Ann M. Reed, Indiana University, 1998.)
Careers in Anthropology (American Anthropological Association).
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) has resources on non-academic careers.
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) also has information on non-academic careers.
internships and other links on the NAPA website.
graduate programs specializing in applied anthropology (SfAA).

2. News Articles about Anthropologists in the Workplace

28% employment growth projected for anthropologists and archaeologists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010-11. The report indicates that for anthropologists and archaeologists, opportunities will be best with management, scientific, and technical consulting services companies.
What to do with a degree in Anthropology (from The Guardian, August 2010: Anthropology graduates enter a variety of professions and their employability will no doubt increase as the world becomes ever more globalised).
Fewer engineers, more anthropologists (from Navi Radjou's blog on the Harvard Business Review).
Anthropologists go native in the corporate village (FastCompany.com, Dec. 2007)
Corporate anthropology: Dirt-free research(cnn.com, 2008)
Mirror, mirror: The Anthropology of dressing rooms (New York Times, May, 1999)
The Science of Desire (marketing and consumer research article, Business Week, June, 2006)
How Moore's Law drove Intel into the arms of anthropologists (arstechnica.com, 2010. Ethnography better than focus groups at learning what consumers will want.)
Hiring window is open at the foreign service (New York Times, Dec. 2008).
Video interviews with five anthropologists at the Smithsonian Museum (N. Amer. archaeology, osteology, Arctic studies, linguistics, film archivist).

3. Field Schools and International Opportunities

Here are some links to field schools. There are many organizations that sponsor field research expeditions, not all of them reputable. Do your own due diligence.

Ethnographic fieldschool in Malta. Scholarships available, optional courses in photography, food, tourism, diving. Affiliated with the University of Leuven, Belgium.
U of U Zooarchaeology Field School A new summer field school in Zooarchaeology and Field Ecology (see Jack Broughton for details)
U of U Archaeology Field School at Range Creek Canyon
Hinckley Institute International Internships. These are available to any matriculated University of Utah student interested in public policy and service oveerseas. Local and federal internships also available.
Primate Info Net: Directory of primate field studies in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. See also this list of paid and unpaid Primate jobs, internships, and volunteer positions.
Shovelbums.org: Excellent guide to archaeological field schools worldwide
Archaeological Institute of America: The classic guide to archaeological fieldwork opportunities, including fieldschools, worldwide
Danta (an NGO affiliated with State U of NY at Oneonta): Primatology and conservation in Costa Rica
UCLA : Rock art archaeology in California
Arizona State U Institute of Human Origins Paleoanthropology/paleoecology in South Africa
International Internships and International Service Learning opportunities, both compiled by the U's Office of International Education. This office also manages the study abroad office, which has a list of Study Abroad opportunities sponsored by institutions affiliated with the U of U.