Anthro 3001: Anthropology as a Major and a Career

This course is designed to help you transition from student to career. The best way to do that is to start now to identify career opportunities of interest, so that you have time to obtain the skills and experience that will help you achieve your goals. This course will

teach you about career opportunities for anthropology majors
introduce you to University and Departmental opportunities and resources
help you to identify your own goals and how to reach them, and
teach you to be a more competitive applicant for internships, jobs, and graduate school.

Announcements

Final zoom class meeting April 15 at 12:55pm

The Cultural Anthropology career presentation was great, and I'm looking forward to the Biological Anthropology presentation this Wednesday. The zoom meeting address will be on the Canvas announcements page.

If you have scheduling conflicts and are unable to attend the zoom class, you may review the slideshow and write a brief reaction and send it to me via email. The reaction can be a summary or you can discuss an area of particular interest. A paragraph or two is enough. The Cultural Anthropology career presentation is Here.

Online Lectures

March 18: Resume Slideshow [YouTube Resume Lecture]

March 25: In lieu of the guest lecture scheduled for today ("Networking and LinkedIn"), view the video:
How To Get STARTED On LinkedIn In 2020 - (Step-By-Step For BEGINNERS). Heather Austin, the speaker, knows more than I do about this topic, so we're lucky to have this publicly available online.

April 1: Cover Letters Slideshow [YouTube Cover Letters Lecture]

Assignments

Syllabus for Spring 2020

Assignments and due dates

personal plan: due March 11 (intermediate deadlines on syllabus)
resume: due March 25
cover letter: due April 8
group presentations: April 8 and 15
peer review: due April 22

Guidance for Career Reports

Oral group presentations Instructions
Peer review Instructions

Optional LinkedIn assignment (3 pts)

Look at the LinnkedIn website and links below, and meet online with a staff member at U of U Career Services to develop a LinkedIn profile. Submit a pdf with screenshots to Canvas for grading; posting it to LinkedIn is optional. Consultation with the Career Center is mandatory, so send me an email with cc to your Career Services advisor describing the meeting, so that they can confirm it. If you already have a LinkedIn profile, meet with them to review it for improvements before submission. Both the profile and the email are required. See also:

LinkedIn Advice for Students
7 steps to creating your LinkedIn profile

General Resources

Spring 2020 Syllabus
Personal Plan template
Resume guidance
Some sources on how to study effectively
- study habits article #1: What study strategies make the grade
- study habits article #2: Forget what you know about good study habits
- Lecture slides study techniques that work and many that don't (from Dunlosky)

Career Resources

1. Field Schools and International Opportunities

U. of U. Department of Anthropology fieldschools

Archaeology fieldschool at Range Creek Canyon, UT
Zooarchaeology and Field Ecology fieldschool in California (see Jack Broughton)
Ethnographic fieldschool in Tonga (see Adrian Bell)
Ethnographic fieldschool in Baja: Cultural Ecology & Sustainability (Shane Macfarlan)
Mayan Archaeology fieldschool in Guatamala (see Rick Paine)

Other University of Utah international opportunities

Hinckley Institute Internships. These are available to any matriculated University of Utah student interested in public policy and service oveerseas. Local and federal internships also available.
Learning Abroad office

Other archaeology opportunities, including prehistoric, classical and historical archaeology.

The Archaeological Institute of America: Guide to archaeological fieldwork opportunities, including fieldschools, worldwide
Shovelbums.org: Guide to archaeological (and some ethnographic) field schools worldwide
IFR Global (Institute for Field Research) A clearinghouse for 47 University-affiliated archaeological fieldschool opportunities worldwide.

Primatology opportunities (national and international)

Primate Info Net: Directory of primate field studies in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
Primate jobs, internships, and volunteer positions (from Primate Info Net)

2. Career Advice and Opportunities from Professional Associations

What you can do with a degree in Anthropology (from the AAA)
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.
Public Health internships The American Public Health Association.
Non-academic careers in physical anthropology (American Association of Physical Anthropologists)
Careers in Anthropology (American Anthropological Association).
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) has resources on non-academic careers.
Advice from the 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).
Museum careers: fit, readiness, and development (American Association for State and Local History).

3. News Articles about Anthropologists in the Workplace

These 6 "Body Farms" Help Forensic Anthropologists Learn To Solve Crimes. Forbes, June 2015.
Here's Why Companies Are Desperate To Hire Anthropologists. Business Insider, March 2014.
The rise of corporate anthropology. Harvard Business Review, 2007.
Job outlook for anthropologists and archaeologists (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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).
Helping Doctoral Students Rethink the Tenure Track. If you are thinking about a doctorate in Anthropology, prepare for a career outside academia.
If CIA calls, should Anthropologists Answer? Inside Higher Ed, 2006
Anthropologists go native in the corporate village (FastCompany.com, Dec. 2007)
Corporate anthropology: Dirt-free research(cnn.com, 2008)
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).
The Ever-Tightening Job Market for Ph.D.s (The Atlantic) . Sobering reading, but you can maximize your chances if your Ph.D. research is on a topic of relevance to non-academic employers also.