Good experience Improve your CV Increase your employability Give you some credibility Increase your network Can be easy to get
Difficult to get employed without a Master’s degree
Importance of internships for some Master’s
Depending on the career chosen, difficult not to undertake a PhD
Diversity of functions: curatorial work with collections, exhibition manager, marketing work, communication, education, working with the public, interpretive officer…
Diversity of museums: some very small and run primarily with volunteers; others of international renown.
Get in through internship Start with part-time job , e.g. Weekend
Museum assistant Network Apply for job (some advertised in
Museums Journal f.i)
E.g. English heritage or National Trust Identity places of national or international
significance Work on management of nationally or
internationally significant properties: draft management and conservation plan; tourism strategies; marketing management plan
Work on the conservation of heritage through preventive and remedial conservation
Easy to get a clerical job, then work your way up (EH advertises posts internally first)
Temp (EH used to work a lot with temporary employees )
Apply for jobs
A fair amount of jobs within national government, ministers, DCMS…
Prepare legislation and policy documents
Background documents to meetings Prepare reports of implementation of
legislation Prepare speeches…
Different, according to each government. In France, f.i. exams to get in
A lot of temporary posts, easier to obtain, but difficult to convert into permanent posts
A lot of temporary posts abroad in the heritage and cultural field (in embassies, cultural centres). Just apply for them
Myriad of organisations (UNESCO, World Bank, European Commission, ICCROM)
Training of heritage professionals Draft policy documents Draft reports Implement conservation, management
and development projects (primarily in developing countries)
Very competitive. No permanent job at UNESCO currently
Internship Consulting work (a lot of consulting
opportunities with the World Bank or UNDP, but need to be highly qualified)
Work in a team for international organisations
Apply for job
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