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A Life in Museums

Managing Your Museum Career

Edited by Greg Stevens and Wendy Luke

Whether you're an experienced leader, a mid-career professional hoping for a promotion, or a recent grad applying for your first internship, A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career is the guide you need—full of sound advice, practical tips, and illuminating personal stories that span the array of museum disciplines. Topics range from personal branding and resume writing to managing from the middle and leadership at all levels; from professional writing to keeping a career journal; from navigating within your institution to knowing when it's time to move on. This is a book you are sure to reference—and share—for years to come.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / American Alliance Of Museums

Pages: 222 • Trim: 7½ x 10½

978-1-933253-70-1 • Paperback • April 2012 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

978-1-4422-7676-5 • eBook • April 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Subjects: Business & Economics / Museum Administration & Museology

Courses: Museum Studies; Administration, Museum Studies; General

A Life in Museums

Managing Your Museum Career

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Whether you're an experienced leader, a mid-career professional hoping for a promotion, or a recent grad applying for your first internship, A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career is the guide you need—full of sound advice, practical tips, and illuminating personal stories that span the array of museum disciplines. Topics range from personal branding and resume writing to managing from the middle and leadership at all levels; from professional writing to keeping a career journal; from navigating within your institution to knowing when it's time to move on. This is a book you are sure to reference—and share—for years to come.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / American Alliance Of Museums

Pages: 222 • Trim: 7½ x 10½

978-1-933253-70-1 • Paperback • April 2012 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

978-1-4422-7676-5 • eBook • April 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Subjects: Business & Economics / Museum Administration & Museology

Courses: Museum Studies; Administration, Museum Studies; General

Author

Greg Stevens managed the American Alliance of Museums’ Professional Development program for 10 years, addressing career, management and leadership development, professional skills-building, and mentoring for the museum field.

Wendy Luke is the founder of The HR Sage and has over twenty years of experience working with museums to solve their toughest people problems.

A Life in Museums

Managing Your Museum Career

Edited by Greg Stevens and Wendy Luke

A Life in Museums

Managing Your Museum Career

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