Job Sites for History Majors

GENERAL ADVICE

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06collegeadvice.html

Cost of living and other vital data (includes small towns like Carbondale!):

http://www.bestplaces.net/

Just looking at cost of living, it costs 2.5X as much to live in San Francisco. Other clicks compare crime, demographics, etc.

Compare Cities: Carbondale, IL - San Francisco, CA

COST OF LIVING Carbondale San Francisco

Overall 79 187
Grocery 97 122.3
Health 94 166
Housing 42 296
Utilities 112 144
Transportation 96 130
Miscellaneous 98 110

TEACHING

Job Bank: http://www.illinoiseducationjobbank.org/pages/

Illinois teacher salaries: http://www.championnews.net/salaries.php

PUBLIC HISTORY

This one is a cool one to get started:

http://www.beyondacademe.com/realjobs.html

http://publichistorian.wordpress.com/job-search/

http://ncph.org/cms/publications-resources/resources/

http://ncph.org/cms/careers-training/jobs/

http://www.museumsusa.org/

http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/index.html

GRADUATE SCHOOL:

Widely read blog with fascinating data and insights into what grad school really does for (and to) you! (Read older posts -- new site not as good)

http://phdinhistory.blogspot.com/

COLLEGE TEACHING:

Community College Teaching (SIUC has the only certificate in this area!). Contact Marybelle Keim for more information (mkeim@siu.edu)

Read this first:

http://www.oah.org/pubs/commcoll/index.html

http://www.higheredjobs.com/community/default.cfm?type=1#Faculty

Four-year teaching jobs (job market data available upon request -- U.S. market is tough, Asian, Latin American better -- any field that requires languages).

http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

LITIGATION SUPPORT

A growing and lucrative field:

http://www.historyassociates.com/

http://www.hrltd.org/about_hrl.htm

http://www.morganangel.com/

There are others. See my packet on the topic.

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