Career Possibilities
What Are Some of the Job Tasks?
- Advise on, design, or prepare museum displays
- Collect and organize data
- Conduct surveys
- Conduct and explain scientific research
- Conduct genealogy research
- Examine groups and social institutions
- Examine human interaction
- Give presentations, lead seminars, teach
- Resolve conflicts
- Study aspects of human and pre-human behavior and history
- Write about historical events and individuals
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What Are Some Potential Occupations?
- Attorney
- Archivist
- Biographer
- College Faculty Member
- Counselor
- Curator
- Demographer
- Economist
- Genealogist
- Government Administrator
- Hospitality Director
- Human Relations Director
- Historical Materials Consultant
- Historical Preservation Specialist
- Journalist
- Labor Relations Specialist
- Lecturer
- Librarian
- Market Analysis
- Museum Specialist
- News Analyst
- Political Scientist
- Research Assistant
- Teacher
- Travel Agent
- Urban Planner
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Who Hires?
- Affirmative Action Offices
- Industry Civil Rights Agencies
- Hospitals Education Institutions
- Government Agencies
- Historical Associations/Societies
- Hotel Chains
- Labor Unions
- Law Firms
- Libraries
- Museums
- Newspapers
- Ombuds Departments
- Personnel Departments
- Publishing Houses
- Social Services Agencies
- Travel Agencies
- Television Stations
- Youth Organizations
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Additional Information:
- Experience acquired through cooperative education or internships can prove valuable in obtaining professional positions.
- At least one class in multicultural studies or one focusing on another face/ethnic group, plus a women’s studies or womanist class will prove beneficial.
- Graduates should be prepared to work in any area of the country and at any size institution.
- Presentation or attendance at national association meetings is desirable.
- Training at the doctoral level is necessary to become employed as a university faculty member.
- Training beyond the master’s level is usually required for professional positions.
- Training in both qualitative and quantitative analysis is desirable for research at any level.
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What Are Some Desirable Personal Qualities?
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly, both in writing and orally
- Ability to work independently
- Academic aptitude
- Analytical skills
- Enjoy working with people
- Interest in and the ability to perform research
- Intellectual curiosity and creativity
- Organized and reliable
