Prepare your students for success beyond the classroom with resources focused on career readiness. This section includes tools for introducing practice-based learning, designing client-based projects, and incorporating skills that employers value. Explore ways to integrate communication, application, and critical thinking into your curriculum.
How Do We Address What Practitioners Say Was Missing from Their Anthropology Training?
Practitioners told us which skills helped them land their job and which have helped them do it. Provides starting points for addressing gaps in anthropological education.
Applying Anthropology in the Workplace
Documents practitioner methods and recommendations for applying anthropology in professional settings.
How Do You Set Up a Client-Based Class Project?
Get your students some practical experience with a client-based class project. Foundational guidance for implementation.
A Career Ready Curriculum
Framework for introducing practice-based learning into coursework.
Teaching with Blogposts
Strategies for incorporating blogs to develop student communication skills.
Teaching with Op-Eds
Helps students develop persuasive writing and audience engagement skills.
Informational Interviewing in the Classroom
Detailed guide for integrating informational interviews into courses.
A Better ANTH 101
Enhances introductory courses through big ideas, creative projects, and career exploration.
Bringing Anthropological Practice into the Classroom
Strategies for educators lacking fieldwork experience to incorporate practitioner perspectives.
Your Career Ready Coursework Checklist
Assessment tool evaluating course activities and tracking career readiness integration progress.
Making Career Fairs Work for Anthropologists
Uses career fairs as experiential learning opportunities for employer interaction practice.
Promoting Courses with a Dash of Pop Culture
Techniques for attracting wider student enrollment through culturally relevant messaging.