Teaching Tools for Anthropology Careers
How do you prepare anthropology graduates for meaningful careers? This book contains 37 tools that provide straightforward guidance about career readiness for programs and individual instructors. The tools are intended to complement and enhance your current departmental offerings and are organized into three groups: Moving Your Department Ahead; Building Career Readiness into Your Courses; and Securing Anthropology’s Future. They can be used in conjunction with the workbook, Career Tools for Anthropology. Put your anthropology to work!
Career Tools for Anthropology Workbook
What CAN you do with a degree in anthropology? This Workbook answers that question and guides you through the possibilities of anthropology in the workplace. Written with anthropology students, graduates, and instructors in mind, readers will learn how to assess their own skills, how to communicate the value of anthropology, and how to craft their own career path. Each tool provides a guide on a career topic, such as basic skills like Crafting a Cover Letter to complex challenges like Reducing Polarization. This Workbook features 39 peer-reviewed tools and exercises mapped along a career journey. Put your anthropology to work!
WHO WE ARE
Hundreds of anthropologists have contributed to the Anthropology Career Readiness Network since its launch in 2021. As a broad, volunteer network, it has the support of numerous anthropology professional associations covering all subfields.
WHY THIS NETWORK
- Most anthropology students at all levels will not teach anthropology
- Many jobs in industry, non-profits, and government benefit from anthropological knowledge and skills, but
- Current and potential students, and their instructors, are generally unaware of the work of anthropologists beyond the academy and the opportunities that exist in the job market
- With few exceptions, anthropology programs have significant gaps in career preparation
- Many employers are unaware of the value and relevance of anthropological training
- As a result, enrollment in anthropology programs is decreasing sharply, jeopardizing the future of the field.
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A “one-stop shop” for resources
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