The History Department wants to help you turn your degree into a career.  The following information might aid you in accomplishing your future goals.   We have several handouts available in the History office.

Recent graduate's success:

Heidi Orchard working at the State Historical Society, Chris Hansen received his MA and is employed at Utah State Historic Preservation office, Liz Heath currently in MA program Public History at ASU

 Jobs & Careers

American Historical Association

As the primary professional association for historians in the United States, the AHA serves as the main clearinghouse for information about jobs, careers, and employment for the historical profession. These services range from advice for the history major pondering their first job out of college to advice, information, and job listings for history PhDs.

For the history major, we offer Careers for History Majors, a short guide to some of the job prospects for anyone wondering what they can do with a BA in the field.

For those interested in continuing their studies further and entering the ranks of professional historians, we offer Careers for Students of History. This site, co-sponsored with the National Council on Public History, and authored by faculty and students in the Public History Program at the University of South Carolina, discusses employment options in the classroom, museums, the publishing industry, archives, historic preservation, and government.

For the aspiring history PhD, the AHA offers detailed information about where and how to apply to history PhD programs and an annual job center . AHA members also enjoy access to the most comprehensive list of current job listings in the field.

http://www.historians.org/jobs/index.htm

Perspectives

For the past 40 years, Perspectives on History (published as Perspectives—ISSN: 0743-7021—until December 2007 ) has been the principal source for news and information about the historical profession. Published monthly during the academic year, Perspectives on History offers articles and commentary on teaching, computers and software, history in the media, museum exhibitions, and archives and research. Also includes the most comprehensive current listings of employment openings and historical activities, both within and outside academia.

Perspectives on History (ISSN: 1940-8048) is published nine months out of the year (September–May) by the American Historical Association. Material from the printed version appears in Perspectives Online (ISSN: 1556-8563), the electronic newsmagzine of the association.

http://www.historians.org/perspectives/index.cfm

American Association for State and Local History

AASLH began in 1904, under the wing of the American Historical Association. Then called the Conference of State and Local Historical Societies, AASLH broke out on its own in December of 1940 to become the American Association for State and Local History.

Now, 100 years after the first organization was created in support of the burgeoning field of state and local history, AASLH is still the only comprehensive national organization dedicated to the field at large. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH is proud to provide a home for those who work and volunteer in the field of state and local history.

http://jobs.aaslh.org/search.cfm

Office of Personnel Management

http://www.opm.gov/