Mary Washington College's List of HP Jobs (This is my favorite listing of jobs. I don't know if they have someone working full time on this, but it is the most up to date and well organized site outside of NTHP Forum.)

National Main Street Center Jobs Listings (Main Street is part of the National Trust for HP, but they give their job listings away for free. NTHP Forum requires you pay about $115 to see them. Student registrations are $60. MWC's are free.)

Preserve/Net - Historic Preservation Source (Preserve/Net has been around for a long time and its the one people think of first for jobs. Occasionally it is out of date and has few listings. The internships, however, are worth the visit.)

National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE has more listings for education, as it should. But they are worth checking out because it may point you to other sites you might like.)

The National Council on Public History (Same thing here for NCPH as NCPE. However, they do have more specific job listings and a link to the ethical guidelines for public historians.)

National Park Service (The NPS often has job listings, although they are found through the US Office of Personnel Management - Current Job Openings. This is a tough database to look up jobs through, but when they do pop up, and they always are, its worth it. A government job isn't for everyone, but if you like good solid benefits and decent pay, then the NPS might be for you.)

HABS/HAER Summer Jobs (This is a subset of the NPS. The summer jobs are in areas such as architecture, history, etc. They are better treated as internships. If you are looking for one, and you are a strong architect, historian, archaeologist, etc., I would apply.)

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT always has few jobs open. They will often have jobs more suited to the techies and archaeologists. Still the site has lots of interesting information, a great design, and grants that you might be eligible to apply for...and make your own salary!)

The History Factory (I just through this one in to show how consulting groups are often hiring. This place is a company that creates corporate history and exhibits. Its interesting, but you have to decide if you like business that much. Another one of my biases.)

Global Museum (This is the definitive site for jobs in museums. I hope they do a bit of work on the design of it, but it is pretty easy to search and is mostly international. The guy who works on this site is right on top of things.)

Museum Employment Resource Center

museumjobs.com

Museum-L list serve archive (I belong to this group and we are always having discussions about jobs. I would join today if museums are your thing because you will make connections and find out about jobs pretty easily.)

American Association of Museums (The main organization for museums. They have a really great job listing on Museum Careers (formerly AVISO). I think this is another expensive group, but they have lots of information on their site.)

Museum Job Resources (This site is pretty slick, but they job listings are good. Worth taking a look.)

Society of American Archivists (The SAA is the prime connection for those looking for jobs with old books. I worked in an archives, and it wasn't for me, but if you can deal with libraries much better, I would go for it. I have heard there is decent pay in it.)

American Association of State and Local History (AASLH is the key site for jobs in anything else public history or related to history museums. They are sort of the AAM for history museums. They have a good job listing they have started to put on line. Look under Dispatch for more information. There are always a few interesting ones.)

Jobs for Living History Specialists (from ALHFAM) (ALHFAM does work with living history specialists and outdoor museums, like farm museums. They are concerned with historic costumes and the various aspects of the living history professional. They have several good job listings worth checking out. According to their president they have over 1000 members throughout the US.)

H-Net Job Guide (H-Net is the main source for anyone looking for a job in higher education. They also run several dozen e-mail discussion groups. All of them are worth joining to find out more information or to meet others interested in the areas you enjoy. The job listing is amazing. Start off with the full list, and then use the new listings part to see what else is out there. The e-mail lists all publish the text version of the new listings every week.)

PLANETIZEN: Planning & Development News, Jobs, & Events (I enjoyed this site for its news about planning. It also has several listing for planners. Again, though it isn't specifically preservation, planners are important to our work. I would check out this site for the news, if nothing else.)

PhilanthropyJobs (The Foundation Center is America's main site for grants and grant related information. The jobs listing is for development types. If you are good with money and shmoozing, I would look into development. Nothing like landing that six million dollar endowment. Yikes!)

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