Break Into Archives Without a Master's: International Edition
Most archives career advice assumes you live in the United States. This edition follows the US path and shows you how it changes in seven other countries.
Break Into Archives Without a Master's is a working guide for career changers and recent grads who want paid archival work without spending years and thousands on a degree first. The International Edition keeps the full original workbook and adds "Around the World" notes in every module.
Countries covered: the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
In each country you'll learn:
When the degree matters, and the routes that don't need it, from UK traineeships and German apprenticeships to Spain's auxiliar posts
Which description standard employers expect, from DACS and ISAD(G) to NOBRADE, NEDA, and the Australian Series System
Where the jobs are actually posted, including concursos and oposiciones
How volunteering and internships work locally
A resource library with a section for each country
Every edition includes:
A skills self-assessment and a 30-day self-teaching plan
Three free courses you can start this month
Experience and application trackers
Writing prompts that become your resume, cover letter, and interview answers
A reading list and glossary, including international terms
Format: Word document (.docx), 34 pages. Fill it in on your computer or print it.
Course names, fees, laws, and schemes change, so the workbook reminds you to check the details at the source.
By Mary Snyder, consulting archivist and founder of Snyder Archives & Research. For personal use only.