Job Tips


Introduction to Friendraising for Archaeology Networking

(This post is drawn directly from the materials I prepared for the upcoming online course “Paths to Professionalism” that will be launched on the Landward.org Campus in the next few weeks. Networking is essential for having a successful career in archaeology, historic preservation, and heritage conservation. For those of us […]


How to find a new archaeology job using LinkedIn

I came across this video and couldn’t have created a better summary of how to use LinkedIn to find a new job in cultural resource management archaeology, historic preservation, or heritage conservation using LinkedIn. In case you’ve been living under a bridge somewhere (0r in a very deep excavation unit), […]


Paths to Professionalism on Landward.org

In the last few weeks, I’ve been contributing to course materials for a new online class on Landward.org called “Paths to Professionalism.” This is the class I wish I had taken in college; and I’m not just saying that because I’m one of the teachers.


What crappy résumés and toilet paper have in common

Here is a section from Résumé-Writing for Archaeologists explaining the similarities between the most of the résumés archaeologists write and toilet paper. Enjoy. What would our lives be like without toilet paper? We don’t think about it most of the time, but toilet paper is an absolute must in American […]


Resume-Writing via Slideshare

This week I finished addressing the comments from my editor on my newest eBook, Résumé-Writing for Archaeologists. It’s an upgraded version of Résumé-Writing for Scientists that focuses entirely on the job search issues faced by archaeologists, historic preservationists, and heritage conservation specialists. I never thought I’d be saying this, but, […]


CRM Archaeology is driven by passion

I couldn’t find a job in CRM archaeology when I first graduated with my Bachelor’s degree in Boise, Idaho. Not only did I not know where to look, I didn’t know anyone that could help me. Most of my professors had no idea where the entry-level jobs were. My grades […]


Goal-setting and cultural resource management careers

While writing some of the curriculum for my course on archaeology career professionalism on Landward.org, I was reminded of a recent slideshow that was sent to me by an esteemed peer, Alison Morris. The slideshow focused on goal-setting and how bad we all are at following through. I am a […]


Job Descriptions are Central to a CRM Archaeology HASP

I realized how hard creating a CRM archaeology-specific health and safety plan (HASP) can be while talking about improving archaeology workplace health and safety with my friend (the President of Northwest Safety and Risk Services in Boise, Idaho). In our conversation, I described some of the situations I found myself […]


Developing Independent Research Topics from CRM Projects

 With the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) conference just behind us and the call for papers for the 2014 Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) conference just around the corner, I started thinking about all the CRM archaeology projects I’ve worked on that I turned into academic presentations at these two […]


CRM Archaeology Podcast Recap: March 2013

In case you didn’t already know, there’s a new archaeology podcast online. It started in late 2012 and, after some remodels and improvements, the CRM Archaeology Podcast has stormed into the Year of the Snake. And just like the Chinese zodiac Snake sign tells us, the podcast is keen, cunning, […]