Back when I last was looking, I used idealist.org to look for possible jobs, as they had interesting nonprofit, do-good sorts of places.
Cool. I didn't know that site existed. Thank you!
I know you don't have a library science degree or any museum-related degree, but maybe your knowledge of latin and greek would help you in either of those sorts of jobs? Help cataloguing or indexing things, or something?
I am fairly certain that I do not have the training or experience for a museum to want me as anything other than customer service, but based on the conversation above I am no longer writing off library work without consideration (I had assumed it would require a library science degree).
What about substitute teaching in the public school system?
I worry a lot about teaching based on my stamina. I can have days when I walk all over a city and I'm fine and days when being on my feet for more than a few hours wipes me out completely. I don't want this job search to be a process of committing to things I have to renege on. (If nothing else, that will look really dumb on my resume.) There's also the fact that I haven't taught a class since 2006 and I don't want to add to the number of bad teachers in the world. Tutoring, I feel less like I'd screw up.
Does the Harvard film archive need anyone? … I'm not sure what you would do for them, but maybe something? Or at Coolidge Corner?
I wish! I've never seen them post job listings. I would love to be paid to program a film series, but I don't know how anyone makes that happen.
There are bunches of think-tanky type places and interesting NGOs in the area--would the Union of Concerned Scientists need anyone to manage a newsletter, say, or Cultural Survival? You can go to these places' websites and see what things they have available.
And that's something else I hadn't thought of. Thank you again!
[edit] It is extraordinarily difficult to respond to these comments without seeing Tiny Wittgenstein everywhere.
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Cool. I didn't know that site existed. Thank you!
I know you don't have a library science degree or any museum-related degree, but maybe your knowledge of latin and greek would help you in either of those sorts of jobs? Help cataloguing or indexing things, or something?
I am fairly certain that I do not have the training or experience for a museum to want me as anything other than customer service, but based on the conversation above I am no longer writing off library work without consideration (I had assumed it would require a library science degree).
What about substitute teaching in the public school system?
I worry a lot about teaching based on my stamina. I can have days when I walk all over a city and I'm fine and days when being on my feet for more than a few hours wipes me out completely. I don't want this job search to be a process of committing to things I have to renege on. (If nothing else, that will look really dumb on my resume.)
There's also the fact that I haven't taught a class since 2006 and I don't want to add to the number of bad teachers in the world. Tutoring, I feel less like I'd screw up.Does the Harvard film archive need anyone? … I'm not sure what you would do for them, but maybe something? Or at Coolidge Corner?
I wish! I've never seen them post job listings. I would love to be paid to program a film series, but I don't know how anyone makes that happen.
There are bunches of think-tanky type places and interesting NGOs in the area--would the Union of Concerned Scientists need anyone to manage a newsletter, say, or Cultural Survival? You can go to these places' websites and see what things they have available.
And that's something else I hadn't thought of. Thank you again!
[edit] It is extraordinarily difficult to respond to these comments without seeing Tiny Wittgenstein everywhere.