Job Search Resources for ANTHROPOLOGY Majors Anthropology is the study of the origin and the physical, social, and cultural development and behavior of humans. They may study the way of like, archaeological remains, languages, music, art, architecture, or physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. Some compare the customs, values, and social patterns of different cultures. Anthropologists usually concentrate in socio‐cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, or biological‐physical anthropology. Occupations to Consider Academic Advisor Actuary Administration Advertising Advocate Analyst Anthropologist Archaeologist Archivist Art Conservator Assistant Manager Biographer Career Counselor Caseworker Collections Mgr College Professor Conservator Human Resources Immigration Inspector Industrial Psychologist Information Officer Librarian Linguist Management Trainee Marketing Researcher Media Planner Media Specialist Medical Anthropologist Medical Researcher Museum Curator Museum Technician Museum Worker Paleontologist Parks Consultant Park Service Director Park Ranger Peace Corps Volunteer Physician Probation Officer PR Specialist Public Health Educator Research Assistant Resource Manager Social Worker Sociologist Spanish Teacher Specialist Technical Writer Travel Agent Tour Guide Consulting Firms Foreign Aid Service Highway Department Journals Law Enforcement/Firms Libraries Medical Societies Natural/History Museums National Institute of Health National Park Service’s Non‐Profit Organizations Peace Corps Potential Employers Archeological Services Archives Banks Bureau of Land Management Central Intelligence Agency Colleges/Universities Coroner Counselor Cultural Artifact Curatorship Diploma t Ecotourism Director Employment Recruiter Ethnologist Exhibit Assistant Field Archaeologist Foreign Affairs Officer Forensic Scientist Genealogist Generic Counselor Head Start Program Health Science Admin Physical Anthropology Laboratories Public Health Service Smithsonian Institute U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Department of State Recent Kansas State University Graduates Audubon Naturalist Society Big Lakes Developmental CTR Inc Farmers Insurance Group GPW & Associates Novastar Financial Peace Corps R Christopher Goodwin & Associates Residential Services Inc United Methodist Youthville ZLB Behring Websites to Consider ● Current Jobs for Grads www.graduatejobs.com/ ● Internet Public Library www.ipl.org/ ● K‐State Anthropology Department www.ksu.edu/sasw/anthro/anthro.html ● Kansas Civil Job Service www.da.ks.gov/ps ● USA Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov/ ● Science Career Site www.sciencecareersite.com ●American Assoc. of Physical Anthropologist www.physanth.org/careers ● Job Hunt Organization www.job‐hunt.org/ Additional Online Resources ● Archeological Fieldwork Opportunities ● Careers in Historical Archaeology ● American Academy of Forensic Science ● Journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology ● American Anthropological Association ● Melanesia Interest Group (MIG)
● American Zoo & Aquarium Association ● Museum Resource Board ● Careers in Archaeology ● Peace Corps ● National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) ● Peace Corps ● Society of American Archaeology ● Society for Latin American Anthropology (SLAA) ● State Governments ● United States Office of Personnel Management Professional Organizations American Anthropological Association www.aaanet.org Society for American Archaeology www.saa.org Center for American Archeology www.caa‐archeology.org Society for Applied Anthropology www.sfaa.net Archaeological Institute of America www.archaeological.org Sources: Kansas State University Academic and Career Information Center, University of Tennessee‐Knoxville, Tulane University and UNC‐Wilmington