AnthroJobs of the Week, 18 December 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 18 December 2019

For this week’s AnthroJobs, our very own American Anthropology Association has got a job opening. Then we stay in the Arlington, VA area to review some other jobs in this hotbed of non-profit and government sector research positions.  To begin, The American Anthropology Association (AAA) is seeking a Membership Services Coordinator to “provide phone and…

Skip the CV. Reinvent the Resume: A discussion of how to present the content of your career
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Skip the CV. Reinvent the Resume: A discussion of how to present the content of your career

Last year, I reviewed over 150 User Experience (UX) Researcher applications to fill an open position on my team. Of those, less than twenty percent were crafted in a way that made my job as a hiring manager easy. I was looking for scannable materials that eagerly exhibited the value of each candidate. In contrast,…

AnthroJobs of the Week, 4 December 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 4 December 2019

This week’s anthrojob selections highlight anthropologists’ aptitude for discovery. Take up the challenge to explore the future of food or share your anthropological insights into the consumer’s point of view with R&D labs of an internationally-recognized personal care company. Maybe hit the streets managing a large research study on gun culture among inner-city youth. General…

AnthroJobs of the Week, November 28 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, November 28 2019

The Australian Government is looking for a Social Research Consultant in Melbourne to “provide research and evaluation services to a broad range of Federal and State Government Departments.” Requirements include a relevant graduate or postgraduate qualification and experience in a similar research agency moderating groups, facilitating workshops, and conducting in-depth interviews. To apply, you can send…

AnthroJobs of the Week, 21 November 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 21 November 2019

The Workforce Staffing division of Amazon’s Worldwide Operations Human Resources is currently seeking a mixed-methods researcher with expertise in public health or similar research to spearhead research within the Candidate Experience Research Team (CER) to “drive positive change to Workforce Staffing’s hiring and onboarding experience… and develop products that amplify the voice of our candidates.”…

AnthroJobs of the Week, 13 November 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 13 November 2019

Head’s up new grads, the Rand Corporation is hiring a set of Bachelor’s Level Qualitative Research Assistant’s in their Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Boston, MA and Santa Monica, CA offices. The new assistants will “work on a variety of research areas including health, mental health, education, human resource and workforce management in the military, national security issues,…

The unexpected pedagogies of working in UX
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The unexpected pedagogies of working in UX

In the second half of grad school, as I began to weigh my post-PhD career options, one of the things that strongly appealed to me about an academic career was the prospect of teaching. Through several years of working as a graduate teaching assistant for introductory anthropology courses, I found that I genuinely enjoyed helping…

AAA Presidential Session: Breaking Down Silos in Anthropology

Anthropology, like many other disciplines, is experiencing growing pains as practicing/professional anthropologists become an ever-larger part of the discipline. In this session, we discuss professional struggles tied to a changing discipline as well as models for creating more room for anthropological diversity, unity, and equity.

AnthroJobs of the Week, 23 October 2019

AnthroJobs of the Week, 23 October 2019

The keywords for this week’s AnthroJobs search are ones that are very dear to me and a big reason for my own interest in anthropology in the first place: indigenous rights, communities, and sovereignty.  Pact, an international non-profit based in Washington, D.C. is looking for a Social Inclusion Consultant for “the USAID-funded… program [to] strengthen…