CAREERS & ANTHROPOLOGY MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Anthropology have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Anthropology Majors*

• Legal Assistant - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY
• Consultant - World Food Program, New York, NY
• American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
• Business Analyst - C & S Wholesale Grocers, Keene, NH
• Account Manager - Right Media Inc., New York, NY
• Staff Writer - Community Crossroads Magazine, Kalispell, MT
• Analyst - Shattuck Hammond, New York, NY
• Kindergarten Teacher - Teach for America, Las Vegas, NV
• Grant Writer - Watts Labor Community Action Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Holy Cross School, Bronx, NY
• Business Analyst - McKinsey & Co., Singapore
• Investigator - NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, New York, NY
• Staff Assistant - Africa Project on Internally Displaced Persons, Washington, DC
• Account Coordinator - Bernard Hodes Advertising, New York, NY
• Guide - Colorado Mountain School, Estes Park, CO
• Environmental Organizer - Green Corps, Boston, MA
• Fellow - ISLES, Inc., Trenton, NJ
• Language Link, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Rackets Bureau - Manhattan District Attorney's Office (Project 55), New York, NY
• Documentations - Save the Children (Princeton in Asia), Kathmandu, Nepal

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Great Jobs for Anthropology Majors
  
• Official Museum Directory
  
• Careers for Culture Lovers & Other Artsy Types
  
• Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types
  
• Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
  
• Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
  
• Jobs & Careers with Non-Profit Organizations
  
• Careers in Marketing
  
• American Jobs Abroad
  
• Teaching English Abroad

Resources and Information Online

• Careers in Biological Anthropology
  http://www.physanth.org/careers/brochure.html
  
  
• Careers in Physical Anthropology
  http://www.physanth.org/careers/
  
  
• So You Want to be a Forensic Anthropologist?
  http://www.anthro.umt.edu/studguid/forensic.htm
  
  
• Anthropologists - Tasks Performed & Skills Required (O*NET)
  http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/19-3091.01
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Social Scientists
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos054.htm
  
  
• Career Overview - Marketing
  http://www.careeroverview.com/marketing-careers.htm
  
  
• Princeton Anthropology Department
  http://www.princeton.edu/~antwww/undrgrad.html

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Anthropological Association
  http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm
  
  
• Society for Applied Anthropology
  http://www.sfaa.net
  
  
• Archaeological Institute of America
  http://www.archaeological.org
  
  
• Society for American Archaeology
  http://www.saa.org/

Anthropology Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Anthropology alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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