It is time once again to gear up for the Career Center at the 2010 SAA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. This year it will be a major part of  SAA’s new Networking Café, which will host information tables for allied archives and records associations, public computers and space for the Career Center where attendees can meet representatives, recruiters, and volunteer career advisers; peruse literature and job vacancy announcements; or post resumes.

If you are planning on attending the conference in August, please consider volunteering an hour of your time to the Career Center. Check the preliminary program online at http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2010/washington to see if you can find a spare hour or two to donate so that a student or young professional can benefit from your experience.

The Career Center will be open during the following times:

12:00 to 5:00pm on Wednesday, August 11

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Thursday, August 12

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Friday, August 13

7:00 AM to 3:30PM on Saturday, August 14

Due to the extended hours of the Career Center and the fact that we hope to schedule one volunteer for each shift and two during the busy lunch/break shifts, we need a total of 41 volunteers. Feel free to send a few dates and times so that we can coordinate which slot will work best for you. Participants from the past few years expressed an interest in knowing the specialty of the advisor scheduled to help, so please feel free to also add your area of expertise when you sign up so that visitors can plan accordingly.

Thanks for helping out this year! We think it will be the best year yet for archivists looking for career advice.

Sincerely,

Renna Tuten

Career Development Coordinator