Managing Your Employment Expectations and the CA Grad Student Strike - Ep 185

For the first two segments we talk about the differences between what field techs expect from a job and what an employer expects from a field tech. Related to that are the actual expectations that each should have. In the final segment we talk about the graduate student strike at University of California Universities.

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Can You Retire From A Career in Contract Archaeology? - Ep 184

This week we talk about retirement strategies and whether it’s even possible TO retire for professional archaeology. If you make it to the age where you have enough investment income or retirement has your body also made it? What are some alternative strategies?

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Found Artifacts and What To Do With Them - Ep 183

Responding to a listener email about a facebook post, the hosts discuss what to do about found artifacts. Whether you’re an archaeologist or not an archaeologist there are protocols you should follow if you find something that isn’t yours.

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Wage Discrimination - Ep 182

Wage discrimination in professional archaeology is something that nearly all of us have experienced. Today we bring on a guest to talk about a specific experience that she had and is currently working though.

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SHA2020 in Boston and Mental Health - Ep 181

Chris Webster and Bill White sit down at the 2020 Society for Historical and Underwater Archaeology annual meeting in Boston, MA and have a chat about the conference and other issues. One thing we needed to talk about was mental health. There have been a few tragedies associated with the APN hosts in the last few months and we need people to know that while we aren’t therapists we are here if you need someone.

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