Interested in learning more about careers for historians? Sign up for the AHA’s Career Contacts program, which connects anyone with a graduate or undergraduate degree in history with historians working outside the professoriate for one-time informational interviews. Since its establishment in 2015, this popular program has helped hundreds of historians explore potential career pathways.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign Up\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n We welcome sign ups from anyone interested in learning more about careers beyond the professoriate, as well as from historians working in these industries who want to guide and share their knowledge with others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSign Up to Explore Careers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Sign up by<\/strong> filling out our short intake form<\/a>. It’s very quick-we ask for contact information and then a few short questions about your professional interests. If you aren’t sure what those are yet, that’s ok! Just fill out as much of the form as you can.<\/p>\n Next, we’ll email you to set up a time for a quick intake call<\/strong> (usually 5-10 minutes) with an AHA staff member. We use this call to learn more about you and your professional interests so that we can select the right guide to connect you with for your informational interview. And again, it’s okay if you aren’t sure what kind of careers you might want to learn about. That’s why we’re here-we’ll help you think through possibilities during this call.<\/p>\n Within a day or two of the call, we’ll email you the name and contact information of your guide.<\/strong> You take it from here. You’ll email the guide to set up an informational interview, either on the phone or via video chat-whichever you’re both most comfortable with. Once you’ve met and conducted your informational interview, you’re welcome to request another match. To request an additional match with another guide, just email us directly. No need to fill out the intake form again.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSign Up to Help Others<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t If you are a historian working in a field other than postsecondary teaching who wants to help historians exploring career pathways like yours, please consider signing up to be a guide<\/a>. Your perspective will help others better understand career options for historians, as well as how to articulate the value of their training and historical perspective in diverse professional settings.<\/p>\n Once you’re signed up and in our database, you’ll receive a notification email from us whenever we match you with someone. Your match will reach out to you directly to set up a time to meet.<\/p>\n When you meet with your matches, please be prepared to answer questions about your career path choices, current and former employment, and day-to-day work details, as well as to provide feedback on professional materials, including resumes and cover letters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTips & FAQs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t I’m exploring careers and am about to meet with a guide for the first time. How should I prepare?<\/strong><\/p>\n Who are the guides?<\/strong><\/p>\n AHA membership is not required to participate in Career Contacts (though we hope you’ll join).<\/p>\n We expect both participants and guides to maintain professional demeanors when interacting as part of this program.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tHow it Works\t<\/h3>\n\t
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