Hello, I wanted to ask a rather general question posed to Public Historians and to others with similar levels of experience. I hold a bachelor's in world history, and I had dreams of going to get my masters and work in the field of public history right after college. Covid put a stop to all of that and it has been 3 years since I've graduated college. I really would like to get back into the field of study and further my experience with jobs, volunteer work, and education. Challenge is, I have a full time job in a completely other field. It's a good job, but not my long term goal and it's time consuming. I was hoping to get advice on finding some good remote opportunities for continuing my education and experience with some flexibility, or at least networking/collaborating with professionals in the field. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I would suggest finding a local history museum or society and seeing what options they have available for volunteer work. If that is too time consuming you can still see about talking to their staff and finding out what career paths led them to where they are.
You might also consider looking at the American Historical Association or the Organization of American Historians. The have some career development/job search material available on their websites. Both offer membership which might be useful, or it might not. At least for the AHA their is a significant discount for folks who have just finished school.