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Whether you're an experienced leader, a mid-career professional hoping for a promotion, or a recent grad applying for your first internship, A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career is the guide you need—full of sound advice, practical tips, and illuminating personal stories that span the array of museum disciplines. Topics range from personal branding and resume writing to managing from the middle and leadership at all levels; from professional writing to keeping a career journal; from navigating within your institution to knowing when it's time to move on. This is a book you are sure to reference—and share—for years to come.

Greg Stevens is the principal of Purple Cow Career and Talent Development (www.purplecowcareers.com), helping emerging, mid-career, and senior-level professionals through job search and career transition coaching. In addition, Greg is director of the Master of Arts in Museum Professions program at Seton Hall University, where he oversees and teaches in a vibrant program focused on preparing students for a dynamic career in museums. Previously, from 2007-2017, Greg directed the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Professional Development program, through which he addressed career management, leadership development, and professional skills- building for museum colleagues. Prior to AAM, he held positions at the National Museum of the U.S. Army, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, National Building Museum, and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Stevens co-edited (with Wendy Luke) A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career (2012, The AAM Press), has written numerous articles and book chapters on mus