Curate Your Career

Curate Your Career is a podcast for museum pros who are staying, leaving, and everything in between. Hosted by Elin ( Deaccessioned Career Coaching ) and Alli ( Your Museum Career Coach ), we dig into the real, messy, hilarious, and hopeful parts of museum careers. From burnout and bad bosses to career pivots, salary jumps, and rediscovering what you actually want.

Curate Your Career is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 34 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Curate Your Career, a arts show with 34 episodes published.

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  Episode #34

  34. August Job Search Reset: Stretch, Match, Mismatch

  Aug 19, 202646 minS1

  August Job Search Reset: Stretch, Match, or Mismatch? Elin and I are taking a short summer break, so we’re bringing back a few episodes that feel especially useful as we head into late summer and the post-Labor Day job search push. This week, we’re revisiting our episode on one of the biggest questions museum job seekers face: Should I actually apply for this job? It’s easy to look at a job description, recognize a few responsibilities, and think, “I could do that.” But knowing how to do something isn’t necessarily the same as having done it at the level, scope, or responsibility the organization is looking for. That’s where our Stretch, Match, or Mismatch framework comes in. In this episode, we talk about how to look beyond job titles and percentages of qualifications to more honestly assess where your experience aligns, where you might be ready to stretch, and when a role may be better treated as a future goal. This episode focuses on: how to recognize your strongest-match or “anchor” applications what makes a role a strategic stretch versus a mismatch why years of experience can signal scope and responsibility, not just time the difference between participating in, assisting with, and owning work how to assess your level of responsibility and autonomy why job titles don’t always reflect the work you’ve actually done how to identify skill and experience gaps you can intentionally build why both overselling and underselling your experience can hurt your job search and why applying more strategically can be more effective than simply applying to more jobs Not every job you could apply for deserves the same amount of your time and energy. If you’re getting ready for the fall job search season, this is a great episode to revisit before you start hitting “apply.”

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  Episode #33

  33. August Job Search Reset: Cover Letters

  Aug 11, 202645 minS1

  August Job Search Reset: Cover Letters Alli and I are taking a short summer break, so we’re bringing back a few episodes that feel especially useful as we head into late summer and the post-Labor Day job search push. This week, we’re revisiting our episode on cover letters. Love them or hate them, cover letters can be one of the most helpful places to connect the dots between your experience and the role you want next... especially if you’re applying outside museums, changing lanes, or trying to explain work that doesn’t fit neatly into one job title. In this episode, we talk about what cover letters are actually for, how they differ from resumes, and why a strong cover letter should not just repeat everything in your resume in paragraph form. We cover: why cover letters still matter what a cover letter can do that a resume cannot how to explain why you want this role and this organization how to connect your experience to the job description how to avoid generic or overly formal language how to write about transferable skills what to include when you’re changing fields or job families and how to make the whole thing feel a little less painful If you’re refreshing your application materials before the fall job search season, this is a great episode to revisit.

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  Episode #32

  32. August Job Search Reset: Why Your Resume Isn’t Working

  Aug 4, 202644 minS1

  August Job Search Reset: Why Your Resume Isn’t Working Alli and I are taking a short summer break, so we’re bringing back a few episodes that feel especially useful as we head into late summer and the post-Labor Day job search push. This one is all about resumes... because before you start applying to everything, it’s worth asking whether your resume is actually doing its job. In this episode, we talk about why museum resumes often don’t land the way people hope, especially when applying outside the field or trying to communicate complex experience clearly. We cover: why your resume is not your full life story the difference between a resume and a CV why formatting matters more than you think how to write for the person actually reading your resume why museum jargon can get in the way how to focus on outcomes instead of tasks why tailoring matters and how to make your experience easier for a hiring manager to understand If you’re planning to refresh your materials, get back into the market, or apply more intentionally this fall, this is a great episode to revisit.

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  Episode #31

  31. Interview Prep 101: What Happens During the Interview

  Jul 29, 202653 minS1

  You prepared your stories. You researched the organization. You landed the interview. Now... what actually happens once the interview begins? In Part 2 of this interview series, Elin Filbey and Alli Schell walk through what actually happens during the interview process, from the initial screening call to panel interviews, presentations, final-round conversations, and everything in between. Interviews are more than just having the perfect answers, it's also knowing how to tell your stories with confidence and remembering that you're evaluating the organization just as much as they're evaluating you. Throughout the conversation, Elin and Alli discuss: what to expect during first, second, and final-round interviews who you'll likely meet throughout the hiring process, and what each person is looking for strategies for navigating panel interviews with confidence why employers care just as much about your thought process as your final answer interview presentations, projects, and how to think about unpaid interview work thoughtful questions to ask that reveal an organization's culture interview red flags and what they might tell you about the workplace how to follow up professionally after an interview whether you should ask for feedback after a rejection and when it may or may not be worth it Whether this is your very first interview or your fiftieth, understanding how the interview process works can help you walk in feeling more prepared, less overwhelmed, and better equipped to show why you're the right person for the role. And perhaps just as importantly, it can help you decide whether the organization is the right fit for you. #MuseumCareers #MuseumJobs #MuseumProfessionals #CareerDevelopment #InterviewTips #JobSearch #MuseumLeadership #CurateYourCareer #MuseumStudies #CareerCoaching

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  Curate Your Career

  30. Interview Prep 101: What to Do Before the Interview

  Jul 22, 20261h 3m

  You got the interview. Amazing. Exciting. Slightly terrifying. Now what? In this episode, Elin and Alli kick off a new series on interviews, starting with everything that happens before you ever enter the Zoom room or walk into the building: the preparation. Because interview prep is not about memorizing perfect answers. It’s about understanding the role, researching the organization, knowing what stories you want to tell, and walking in with more confidence and less panic. We talk about: what to ask when you get the interview invitation how to prep differently for first round, final round, Zoom, and in-person interviews why interviews are not pop quizzes what you can and cannot control how to research the organization why the job posting is your answer key how to anticipate likely interview questions why notes are allowed what to do if you ramble, freeze, fidget, or over-explain and how to build a pre-interview confidence ritual We also get into the reminder that you are interviewing the organization too. Yes, you want the job. But you also deserve to know whether the role, team, culture, and organization are actually a good fit for you. If interviews make you nervous, this episode will help you feel more grounded, prepared, and ready to show them why you.

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