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Curate Your Career

Curate Your Career
Museum Careers
Linkedin
Museums
Career Coaching
Cover Letter
Museum
Museum Education
Leadership
Independent Museum Professionals
Work-Life Balance
Career Development
Museum Career
Volunteerism
Job Applications
National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
Graduate School For Museums
Museum Grad School
Career Development In Museums
Transferable Skills
Salary Negotiation

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.

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35. August Job Search Reset: And Now We Wait...Tips for Surviving the Job Search Waiting Game

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-Labo... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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Recent Guests

Will Turner
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Episode: 25. From Teacher to Curator of Education: What Actually Helped Will Break Into Museums
Sam McLaren-Fahey
Former museum educator, now realtor
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Episode: 20. When Leaving Isn’t a Choice: Chronic Illness, Motherhood, and Letting Go of a Museum Career
Ashley Witherspoon
A licensed clinical social worker focusing on museum wellness and community outreach
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Episode: 16. Museums Run on Emotional Labor, But Why isn't it Valued?
Ryan Jelso
Certified appraiser and estate sale consultant at Poof Estate Services
Poof Estate Services
Episode: 15. What If You Didn’t Leave the Objects, Just the Museum? Ryan's Story.
Margaret Chubbily
Vice President of National Emerging Museum Professionals Network; American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellow; educator at Educational Video Center, New York City
National Emerging Museum Professionals Network (Nempn); Educational Video Center
Episode: 13. Advocating for Museum Workers (Not Just Museums)
Dana Conjolosi
Secretary for National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
National Emerging Museum Professionals Network (Nempn)
Episode: 13. Advocating for Museum Workers (Not Just Museums)
Jessica Meyers
President of National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
National Emerging Museum Professionals Network (Nempn)
Episode: 13. Advocating for Museum Workers (Not Just Museums)
Angela Williamson
CVA, Volunteer Community Relations Specialist at Blood Bank of Delmarva
Blood Bank of Delmarva
Episode: 11. Volunteerism as Professional Development (How to Build Skills Without Another Job)
Rex H.
Recent graduate with art history background seeking collections/curation roles in Philly
Individual listener
Episode: 9. Mail Bag #2

Hosts

Elin Philby
Museum educator turned career coach; host of Curate Your Career; focuses on deaccession coaching and translating museum skills for non-museum roles
Alli Shell
Career coach for museum professionals; co-host focused on helping museum pros grow, pivot, and showcase transferable skills

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • MY Career Guide

    Great podcast with helpful and actionable advice

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RedGreenPoodle
    United States8 months ago
  • growing in your career

    Elin & Alli use their expertise & experience in the museum field to candidly bring advice to those navigating it. I found their conversations applicable to those looking for a career pivot, even if outside of the museum field. You can tell how passionate the hosts are about helping their listeners grow and succeed, creating the career they desire! Worth a listen!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    BrigidBee
    United States8 months ago
  • Insightful and Engaging

    This is a great new podcast. I found the conversation to be really engaging and the hosts incredibly insightful. I stumbled on this through a recommendation, and even though I don’t work directly in museums, the “Rage Quit” episode is still applicable to my career and worth a listen. I’ll definitely be tuning in for future episodes!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Liane R.
    United States8 months ago

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Hosts translate museum experience into transferable skills for other roles.
The show blends personal stories with concrete steps; highly actionable.
Practical, actionable coaching with clear templates.
Even non-museum listeners find value in leadership and career-pivot advice.

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

3. Mail Bag #1
Q: Becky asks about repeated interview attempts and what might be going wrong.
The guests suggest doing mock interviews, getting outside feedback, recording answers, tailoring responses to the job description, and clearly showing how your skills solve the employer's pain points instead of focusing on what you lack.
5. Not “Just” the Museum Gift Shop: Career Pathways with Melody Caban
Q: Can you share a favorite project from your museum store work and what made it unique or impactful?
A project in Miami for a new store tied to contemporary design and international collaboration with FIFA, demonstrating how a store can energize a museum's identity and engage global audiences.
5. Not “Just” the Museum Gift Shop: Career Pathways with Melody Caban
Q: What is your advice to job seekers starting in museum gift stores, and how should they frame their experience for future roles?
Document your wins, articulate your value beyond routine duties, and learn to tell the story of how gift store work supports the museum's mission. Develop a narrative that highlights transferable skills like communication, planning, and merchandising, which are applicable to many museum roles.
22. Live from the American Alliance of Museum Annual Conference: Special Mailbag Episode
Q: A conflicted assistant curator in New York seeking to leave a toxic boss: how can they navigate leaving and references?
Prepare a short, rehearsed statement for leaving, choose a strong set of references who will speak positively about leadership and contributions, and consider networking outreach to find opportunities; use a strategy to protect reputation while being honest about the environment.
22. Live from the American Alliance of Museum Annual Conference: Special Mailbag Episode
Q: Achieving a transition from archival work to a more public-facing role: what steps should Aching in the Archives take?
Clarify what parts of the archival job feel isolating and map those preferences to public-facing elements, then tailor job searches to roles with direct audience interaction; actively reframe their resume to foreground public-facing duties, and consider joining organizations or committees to create new opportunities and visibility.

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Two museum-focused career coaches offer practical guidance for people navigating careers in or beyond museums. Episodes emphasize resume and cover-letter strategies, interview prep, leadership development, networking, and personal branding, all with a coaching-forward lens. Listeners often praise actionable frameworks, templates, and real-world examples, and the show regularly weaves in niche topics like deaccession coaching, transferability of skills, and balancing life events with career goals. The format tends to mix step-by-step how-tos with personal anecdotes, making it helpful for both staying in the field and pivoting to adjacent industries.

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2. Sam McLaren-Fahey
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