For the first two segments we talk about the differences between what field techs expect from a job and what an employer expects from a field tech. Related to that are the actual expectations that each should have. In the final segment we talk about the graduate student strike at University of California Universities.

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This week we talk about retirement strategies and whether it’s even possible TO retire for professional archaeology. If you make it to the age where you have enough investment income or retirement has your body also made it? What are some alternative strategies?

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Responding to a listener email about a facebook post, the hosts discuss what to do about found artifacts. Whether you’re an archaeologist or not an archaeologist there are protocols you should follow if you find something that isn’t yours.

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Wage discrimination in professional archaeology is something that nearly all of us have experienced. Today we bring on a guest to talk about a specific experience that she had and is currently working though.

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Chris Webster and Bill White sit down at the 2020 Society for Historical and Underwater Archaeology annual meeting in Boston, MA and have a chat about the conference and other issues. One thing we needed to talk about was mental health. There have been a few tragedies associated with the APN hosts in the last few months and we need people to know that while we aren’t therapists we are here if you need someone.

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It’s the beginning of a new year! We talk about what the coming year looks life for CRM and our 2020 goals.

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We continue our deep dive into a lengthy listener email with a discussion about what a job in archaeology looks like. What's the difference between a job and a career? What should you look for if you're trying to get a job in archaeology when it comes to graduate programs? We start, though, with a few comments from a twitter follower about episode 178.

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As we've always requested sometimes we actually get letters into the show! One such letter was sent to Doug and we answer just a couple of those questions on this show. Those questions revolve around the thought of a prestigious CRM University and what are some of the better CRM programs out there. Also, we talk about the new Registered Archaeologist certification from the RPA and the new standards requiring continuing education credits.

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As a response to some recent conversations in social media the CRM Arch podcast crew welcomes new co-host Heather McDaniel to discuss what it takes to create a union. What skills would those people need? Is it possible? We also talk about some site form recording issues and what the word “historic” means.

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Doug and Bill White start out this episode by talking about Bill's time at the American Cultural Resources Conference held in Spokane, WA for 2019. One of the discussion panels Bill was on was related to CRM training and experience and started to center around the effectiveness of field schools. They end with a discussion about the effectiveness of this podcast.

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