Posts Tagged ‘job searching’
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“All I did was get this golden ticket”: Negative Emotions, Cruel Optimisms, and the Library Job Search
2019–08–07 | 1 commentIn Brief Drawing from survey results and interviews with recent job seekers, this article investigates the effect behind defeatist attitudes, anxieties, resiliency narratives, and intimacies that are central to librarian successes and failures. Connecting these narratives with Lauren Berlant’s cruel optimism, we explore the dangerous attachment LIS job seekers have with the field. While library…
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Making it Work: Surviving as a Librarian Employed in Another Field
2013–03–06 | 24 commentsTags: career, interviewing, job searching, librarianship, networking, new librarians, professional developmentIn Brief: On average, it takes approximately five months for LIS graduates to find a library job, according to Library Journal’s 2012 Placements and Salaries Survey (Matta 2012). This time frame represents the experience of 34% of 2011 graduates, but stories of months- or year-long job searches are common (Weak 2012). While some can afford…
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Q&A: Lead Pipe on Professional Development
2012–02–08 | 11 commentsTags: blogging, committees, conferences, job searching, networking, online presence, personal branding, professional development, publishing, resumes, social mediaBy Editorial Board This week, In the Library with Lead Pipe fields professional development and career questions from library school students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The questions they asked ranged from committee work to composing cover letters to conference attendance. Here is the complete list (so you can jump around if…