#hiring librarians

[the-real-commasplice]

New librarians and library school students:

There is a trend toward putting narrative in resumes and on vitae. NO. Whoever is telling you that people hiring want to see that is wrong.

WRONG.

We don’t want to see narrative sentences and we certainly don’t want to see three paragraphs where you describe your job experience.

Repeat after me: BULLET POINTS

Save your narrative for the cover letter.

[darienlibrary]

Come work with us!

It’s that time of year again, we’re looking for the next Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellow.

Not that I’m biased or anything, but it’s a pretty bomb opportunity. New LIS graduates only, the best youth services team in town, and you’ll get to work with this guy on the reg:

Working at Darien Library is straight up non-stop play-time. Join our team!

[thelifeguardlibrarian]

When you don’t disclose salary range on a job posting, a unicorn loses its wings

Hi everyone. Today, while driving past a pizza place, I noticed something: The dude who normally stood at the corner wearing a toga and spinning a giant arrow sign pointing the way to the shop had ...

Amen. 

[glaciallibrarian]

New Hires Should Come with a Broad Understanding of Libraryland

This anonymous interview is with an academic librarian who has been a chair of search committees. This person hires the following types of LIS professionals: All types needed to staff a large acade...

Adding to the conversation with an older interview from Hiring Librarians.

Related to the LJ "How to Choose Your Library School" article, note that this hiring librarian wouldn't hire from SJSU. And a shout-out to UW-Madison, my alma mater, which apparently gives me an edge. W00t!

[slistech-blog]

Helpful Library Career Websites

http://opencoverletters.com/ Anonymous cover letters from hired librarians and archivists.  

http://inalj.com/ I need a Library Job provides job posts and job advice from professionals. 

http://hiringlibrarians.com/ Hiring Librarians helps provide job hunters with what hiring librarians are looking for in employees.

http://hacklibraryschool.com/ is a helpful resource for students going through a library science program.

https://joblist.ala.org/  Job postings through ALA. 

Do you have any suggestions? Facebook us or Tweet us your suggestions. 

[lislist]

[libra-rianship-blog]

Getting Library-Specific

Tumblarian friends,

I've noticed from the Hiring Librarians blog that hiring committees and managers frequently stress working in a library and getting library experience while in library school.  This seems obvious to me as well, but I wonder if this overrides the skill-set and knowledge that librarians are supposed to be gaining from library school?  Some of us have previous library experience before we entered library school, other's don't, so I understand that a lot of learning has to  happen on the job/in the library and not just theoretically.

However, with all the emerging titles and niches in the information/library science field (frequently outside of libraries proper), what is more important to a search committee - having any skills gained from library experience, or the relevant skills gained from a position in a different field?

[thehannahmachine]

A mentor can make a huge difference when being an intern, our first (or next) job, changing careers and when launching and running a start-up business.

Sometimes we learn best from someone who has been there, done it… and got the t-shirt. 

When you don’t know what you don’t know, a mentor provides you, the protege – or mentee – the benefit of their experience. They can say what has worked or not worked for them because they have been in that situation, job or role.  They guide, objectively… but the decisions you make are yours.

As a mentee, how do you ensure you get the best out of that mentor relationship?