by Sean O’Brien, former Head Editor, INALJ Colorado previously published 8/6/13 7 of My Favorite Professional Development Websites Summer is here, and that means we’ve probably all got a little bit of extra free time. You could spend that time outside, but why would you want to do that? It’s hot out there, and there…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House, MLIS’s interview with Every Library’s Erica. EveryLibrary is the first and only national organization dedicated exclusively to political action at a local level to create, renew, and protect public funding for libraries of…
by Qraig De Groot previously published 12/5/12 Information (Mis)Management Please bear with me for a moment. I’m writing this column mere moments after applying for a job online. As has become the norm, I had to fill out a lengthy application with all the information that is already clearly highlighted on my résumé. But before…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with Dan Robinson, Content Analyst Naomi: How did you find your job as a Content Analyst? Dan: I didn’t find it, it found me. It’s the latest, and last, job title for…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Winona. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Winona: The RAILS Library System has a great job…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Amanda, INALJ Massachusetts Head Editor. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amanda: I graduated from URI in December of 2011; at the time I was working as…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Rebekah. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rebekah: I have a search alert set up for Duke University jobs as part of my volunteer work for INALJ.…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Alexandra (also known as Allie), INALJ Head Editor for Iowa. Naomi: How did you find your current job?…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Rachael. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rachael: I currently work at Rockford University as the Reference & Instructional Librarian. I originally found position posted on ALA…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Matt. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Matt: I contacted my local library to see if there was a need for help. It turned out they were…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions All Jobs for INALJ can be found here: http://inalj.com/?p=1441 Updated daily Naomi House’s interview with success story Rebecca. Naomi: How did you find your current job: Rebecca: I found my newest current job by obsessively…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Tracy. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tracy: In 2004 I took a week vacation to Barbados and fell in love with everything about the island when…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Casey. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Casey: I found my current job by religiously checking INALJ, LibGig, various library websites, etc. I was always told it’s…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions . . Naomi House’s interview with success story Adrienne. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Adrienne: It was timing, really. Last fall, I had a freelance writing job going, was tutoring student essays…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Karen. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Karen: In the last semester of my MLIS program, I applied for an internship locally. While there, I applied through…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story JJ. Naomi: How did you find your current job? JJ: My job was posted on INALJ as well as alajoblist. Admittedly, I saw it on the alajoblist first. Naomi: …
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Mary-Alexandra. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Mary-Alexandra: I actually found my current position as librarian for Touro University Worldwide through networking. A professional contact and good…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Karen. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Karen: A classmate from GSLIS e-mailed me. She wasn’t sure if I was still looking for work or not, but…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Starr. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Starr: I found my job by periodically searching Columbia website (I also did this with CUNY) and also saw it…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Jeremy. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jeremy: My current job that I just started (Library technician with the rare books and manuscripts section of the History…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Melody. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Melody: I found my job listing through the INALJ New Jersey page. I was interested in working in school libraries,…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story and INALJ Arkansas Head Editor, Fallon. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Fallon: I actually just happened to use my networking and bragging on myself skills to…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Tara. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Tara: In October 2011, I was looking for a position and there was an excellent opportunity to intern with the…
by Chelsea Jordan-Makely . . . . .Informational Interview These past few months, I’ve been practicing off-road job searching, pursuing a library job through unconventional means. I live in Oregon, a slow library job market, and days would pass when no new jobs were posted. So, I took it upon myself to “knock on some…
This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions Naomi House’s interview with success story Andre. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Andre: I saw a position on the Thomson Reuters website for a technical support representative. An associate who I met…