by Jazmin Idakaar previously published 10/9/13 & 5/30/14 A Selfie is Worth 1,000 Words Putting your best face forward can be tough when it comes to the web. You know you need a photo for your website or LinkedIn profile to help make it stand out, but you don’t have any professional shots so you…
by Jazmin Idakaar, Information Professional previously published 9/10/13 Social Media 101 – It’s Never Too Late to Get Social with Your Media! So… You’re in library school with only a few more credits to go before you graduate. Or you finished school already and now you’re job hunting. Or maybe you got your degree a…
by Jazmin Idakaar previously published 10/11/13 The Pepperoni & Cheese Method: Getting Things Done a Little at a Time When I was a little kid, I hated cleaning my room. I would start out and the longer it went on, the more overwhelmed I got, the more overwhelmed I got the slower I got, until…
Jazmin Idakaar, newly hired Boston area librarian, Phillybrarians Founder & Outreach Professional previously published 3/29/13 Committing to Not Overcommitting: Building a Life & Career without Burning Out The library field is an exciting, busy place full of people and theories and (dare I say it) books, but it’s also an easy place to get burnt out.…
My interview with success story, Benjamin Naomi: How did you find your current job? Benjamin: I can’t remember which of the countless number of job posting RSS feeds I found my current job advertised on, but I do remember where I found the bulk of them. Last summer, Jazmin Idakaar posted a link on her…