My interview with success story, Mary Naomi: How did you find your current job? Mary: Authentic networking: I joined the New York City School Library Association during my last semester of library school. I went to the meetings and I participated. I spoke with school librarians and administrators. When someone from the Library Services team…
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Deborah Hamilton …In Six
My interview with success story, Deborah Naomi: How did you find your current job? Deborah: I originally found the posting for my current job on the website for the Texas Library Association’s Jobline, which I learned about from INALJ. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Deborah: My favorite library is the Central Branch of…
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David McBee …In Six
My interview with success story, David Naomi: How did you find your current job? David: I was regularly checking USAjobs and I also saw the job in the INALJ daily listing. I definitely found it useful to check both of those resources as well as Indeed.com to see available jobs. Naomi: Favorite library you have…
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Rhonda Donaldson …In Six
My interview with success story, Rhonda Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rhonda:I always look on the INALJ pages, but a friend sent me the email listing for my new job. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Rhonda: My absolute favorite library to visit so far, I have a few but, the…
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Jordon Sly …In Six
Reposted from 1/5/12 Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jordon: TRAK Records and Library. I met Maura Barnes, a representative from TRAK at the Federal Librarians’ Networking Symposium that was held at the LOC over the last summer. She and I phoned back and forth for many months and finally she and I…
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Jessica Crossfield …In Six
My interview with success story, Jessica Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jessica: We have some great list serves in Ohio, including OhioLINK and Kent State SLIS. Tons of jobs are posted daily and most of them are local. My current position just popped up in my mailbox one day! Naomi: Favorite library you have…
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Michelle Bourgeois …In Six
My interview with success story, Michelle Naomi: How did you find your current job? Michelle: I found my current job on the library system’s jobs board webpage. I was looking in a particular geographical area, so in addition to looking at INALJ, I frequently checked the websites of the library systems in that area. Naomi:…
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Christina Keasler …In Six
My interview with success story, Christina Naomi: How did you find your current job? Christina: While I mainly used INALJ for jobs out of my immediate area, I stalked the job board of RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System). We’re talking literally almost every hour. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Christina: I’m no…
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Christa Ruth-Coleman …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Christa Naomi: How did you find your current job? Christa: I found my current job through the INALJ digest! I looked through the states I was interested in and then went through the list of websites on the resource page. After so much time job searching, I had a…
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Rebecca Lashinski …In Six
My interview with success story, Rebecca Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rebecca: I either found this one on INALJ or the Minnesota Library Jobline. I’ve been looking since I graduated, and this one finally came through and I could not be more excited. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Rebecca: I…
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Colleen McClowry …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Colleen Naomi: How did you find your current job? Colleen: Since I was concentrating on finding work in the Bay Area, I used resources that listed jobs by location. I browsed INALJ’s California listings, search engines like Indeed.com, and the resources available to me at the University of Illinois.…
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Amy Bradley …In Six
My interview with success story, Amy Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amy: It was posted to my university, San Jose State’s, listserv. The application call mentioned library innovation in an urban setting, both things I’m drawn to, so it definitely caught my eye. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Amy: Central…
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Jennifer Jacobsen-Wood …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Jennifer Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jennifer: I am lucky enough to have two library jobs. One is at my local, small, rural library, which I basically begged for, despite it being a shelving position. I found this position via networking. I knew both the previous…
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Amanda Qualls …In Six
My interview with success story, Amanda Naomi: How did you find your current job? Amanda: I wasn’t really planning to start looking for a job until this winter, as I was not planning to finish up my Masters until December 2012 or May 2013, but on a whim I decided to put some feelers out…
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Anna Jones …In Six
My interview with success story, Anna Naomi: How did you find your current job? Anna: My new job is with an organization that has interested me for some time – I checked their official website for the posting. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Anna: The Columbus Metropolitan Library is pretty great. Naomi: Favorite…
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Jessica Szad ..In Six
My interview with success story, Jessica Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jessica: I started out as an intern at History Works, Inc. almost three years ago after being referred to the company by an archivist at DePaul University. I soon became a part time Research Assistant and continued in that role for…
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Melissa Hozik …In Six
My interview with success story, Melissa Naomi: How did you find your current job? Melissa: I found my new job at the City College of New York initially through HigherEdJobs.com. During 18 months of job searching, even with great resources such as INALJ, HERC, HigherEdJobs and USAJobs, I rarely made it to a first interview.…
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Lauren Rasmussen …In Six
Reposted from 2/14/12 Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lauren: Through the “I Need a Library Job” list. I checked it every day until I found a job I was qualified for and that would allow me to work in an archival environment. When I found the position, I didn’t hesitate. I applied…
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Gretchen Hendrick …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Gretchen Naomi: How did you find your current job? Gretchen: I found it on the INALJ daily list, and since its close to where I already am I thought it might be worth checking out. I saw that the job description was a combination of all my career experiences,…
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Jess Wallis …In Six
My interview with success story, Jess Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jess: I found it on the Simmons College GSLIS JobLine. I had been searching very seriously for several months, and unsuccessfully applying to a lot of public libraries before I decided to branch out and apply for a special library job.…
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Jess Moore …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story, Jess Naomi: How did you find your current job? Jess: Through INALJ Jobs Page for Virginia. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Jess: Probably the Rust Library, which is in the Loudoun County Public Library system. It was doing most if not all the positive things we discussed…
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Kevin Davey …In Six
My interview with success story Kevin Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kevin: The position was posted in the RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System) library job board. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Kevin: In general, I have always liked older big-city central public libraries. Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh is a…
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Shannon Schinagl …In Six
My interview with success story Shannon Naomi: How did you find your current job? Shannon: Using the INALJ digest, I checked each of the New England states each week. When an opening came up, I applied. I have to say that even though it was expensive, I did offer to fly out from Seattle to…
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Miraida Morales …In Six
My interview with success story Miraida Naomi: How did you find your current job? Miraida: Networking, networking, networking. A very good friend of mine sent me the job description a few months ago and the rest is history. I used to feel that networking was akin to nepotism, and always shied away from it. It…
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Sylvia Bly …In Six
My interview with success story Sylvia Naomi: How did you find your current job? Sylvia: Fairly sure it was the INALJ digest. I am a fellow volunteer for the Maine and Maryland sections, and I take a peek at Michigan every time! Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Sylvia: I like the Skillman Branch…