by Yandee Vazquez, Head Editor, INALJ Texas Post-Thanksgiving: A Reflection on What I’m Thankful For With Thanksgiving behind us and the holidays ahead, I wanted to take some time to reflect and thank those that have helped smooth the path of my library science education, job search, and job. Sometimes I forget to acknowledge how…
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Public Libraries: The Compromise
by Rebecca Tischler, Head Editor, INALJ Tennessee Public Libraries: The Compromise I recently read an article on the MacLean’s website called, “Thanks for the Tip, I’ll Get It on Amazon,” by Brian Bethune, which explained that even though bookstores are having problems with sales, people still come into the stores to browse, or to ask…
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Jobs Pages & Contact Us Forms: Fixing and Fixed
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Hi Everyone, We have had some issues updating the jobs pages this week, and we are working on the technical difficulties. All currently maintained states have been able to update a few times a week for now, and we have created a work-around for Massachusetts and Ontario, temp pages. All to get those jobs to…
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Nicole Usiondek …Success Story and INALJ Michigan Head Editor
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 and INALJ Michigan Head Editor, Nicole. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Nicole: I was…
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How to Be Happy
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by Julie Watson, INALJ Pennsylvania Head Editor How to Be Happy Student loan debt. A tight job market. Rejection letters. Uncertainty. Stress. Worry. Fed-up. Frustrated. Happy? No, “happy” is not a word often associated with job-seekers. Do you dream of the day when you land your dream job (or let’s face it, any job)? That…
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Should You List your Disability on your Cover Letter or Resume?
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Should You List your Disability on your Cover Letter or Resume? by Roselle Pendergast, Head Editor, INALJ Minnesota As a person who does not feel disabled despite being deafened in one ear and wearing a cochlear implant in the other, I’ve never listed my disability in the cover letter or on my resume. Regardless, I…
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November 2013 Roundup (INALJ Stats )
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Over 3.5 million total page views reached in November! What a great month! we reached over 3.5 million page views at INALJ.com! November’s busiest day was 13,879 views on 11/18, and our busiest week had 73,380 views the 45th week of the year, and for the month INALJ.com had 281,501 views! Some fast stats for November 2013:…
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Thankful
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Another year and again, I just wanted to take this opportunity today to say Thanks! Thanks to the INALJ fans, to the employers who have hired and continue to support librarians and information professionals and to my friends and family. On this (belated) Thanksgiving I am thankful for the opportunity to share these jobs, ALL…
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Services aren’t Servants: on personal responsibility in the job hunt
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by Naomi House, MLIS Services aren’t Servants: on personal responsibility in the job hunt INALJ aims to be one of the best jobs resources out there for information professionals of all stripes. When I came up with the name (I need a Library job) on October 16th, 2010 I wanted something my fellow classmates at…
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Lessons Learned: DC/SLA & Careers in Federal Libraries
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by Naomi House, MLIS Reposted from 11/29/12 and 2/13/13 Lessons Learned: DC SLA & Careers in Federal Libraries event 9/27/12 by Naomi House On September 27 Leadership Directories sponsored the Careers in Federal Libraries DC SLA event held at the National Geographic Society Library. About the Program: Panelists working at the Library of Congress, National…
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October 2013 Roundup (INALJ Stats )
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3.3 million total page views & over 322,000 page views this month alone! October was incredible! It was our 3rd busiest month ever at INALJ.com! October’s busiest day was 13,704 views on 10/1, and our busiest week had 76,666 views the 40th week of the year, and for the month INALJ.com had 322,197 views! Some fast stats…
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Trick and a Treat!
Interviews, Success Stories
Kaitlyn Lyons …Success Story
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This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with INALJ success story, Kaitlyn Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kaitlyn: I found my current job posted on INALJ, but a co-worker also mentioned it to me. The first time…
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Matching Needs with Wants
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INALJ is 3!!!!
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On Keyword Searching in Your Job Hunt
Great Organizations, Interviews
Emily Weak of Hiring Librarians
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This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with Emily of the blog, Hiring Librarians Naomi: What made you interested in starting your blog, Hiring Librarians? Emily: I’d been thinking about ways I could do service for the profession. Because I’m…
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Heather Firchow …Success Story
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This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with success story Heather Firchow Naomi: How did you find your current job? Heather: I saw the listing for my Altadena job on the local library consortium’s (SCLC) jobs list. I use several…
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Sharing Success and Advice
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INALJ is having a baby (well, I am)
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Furloughed & Job Hunting: why strategizing 1st is the key to success
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by Naomi House, MLIS, INALJ Founder and Editor Furloughed & Job Hunting: why strategizing 1st is the key to success On Tuesday I went into work as instructed. My day job is as a reference, marketing and acquisitions librarian working for a federal contractor at a federal library. We showed up to shut down and…
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September 2013 Roundup (INALJ Stats )
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3 million total page views & over 318,000 page views this month alone! September was incredible! We hit 3 million page views on 9/27. September’s busiest day was 14,629 views on 9/9, and our busiest week had 77,396 views the 37th week of the year, and for the month INALJ.com had 318,609 views! Some…
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Catherine Wagner …Success Story
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This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions My interview with success story Catherine – this interview is from last year and Cathy has since found another position at a higher level- congrats Cathy! Naomi: How did you find your current job? Catherine:…
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#mlsadvice trending now on Twitter
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Hi Everyone, Just wanted you to know I have asked some friends and encourage others to join in and share their best advice to new MLS students on topics ranging from networking and job hunting to anything they might think is relevant. Check #mlsadvice on Twitter and follow – click through – RT and add…