This month has been fantastic! Thirty fans found jobs which is up from seven last February. Last February I was calling the daily email the LJDD (Library Job Daily Digest) and INA LJ (I Need A Library Job) and it was 34 pages long Now it is INALJ and over 150 pages long and often…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Interviews
Alua S. Kennedy …In Six
In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…
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Applying out of state
For those of you who do not follow us on LinkedIn yet one of the most active conversations INALJ fans are having right now involves whether or not it is worth it to apply for out of state job opportunities. Come join the conversation here: http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=4112382&type=member&item=96211093&qid=35a2f5ff-269f-4291-86aa-9e00ec7db0e0&trk=group_most_popular-0-b-ttl&goback=.gmp_4112382 and also let us know if you have been…
Interviews
Corinne Seals …In Six
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Happy Monday!
I am looking forward to another eventful week! I hope to have my new intern start this week. Last week we sold our house and began the new house hunt in earnest. And at last, as we begin to look towards spring, we have much to celebrate at INALJ. The past month has seen 29…
Interviews
GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido …In Six
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Interviews
Zack Frazier …In Six
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Blog Love: Mental Floss, At the Libraries
About a month ago INALJ was featured on the fabulous At the Libraries blog on Mental Floss, one of my favorite mental health break websites! I love it! This is definitely one of those weeks where when I am online I need some down time (we are selling our house Friday, goodbye sweet house), and…
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INALJ Jobs
INALJ Jobs Our most extensive online resource for jobs for information professionals, librarians, knowledge managers and those in related fields USA • Canada • International • Post a Job JOBS 2025 & 2024 INALJ Jobs 2023 INALJ Jobs 2016-2022 INALJ Jobs State pages with more resources USA – Remote / Telework Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas…
Interviews, Success Stories
Sarah McNeil …In Six
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On Volunteering
First I just want to say a HUGE thanks to my volunteers both past and present! It is amazing what a little bit of coordination and a whole lot of volunteers can do. INALJ, the daily jobs digest, is much more robust than even a few short months ago due in no small part to…
Interviews, Success Stories
Leanna Simon …In Six
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Articles
Weekend Warrior
One habit I have tried to improve at and cultivate is using my weekends more wisely. For me one of my goals is every weekend to add interviews and articles to INALJ.com so that everything rolls out seamlessly throughout the week. Back when I was hunting for a job I made myself a pact that…
Interviews, Success Stories
Lauren Najdul …In Six
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Spotlight: International Jobs Pages
You can find more job resources for states for International jobs on the INALJ.com international page here: Jobs Pages: International. I wanted to highlight one of the resources offered here at INALJ.com, the state and international jobs pages. These are lists originally compiled and hosted on LISJobs.com by Rachel Singer Gordon. We have taken over…
Interviews, Success Stories
Sonya Durney …In Six
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One of those days
by Ann Davis “One of those days” seems to occur more and more frequently when un(der)employed and career hunting. More often than I’d like to admit, the inner 6-year-old in me wants to stand up on a table and scream, “Life is not fair! When will it be MY turn?! This is NOT what was…
Interviews
Jeanne Kramer-Smyth …In Six
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♥Happy Valentine’s Day All!♥
Today is my parents wedding anniversary so Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! And I am wishing my husband, Sana Khan, another wonderful day 🙂 I take no sides in the whole commercialization of the day versus those who love to celebrate it fight. But my wish for all of you is that you can feel…
Interviews, Success Stories
Aaron Crandall …In Six
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Articles
Ask Naomi: Where else can I look?
Say you have signed up for the daily INALJ jobs digest email, and subscribe to many listservs/rss feeds, and scan through Indeed.com, and follow companies on LinkedIn but you are feeling like there is something more you can be doing. There is. One tool I used in previous job hunts was to find the website…
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Spotlight: Nebraska-Wyoming Jobs Pages
You can find more job resources for states from Nebraska-Wyoming on the INALJ.com states page here: Jobs Pages: NE-WY. I wanted to highlight one of the resources offered here at INALJ.com, the state and international jobs pages. These are lists originally compiled and hosted on LISJobs.com by Rachel Singer Gordon. I have taken over site…
Interviews, Success Stories
Aaron Nelson …In Six
In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…
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Must Follow: Archives Gig
When I first began working on the daily INALJ jobs email it was less than 20 pages long in no small part because I had no idea about the wealth of resources available for librarians, library staff, archivists and other information professionals seeking work. It was actually a Smithsonian Librarian who turned me on to…
Interviews, Success Stories
Meghan Duffy …In Six
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Spotlight: Idaho-Montana Jobs Pages
You can find more job resources for states from Idaho-Montana on the INALJ.com states page here: Jobs Pages: IL-MT. I wanted to highlight one of the resources offered here at INALJ.com, the state and international jobs pages. These are lists originally compiled and hosted on LISJobs.com by Rachel Singer Gordon. We have taken over site…
Interviews, Success Stories
Matt Shangler …In Six
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Spotlight: Alabama-Hawaii jobs websites
You can find more job resources for states from Alabama-Hawaii on the INALJ.com states page here: Jobs Pages: AL-HI. I wanted to highlight one of the resources offered here at INALJ.com, the state and international jobs pages. These are lists originally compiled and hosted on LISJobs.com by Rachel Singer Gordon. We have taken over site…
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Rebecca Borowski …In Six
My interview with my former colleague Rebecca Borowski! Naomi: If you could take any of your hobbies and create a job out of them or integrate it into your job what would it be? And how? Rebecca: I love taking pictures of food/restaurants, cooking, parties, friends, events, art and nature. I also take pictures of…
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How Far We Have Come in One Year
Wow- just out of curiosity this weekend I decided to look at a copy of the INALJ daily jobs digest that I sent out in January of 2011. It was 37 pages long and it was sent to 167 email subscribers. Now, only one short year later we range from 150-215 pages of jobs each…
Interviews
Chris Bourg …In Six
In order to better reflect how LIS folk currently feel I am removing all interviews that are more than 1 year old. This interview may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positions, so it has been harvested to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (see link below) and removed from INALJ. All…
Articles
The Dark Shadows of Unemployment
by Amy Dittman The Dark Shadows of Unemployment In the spring of 2010, it looked like my husband was going to get a new job out-of-state. It wasn’t a sure thing, mind you, but the prospect looked very promising. I had a tough decision to make. Did I keep my teaching position knowing there was…
Interviews, Success Stories
Emily Singley …In Six
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Interviews
Bobbi Newman …In Six
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