Naomi House’s interview with success story, Kristin. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Kristin: I met a CPL branch manager while working on a class project. As I interviewed him for my assignment, we talked a bit about my career goals and experience. He ended up recommending me to the coordinator of the…
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Interviews, Success Stories
Patrica Finnerty …Success Story
Naomi House’s interivew with Patrica Finnerty, Outreach Librarian for the Pioneer Library System in Canandaigua, NY. Naomi: How did you find your current job? Pat: On the local regional library council website. It was also listed on INALJ as well. Thanks Naomi! Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? Pat: My college library at St.…
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Success Stories or why we do this!
When INALJ began, back when it was called “I Need a Library Job,” I started a list of all fans who found jobs. As we near 700+ I thought I’d share the list here as well as all the fabulous success stories and interviews here on INALJ.com. Congratulations and here is hoping we reach 1,000+…
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Mahalo!
Next week I will be back to 100% instead of 66%. Vacation on the wonderful island of O’ahu has been incredible! I was able to speak at the University of Hawaii Manoa and be a guest at the annual meeting of the SLA Hawaiian Pacific Chapter! I did get plenty of rest too! Mahalo!
Interviews, Success Stories
Rachel Somerville …In Six
My interview with INALJ success story Rachel Naomi: How did you find your current job? Rachel: I heard about and became interested in the company through a friend and then saw the job posting on INALJ! Other places I looked were ALA Joblist, Indeed.com, and a few local listservs. Naomi: Favorite library you have been…
Interviews, Success Stories
Monique Lowe …Success Story
My interview with success story, Monique Naomi: How did you find your current job? Monique: Since a couple months before graduating (August 2011) I put a great deal of focus on the job hunt. I utilized my school’s employment site (iTrack), list servs and other employment websites. I was still working part time for U of M…
Interviews, Success Stories
Liz Thompson …Success Story
My interview with success story, Liz Naomi: How did you find your current job? Liz: I scoured the online resources (INALJ and ala.org to name but a few) weekly. I also volunteered for as many professional events and groups as my time allowed. I’ve heard that professional networking is crucial to finding and being offered…
Interviews, Success Stories
Zoe Fisher …Success Story
My interview with success story, Zoe Naomi: How did you find your current job? Zoe: I saw the job posting on the ACRL-NW (Association of College & Research Libraries – Northwest) listserv. I wasn’t sure whether or not to apply at first because I knew I’d have to relocate, but I decided to give it…
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Underemployed?
This statement, “I am underemployed,” I have been hearing quite a bit. Knowing that the only thing that you control in the process is you ask yourself, what do I need to do differently? Are you really underemployed because the job market is bad or is it because you can or won’t be flexible? Is…
Interviews, Success Stories
Lauren Linn …Success Story
My interview with success story, Lauren Naomi: How did you find your current job? Lauren: I worked in higher education prior to returning to school for my MSIS and always wanted to continue my professional career in that environment. After graduation from my program, I actively pursued positions in academic libraries but also monitored all…
Interviews, Success Stories
Benjamin Nanamaker …Success Story
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…
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Success Stories
682 fans have found jobs!!!!! Many have done interviews with INALJ.com giving tips, advice and their stories and you can read them all in my Success Stories section! See the full list of names as well 🙂 If you have found a job even if it wasn’t through INALJ.com let me know by emailing me…
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INALJ.com is One!
INALJ.com was launched a year ago as a webzine companion to the daily jobs digest. It has grown to host the INALJ Jobs Digest, interviews with great organizations and jobs success stories, as well as hosting links to all of INALJ’s communities on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The past year at INALJ.com has been dynomite!…