Marian Mays, Senior Editor, INALJ How to Survive Your MLS Distance Program: 6 Tips from a Recent Grad The transition to full-time online classes can be extremely tough, especially for new students. Online classes can make you feel isolated, require more personal diligence, and can be a time management nightmare. Plus, MLS programs don’t always offer students…
by Anastasia Chiu, MSLIS 5 Ways to Maximize Your Graduate Assistantship Experience ALA recently announced its new Opportunities Exchange search interface for the Financial Assistance for Library and Information Studies Directory, allowing library school students and applicants to find ways to fund their studies more easily. Many of the opportunities listed in FALIS are assistantships, either…
by Melody Townley, Educational Media Specialist Be Your Own Patron Recently, a student asked if she could interview me. Her class was in the process of completing a research project on careers. One question she asked me was, “Does your job involve problem solving?” I responded, “My job IS problem solving!” It got me thinking about…
6.5 million page views total! What a great month! The big news is June was our second busiest month ever! In addition our busiest day EVER was 23,893 views on 6/2, and our busiest week Ever was at 120,716 views, and our second busiest month EVER at INALJ.com with 496,126 views! June actually was a record month for average page views per day…
by Naomi House, MLIS Free Advice (Literally) for New Librarians INALJ along with many other jobs blogs out there, is full of great advice for new and transitioning professionals. Go to conferences! Tailor your resumés and cover letters each time! Take professional development classes! Network! Join associations! Actively participate IN associations! Volunteer! Take on an…
6 million page views total / 500,000+ in May alone What a great month! The big news is we reached over 6 million page views on INALJ.com and we broke 500,000 page views in a single month for the first time ever! In addition it was the best month at INALJ.com for all other stats! Our busiest day EVER was 23,771 views on 5/27, and our…
by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ is Going Global: and we need international volunteers Since the beginning INALJ has included jobs in several foreign countries as well as jobs that US citizens could be hired for internationally. We have fantastic participation from our INALJ Canada editors and we have been growing a few other country pages. …
by Naomi House, MLIS A Job App a Day and Other Job Hunting Strategies One of my pet peeves about job hunting advice articles is that many of them seem to equate their advice with guaranteed success, when actually there is no one bit of advice out there that works for every person in every…
Our best month Ever! What a great month! The big news is we reached over 5.5 million page views on INALJ.com! In addition it was the best month at INALJ.com for all stats! Our busiest day EVER was 21,863 views on 4/14, and our busiest week EVER at 116,111 views, and our busiest month EVER…
by Naomi House, MLIS The “In” Crowd: Librarian Jobs Beyond the Library As a long time member of SLA and someone who got their start in a specialized library I have been aware my entire library career that ‘librarian’ was just one title LIS grads can have. One thing I want to emphasize is that…
by Naomi House, MLIS Letting Go of “Librarian” I love discussing INALJ’s scope and strategy for finding jobs with anyone and everyone I meet. Often those who are familiar with our INALJ Jobs pages are curious as to why we post more than just the traditional librarian jobs. Either they are unfamiliar with some of…
by Naomi House, MLIS 7 (Must-Have) Tools for Your Job Hunting Kit Most of us already use tools in our job hunt but what we may not be doing is using them together. Tools are different from characteristics and attitudes because they are things that you use- not aspects of who you are. Especially where…
by Naomi House, MLIS The Less Trap: 8 Tips on Combating Doing the Same with Less Last May I was invited to speak at the National Press Club by LexisNexis. My passion for volunteer work and reality of staffing cuts at my workplace at the time were colliding. I spoke to the group about building versatility…
by Kasia Piasecka reposting from 1/26/12 and 3/28/12 Networking on LinkedIn: Informational Interviews vs. Librarianesque Stalking Personally, I enjoy meeting new people online in the interest of making new friends, business associates, tennis partners, pals to toss hackey sack, and yes, you guessed it, for the purpose of gaining knowledge from an informational interview. I…
5 million total page views reached in March! What a great month! The big news is we reached over 5 million page views at INALJ.com on 3/30! In addition it was the best month at INALJ.com for all stats! Our busiest day EVER was 20,026 views on 3/24, and our busiest week EVER at 104,475…
by Naomi House, MLIS 5 Million page views!!! Today at Noon Central time we hit the 5,000,000 page view mark! We have had a remarkable month hitting new ‘bests’: best day ever, best week ever, best month ever and now also hitting 5 million before the end of the month. I want to thank all…
February: 4.5 million views and best month ever! What a great month! The big news is we had our best month ever despite February being the shortest month of the year, and we reached over 4.5 million page views at INALJ.com. February’s busiest day and our busiest EVER was 16,939 views on 2/24 (the day I…
by Naomi House, MLIS INALJ is an all volunteer effort and I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who puts in time Monday-Friday each of the 52 weeks of the year to help bring job opportunities and advice to job hunters. On every page of INALJ.com you will see a list of…
by Rachael Altman, Head Editor for INALJ Illinois, and Volunteer Coordinator Volunteering is good karma: the many successes of INALJ volunteers Let’s face the facts: finding a job is not easy. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and grit to land a job. Sifting through hundreds of job postings. Sending dozens of resumes…
by Nena Schvaneveldt, Lauren Bourdages, and Kate Kosturski So You’re Thinking about being a Head Editor… About a year ago, a plucky group of people said yes to a new venture – being head editors on states pages on INALJ. Some are staying, some are going, leaving openings for future Head Editors. If you’re thinking…
by Amanda Viana, Head Editor, INALJ Massachusetts Reflecting on my first year as a Head Editor As the end of the year approaches I, like most people, have found myself reflecting on the past year. It hasn’t quite been a year since I started as the Head Editor of the INALJ MA page, but a…
by Shelley Macon, former Head Editor, INALJ Florida A Year at INALJ A year ago I was scrolling through facebook and noticed a shout out for volunteers to be state editors of INALJ. And truthfully, I noticed it, but I just kept right on scrolling and didn’t give it another thought. Then I went on…
by Nicole Usiondek, former INALJ Michigan Head Editor Volunteering for INALJ I’m sure many of you are wondering what it is like to volunteer for I Need a Library Job. I can tell you it is an experience that I am so grateful for and have not regretted once. As a Head Editor I spend…
For the next three days only a smattering of our pages will have updated jobs. This is because my volunteers work all year and for all holidays I like them to not feel pressure to update, but instead to focus on themselves, their friends and families. INALJ.com has around 180 volunteers at any one time…
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:…