by Naomi House, MLIS It is Never too Early to Job Hunt: Some Resources for New & Returning LIS students One frequently asked question that I get from new MLS/MLIS/LIS and soon to graduate students is how early should they begin to apply for jobs? I say start looking (even just to get familiar with…
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3 Off-the-Beaten-Paths to Librarianship
by Claire Schmieder, Senior Editor previously published 5/23/13 3 Off-the-Beaten-Paths to Librarianship Librarians have so many amazing skills, all of which are transferrable into any number of careers. If you’re having trouble finding a traditional library job, maybe it’s time to start searching for less conventional, but equally as rewarding, positions. Here is a tree-tops…
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What I’ve gained from working as a temp librarian
By Harold Rougeux, INALJ Alaska Assistant What I’ve gained from working as a temp librarian After what seemed like an endless string of applications and interviews, I finally had a solid job offer on the table. It had come kind of unexpectedly. I had just finished doing a short online presentation as part of the…
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A Change You Might Not Even Notice
by Naomi House, MLIS A Change You Might Not Even Notice Next week INALJ will undergo a significant change in its volunteer structure…and if I was not sharing this with you you might not even notice once it happened. That is intentional. The change is to lesson the time each volunteer spends on INALJ, while concentrating…
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Leaving Archives for Corporate Work, and Loving It
by Sarah Roark Schott, Head Editor, INALJ Arizona Leaving Archives for Corporate Work, and Loving It There have been a few posts here at INALJ about leaving the Library profession. Veda Darby Soberman, Head Editor of the Hawaii page wrote about it in July last year, and Naomi House, Head of INALJ, wrote a short piece…
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Approaching the job hunt by skill set
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The “In” Crowd: Librarian Jobs Beyond the Library
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Letting Go of “Librarian”
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…
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Pity Party for One
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Ask Naomi: How Did You find Your Job?
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Ask Naomi: expecting different results
Ask Naomi: expecting different results I really do believe that you cannot keep doing what you have always done and expect different results- this applies to the job hunting world as well. If you only apply to one type of job (librarian) or at one type of place (public library, university, etc) and you aren’t…
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What to do while you’re looking for a library job…
by Matthew Tansek, Head Editor, INALJ Rhode Island What to do while you’re looking for a library job… As many of you browsing this blog are aware, finding a good LIS job can be quite difficult and time consuming. Recent grads struggle to find low level positions, and those that are employed often are on…
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Why, If You’re Willing to Relocate, You Should Consider the DC Metro Area
by Rebecca Crago, Head Editor, INALJ Virginia Why, If You’re Willing to Relocate, You Should Consider the DC Metro Area It’s easy to get cynical when you hear the Library and Congress and Smithsonian are preparing for furloughs and a reduction of acquisitions over the coming fiscal year, but that doesn’t mean the job-creating grants…
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Taking the Road Less Traveled
by Karly Szczepkowski Taking the Road Less Traveled I was always drawn to the non-traditional aspects of our profession. For me, it was never about working in a building with the letter L on it or in a position with L in the job title. No, for me, it was about using those L skills:…
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Library Superstar Dream Jobs
by Emily Guier, Head Editor, INALJ Wyoming Library Superstar Dream Jobs Often, I’ll see a news story about a cool space and know that a librarian is the unsung superstar. That’s right, I said superstar. The following is a list of some dream jobs: 1) GM Heritage Center, http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/about-gm-heritage-center/. I heard about this archive on…
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Library Jobs: Searching Outside-the-box
by Aingeal Stone, Head Editor, INALJ Northwest Territories Library Jobs: Searching Outside-the-box Whether you are a new graduate or a seasoned veteran, job hunting with its attendance cycle of testing, interviewing and rejection can be demoralizing heartbreaking. Often there are too few positions with far too many applicants. In my experience, I have found that…
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What Would You Say You Do Here? JOBS!
The impetus behind INALJ (I Need a Library Job) was creating a jobs resource of all the library and information professional jobs we could find and distributing them to as many people as possible. To this end it is mostly the INALJ Daily Digest that is the reason for INALJ, the reason for our success…
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Top 10 Job Sites for Librarians & Info Pro’s
reposted from 12/5/11 by Karly Szczepkowski More than just job postings, these are resources, blogs, social media sites and satire that inspire, inform, amuse and distract. In no particular order: 1. Lisjobs.com : Job postings for librarians and information professionals. The site is entirely maintained by Rachel Singer Gordon. One of my favorite places to…
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New Jobs Pages Menu
Hi everyone- Now the four jobs lists (International, Alabama-Hawaii, Idaho-Montana, Nebraska-Wyoming) have been added as a submenu at the top of all INALJ pages right under the main menu (Home, Success Stories, etc). A HUGE thanks to Rachel Singer Gordon of LISJobs.com who allowed us to take over her list. We have updated and link…
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Ask Naomi: But I want to be a Librarian
While one of my great missions with INALJ is to expose library staff and librarians to jobs outside the “L” word/world by focusing on your skill sets, if you have really asked yourself do I want a job or a library job and answered “library, definitely” then what can you do to get a job…
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Ask Naomi: Outside-the-box jobs
Many years back I took a class at Computers in Libraries taught by Sabrina Pacifici called “Got CI?” Since then every year I eagerly look forward to Sabrina’s Competitive Intelligence entry in her webzine, LLRX.com. This year’s edition should help anyone who wonders just what CI is and what resources they’ll need to know to…
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Ask Naomi: Don’t Apply to Everything
Often I have served on more than one search committee at a particular job and we see the same candidate apply for every job we post whether it is a staff position, librarian, etc. What this tells us is that the person is desperate for any job but not necessarily focused on our specific job…
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Keywords for Job Searching
I have added a new permanent list to the right-hand sidebar called Keywords for Job Searching. I will add more as I find them or as they are suggested to me. Please drop me a line at ineedalibraryjob@gmail.com if you have any other terms you think I should add. h/t to Mallory for the idea-…