{"id":29265,"date":"2013-07-05T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=29265"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T14:43:04","slug":"believe-that-you-will-get-a-library-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=29265","title":{"rendered":"Believe (that you will get a library job)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\np.normal, li.normal, div.normal\n\t{mso-style-name:normal;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Arial;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Arial;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\n\tcolor:black;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, <a title=\"INALJ Utah\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=5730\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Utah<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Believe (that you will get a library job)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/NenaSchvaneveldt-e1372627906128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30185 alignleft\" alt=\"NenaSchvaneveldt\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/NenaSchvaneveldt-e1372627906128-300x225.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>I had a rough start to my professional life. I was quickly laid off my first job out of college and was fired from my first librarian job. In hindsight, I can see that I wasn\u2019t quite ready to handle the real world, and the mistakes I made hurt me deeply. Not only had I burned some bridges, but I had also lost a lot of confidence. I wasn\u2019t the golden child I thought I was. I was able to get a couple of jobs outside the field to help me grow, and fortunately, I had a couple of supervisors who really helped me mature as a new professional.<\/p>\n<p>I was finally at a point where I wasn\u2019t reeling from my early failures, working in an administrative job \u201cjust to get through graduate school,\u201d<strong> when my boss announced that she was leaving. I was devastated.<\/strong> She gave people little gifts before she left. I got a plastic fake rock that says \u201cBelieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At that time, I was about halfway through my master\u2019s degree. I wasn\u2019t working in a library, and no libraries seemed to be calling me back. I was sure, though, that they would when I was done. But I doubted. I had been fired from being a librarian, for crying out loud. Who\u2019d want me?<\/p>\n<p>I kept the rock on my desk underneath my computer monitor.<strong> I don\u2019t know why I got \u201cbelieve\u201d instead of \u201chope\u201d or \u201cfaith\u201d or anything else, but it came to be a reminder to me to believe that I would get through whatever was thrown at me.<\/strong> I had to remember to believe that I made the right decision to go to graduate school, even when job searching wasn\u2019t as easy as I\u2019d hoped. I had to believe that I would get a job in a library.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t bring the rock to my new desk &#8211; the circulation desk at a small academic library. Instead, it stayed at home. I had to take a step back in my career to move forward. Although I\u2019d worked my way up to a professional level in my last job, I had to go back to paraprofessional to work in a library. And when things get tough and I think I\u2019ll never be a librarian, I remember that stupid rock telling me to believe.<\/p>\n<p>After putting in a year of work, I got promoted. <strong>And one of the first things I brought into my new office was that rock.<\/strong> My career path isn\u2019t remotely what I thought it would be. I thought I\u2019d take one flying leap from graduate school into a librarian job, but it\u2019s taking me a few small steps instead. But on most days, I believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah Believe (that you will get a library job) I had a rough start to my professional life. I was quickly laid off my first job out of college and was fired from my first librarian job. 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