{"id":4691,"date":"2012-10-24T08:32:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T12:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2012-11-20T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T21:23:44","slug":"jonathan-harrison-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=4691","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Harrison …Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

My interview with success story, Jonathan<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 How did you find your current job?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 Scouring my current workplace’s job page. \u00a0Already being a worker, even though I was quarter time, got me an interview which lead to me being hired.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favorite library you have been to?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 I would say the downtown public library in Nashville TN<\/a>. \u00a0I worked there for a year and half but the classic\u00a0beauty\u00a0of the building never got old.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favorite book?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 All the King’s Men<\/em>\u00a0by Robert Penn Warren<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favorite thing about libraries\/ library technology?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 Personally I love physical books. \u00a0I wish I could live in an age where they were the only source of information, but I realize that’s more or less a pipe dream.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 Any websites or feeds or blogs we should be following?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 INALJ<\/a> seems to be the most comprehensive job feed that I could find, but I also searched libgig<\/a> quite frequently and any library\/information job page in my general area.<\/p>\n

Naomi:<\/strong>\u00a0 Best piece of job hunting advice?
\nJonathan:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think every job searcher should read \u00a0“Know the Difference: Identifying Obstacles to Employment by Ellen Mehling<\/a>” an article that was posted on INALJ<\/a> a few months back. A sense of entitlement destroyed my job search in the beginning, but when I learned I deserved nothing I started to see consistent results. \u00a0 Also before every interview, I would ask myself “What is everyone else not <\/em>doing?” and then I would try to do it. \u00a0I started sending thank you notes to employers for reviewing my application and by my last month of job searching I was averaging two interviews a week. \u00a0For my current position’s second interview, I wrote a six month strategic plan which I’m pretty sure earned me the position.<\/p>\n

I graduated with an English degree from Lipscomb University in 2007. \u00a0After teaching English in China for a few months, \u00a0I worked retail for two years before deciding that I needed a career path, so I decided to earn my MLIS from Florida State University<\/a> entirely online. \u00a0I graduated in December 2011. \u00a0After eight or nine months job searching, I found a position as an assessment manager at my alma mater, and I’ve been working there for a little over a month.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My interview with success story, Jonathan Naomi:\u00a0 How did you find your current job? Jonathan:\u00a0 Scouring my current workplace’s job page. \u00a0Already being a worker, even though I was quarter time, got me an interview which lead to me being hired. Naomi:\u00a0 Favorite library you have been to? Jonathan:\u00a0 I would say the downtown public…<\/p>\n

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