{"id":5261,"date":"2013-04-11T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2013-05-27T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T17:16:09","slug":"jobs-hope-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=5261","title":{"rendered":"Jobs, Hope, and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

***Want to find ALL our jobs?\u00a0 They all live at this link, INALJ Daily Jobs<\/a>***<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jobs, Hope, and Community by Amy Nickless.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not a INALJ “success story”, but maybe in the future I will be.\u00a0 However, that doesn’t mean I don’t recognize the value of the site and its efforts.\u00a0 Naomi House did a wonderful job by creating this venture to help fellow librarians, librarians-to-be, archivists, and archivists-to-be with their job searches.\u00a0 With the help of her editors and volunteers, INALJ expanded and will hopefully have a long life.<\/p>\n

What are some ways in which INALJ helpful?\u00a0 There are many, but let me highlight the few I consider the best.<\/p>\n

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  1. Locates Jobs Not On Other Popular Sites and Listservs:<\/strong>\u00a0 The INALJ Digest has frequently featured job not listed on other popular library job sites, like ALA Joblist<\/a>, LibGigs Jobs<\/a>, or HigherEd Jobs<\/a>.\u00a0 I know this because I follow those sites and many others via RSS or e-mail alerts.\u00a0 How is this possible?\u00a0 Since there are many volunteers who contribute jobs from their regions, those volunteers are able to locate jobs posted to a local or state website, institution website, or listservs that job seekers from another part of the country may not know exist.*\u00a0 Chances are if a job is posted online somewhere, INALJ has it listed.<\/li>\n
  2. Jobs Divided By State:<\/strong>\u00a0 Sometimes a job seeker might be geographically limited.\u00a0 The individual might have preexisting obligations, such as family situations, that affect the job search.\u00a0 Most other places online list the jobs in the order received.\u00a0 Occasionally, the location is not obvious at a glance.\u00a0 Dividing the jobs by state, or province for Canada, and country help to immediately narrow results.\u00a0 For example, I’m from Missouri at a point where within three hours or less I can be in four other states.\u00a0 With INALJ’s format, I can quickly check and see what those five states offer first.\u00a0 Essentially, this point boils down to librarians and archivist love organization and INALJ delivers in this regard.<\/li>\n
  3. Success Stories:\u00a0 <\/strong>With the current economic situation, it is easy to feel hopeless about the job search. I’ve fallen into that trap myself.\u00a0 Besides providing job postings, INALJ provides hope.\u00a0 Multiple times a day Naomi posts to Facebook and Twitter when someone is lucky enough to find a job.\u00a0 She also posts series of blogs called “Success Stories<\/a>” (formerly “..In Six”)\u00a0 Both remind job seekers there is hope despite the bleak economy and budget cuts.\u00a0 Additionally the “Success Stories” feature useful tips for job seekers; the subjects of the stories tell how they located their position and\u00a0 provide their best piece of job hunting advice.<\/li>\n
  4. It’s a Community:<\/strong>\u00a0 INALJ is not just a e-mail digest or website.\u00a0 It also features Twitter<\/a>, a Facebook<\/a> page, and a LinkedIn <\/a>group.\u00a0 Facebook and Twitter seem to be more for sharing INALJ content and commenting on it, but LinkedIn features conversations between members.\u00a0 Anyone can post a question, link, or comment on LinkedIn and someone is sure to reply.\u00a0 This means if you have a question about job hunting, there is a forum where not only is someone there to help, but there may be a grateful someone who had the same question but was hesitant to ask.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    INALJ is all about helping librarians, archivists, and future librarians and archivists find jobs.\u00a0 As we can see, providing job postings is not the only way the venture does this.\u00a0 It provides hope and a community for job hunters.\u00a0 And remember, once you find a job, you don’t have to receive recognition public by Naomi to be a INALJ “success story.”\u00a0 Finding a job itself is wonderful enough; that alone means you are a “success story.”<\/p>\n

    *INALJ does list some state and regional websites at the beginning of the listings for each state in the Digest and on the webpage.<\/p>\n

    Amy C. Nickless is a 2012<\/em> LIS graduate from the University of Missouri<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 She has served as a graduate reference assistant at Mizzou’s Ellis Library and as a manuscript collection volunteer and intern with The State Historical Society of Missouri.\u00a0 Currently, she is volunteering to transcribe documents and write website content for a digitization project at Southeast Missouri State University where she obtained a B.A. History (2010) and worked on a special collections-related project.\u00a0 She’s interested in information literacy, library instruction, reference services, and archival processing and preservation.\u00a0 She has always wanted a career in library science because she could combine her knowledge; organizing, researching, and teaching skills; and desire to help others.\u00a0 She writes a blog titled <\/em>Amy’s Scrap Bag:\u00a0 A Blog about Libraries, Archives, and History<\/em><\/a> and is on Twitter as <\/em>@amycnickless<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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