{"id":80383,"date":"2014-09-02T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=80383"},"modified":"2014-09-02T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T16:20:38","slug":"keeping-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=80383","title":{"rendered":"Keeping a Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Sarah Dashow, Senior Assistant, INALJ Newfoundland and Labrador<\/a>, Nunavut<\/a>, Northwest Territories<\/a>,\u00a0Yukon<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Keeping a Record<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Sarah<\/a>Sometimes, it\u2019s just time to move on from whatever job you have. Maybe you are tired of the\u00a0same old thing, or maybe you just feel like your position is stagnant and you want a job where you can\u00a0move up. Then, it comes down to writing an updated resume or cover letter based on your last few\u00a0years at whatever library, archive, or wherever else you may have worked, and suddenly, you can\u2019t\u00a0remember all those big projects or assignments you completed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy when you\u2019ve been in a job for a while to forget some of the things you did back when\u00a0you first started, especially if it\u2019s been five or more yea<\/strong>rs. For me, I can forget something as recent as a\u00a0few months ago if I don\u2019t talk about it enough, so I started to take notes.<\/p>\n

Ever since I started my co-op position, I\u2019ve taken and kept weekly notes of everything I\u2019ve done<\/strong>.\u00a0No matter whether it was a small assignment or a big project or a presentation, I made sure to write it\u00a0down. This was by the suggestion of the senior co-op student that I\u2019ve been working with all term, and it\u00a0is something I am definitely grateful for.<\/p>\n

I have folders for each month and word documents for each week<\/strong>, and each one has dates and\u00a0days that I can easily reference at any time. Part of this is so I can report to my supervisor during our\u00a0weekly status meetings what I have worked on each week, but part of it is just for me and my future job\u00a0search.<\/p>\n

Sure it might seem silly and a little redundant at times, especially when as a new co-op student\u00a0back in May I was mainly completing training sessions and getting to know my way around the job, but\u00a0when it came time to write my mid-term report and my end-of-term report, I didn\u2019t regret a single thing\u00a0I wrote down.<\/p>\n

It helped me to remember not only what I learned, but how I applied it, and not just vague\u00a0recollections, but actual specific outcomes, and now that I\u2019ve taken an extension through December, I\u00a0know I am not going to remember what I did eight months ago when I am back in school in January.<\/p>\n

I will be able to have a week-by-week record of every project and everything I learned while\u00a0completing my co-op, and I know that when it comes time for me to start applying for jobs near the end\u00a0of my final term, or even looking for part-time jobs when I start back, I\u2019ll be able to talk about my work\u00a0here more confidently<\/strong> than if I was just trying to recall from my memory.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done interviews in the past where I\u2019ve been asked those questions that I always dread, such\u00a0as \u201cWhen did you deal with a difficult or challenging situation?\u201d or \u201cWhen was an example of when you\u00a0worked on a team?,\u201d and I always struggle to come up with concrete examples, because I don\u2019t always\u00a0remember the specific details of every team project or situation I had to deal with. So my answers, I\u00a0know, seem sloppy and confused, and I am sure I ramble on and on sometimes.<\/p>\n

I know that having this record of everything I\u2019ve done to look back on every time I\u2019m about to\u00a0prepare for an interview will be invaluable, and this is a simply habit to get into that I will take with me\u00a0everywhere I go now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Sarah Dashow, Senior Assistant, INALJ Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories,\u00a0Yukon Keeping a Record Sometimes, it\u2019s just time to move on from whatever job you have. Maybe you are tired of the\u00a0same old thing, or maybe you just feel like your position is stagnant and you want a job where you can\u00a0move up. Then,…<\/p>\n

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