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It’s Not Easy Being Green:
building strategies for job hunting success for beginners in the library field
Naomi House, MLIS
INALJ Publisher/FounderReference and Acquisitions Librarian at
a Federal Library
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Naomi House, MLIS
-Graduated from Rutgers in 2011
-100% online program
-Non-traditional student
-Worked as staff for 6 years before finding my librarian position
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Kismet?
I found my job on the DC/SLA listserv
It was only advertised there & on the Catholic University listserv
Why did finding job postings have to be so hard?
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I Need a Library Job!!!
What did I want? How could I help my classmates?
listservs + websites+ job scrapers = a Master List
Along with Elizabeth Leonard we began
I Need a Library Job!!!
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INALJI = Personalized
Need = We all need to work to live
Library = Still the unifying term (MLS)
Job = Work – the whole point!
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INALJ on the Web
INALJ.com
INALJ Facebook
INALJ Twitter
INALJ LinkedIn
INALJ listserv
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Experience?
• Volunteer• Pick Two – don’t spread yourself too thin• Look to the Listservs- Ask!• Internships- INALJ lists these too!• Temp agencies• Informational Interviews• Computer skills training• Certification –SLA ClickU
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Strategy
• What are your limits? Location? • What won’t you compromise on?• Do you want a job or a library job?• Join listservs!!! • Blogs! Twitter! FB!• Non-library jobs!
• Never rely on only one source.
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Resources (INALJ)
• Jobs Websites Alabama-Hawaii• Jobs Websites Idaho-Montana• Jobs Websites Nebraska- Wyoming• Jobs Websites International• All INALJ jobs daily digest• Who we follow (in part)
• h/t to Rachel Singer Gordon at LISjobs.com
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Q & A
Now what about you?
Questions?