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If They Really Are That Good, They Are Too Good To Desire My Entry Level Job
This anonymous interview is with an Academic Librarian who has been a hiring manager and a member of a hiring committee at a library with 0-10 staff members. What are the top three things you look for...
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Further Questions: Would you Hire Someone Without Library Experience for a...
Welcome to a new Hiring Librarians feature, which looks at a single hiring issue from multiple perspectives. This week’s question, inspired by comments and tweets following this post, is: Would you...
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Further Questions: What are Your Favorite Questions to Ask in an Interview?
This week I asked people who hire librarians: What are your favorite questions to ask in interview, and why? If you can talk a little about the difference between what you ask over the phone versus...
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Further Questions: Would you hire someone with a MLIS for a paraprofessional...
This week I asked people who hire librarians: Would you hire someone with a MLIS for a paraprofessional position (e.g. assistant, clerk, page)? If so, under what circumstances? If not why not? I do...
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Understand the Value of All the Positions in the Library
Jaye Lapachet is a law librarian who has worked for Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP since 2001, spending the last five as the Manager of Library Services with a staff of 0-10 employees. She has...
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Further Questions: What does “or equivalent” mean?
This week’s question is again inspired by a reader. Thanks to this and all of the rest of you readers for being inspiring! I asked people who hire librarians: Broadly,what does “or equivalent” really...
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Program Profile: Library Support Staff Certification
Remember this Further Questions post, where I asked If the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) program gave candidates an edge? I reached out to see if I could do a follow-up post with the...
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Further Questions: How many librarian positions are there at your library?
This week I’ve been thinking about the job outlook for librarians, and I decided to ask a related question here. This week I asked people who hire librarians: How many librarian positions are there at...
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For Public Review: Unnamed Job Hunter 2
Welcome to crowd-sourced resume review for LIS job hunters! Please help the job hunter below by using the comment button to offer constructive criticism on her resume. Some guidelines for constructive...
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For Public Review: Lauren Bourdages
Welcome to crowd-sourced resume review for LIS job hunters! Please help the job hunter below by using the comment button to offer constructive criticism on her resume. Some guidelines for constructive...
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Further Questions: Does Word Really Get Around?
This week I asked people who hire librarians: The idea of someone’s reputation comes up fairly regularly in career discussions. Does it really matter? Has there ever been a case where you haven’t...
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Job Hunter Follow Up Year Two: Cristy Moran
Cristy Moran took the Job Hunter’s survey on January 4, 2013. Her responses appeared as There is a “Black Hole” of Information After One Drops a Resume. We last followed up with her on December 9,...
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