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Rachel Chenault is a 2006 graduate of the University of Alabama SLIS. Although she was a children’s librarian for two years (where she discovered she loves story time), she now works as an academic...
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Ashley Stevens is a 2011 graduate of the joint M.A./M.L.I.S. program at the University of South Carolina. Currently, she works as an Archives Technician for the National Archives in Philadelphia as a...
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This anonymous interview is with a job hunter who is currently employed (even if part-time or in an unrelated field), has not been hired within the last two months, and has been looking for a new...
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Here’s the next post in our Hired Librarians feature, where I interview a recent successful job hunter and the librarian that hired her. This week I’m interviewing Nicole Tekulve, Information Commons...
View ArticleI Guess We’re Supposed to Dress Better Than That During the Week
This anonymous interview is with an Academic librarian who has been a member of a hiring or search committee. This librarian works at a library with 0-10 staff members in a Rural area in the Southern...
View ArticleDon’t Leave People Hanging
This anonymous interview is with a job hunter who is currently employed (even if part-time or in an unrelated field) and has been hired within the last two months. This person looked for a new position...
View ArticleGentlemen, Check Your Flies. Please.
This anonymous interview is with an Academic librarian who has been a member of a hiring or search committee. This librarian works at a library with 10-50 staff members in an Urban area in the Southern...
View ArticleEveryone Loves a Bargain, But You Often Get What You Pay For
This anonymous interview is with a job hunter who is not currently employed has not been hired within the last two months, and has been looking for a new position for Six months to a year. This person...
View ArticleHired Librarians: I Could Picture our Clients Relating to Her Very Well
In this feature, Hired Librarians, I interview a recent successful job hunter and the person that hired her. This week I’m interviewing Mira Geffner, Program Assistant, and the person that hired here,...
View ArticleBe Transparent as to Whether You Are Forward-Thinking & Innovative
This post originally appeared on February 18, 2013. A year two follow up will be posted in just a few moments. When she was at Rutgers, Lauren Read (MLIS 2009) worked at Montclair (NJ) Public Library,...
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