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What Went Right: A Case Study of a Successful Hiring (Part 1) by Ellen Mehling, Career Development Consultant, METRO

When the right person is hired, there is a story...
Well, actually, two stories: the employer’s story of the search for the best applicant, and the new employee’s story of his or her job search.
These stories begin apart and can cover weeks or even months with multiple steps and behind-the-scenes activities before converging in the new hire’s first day, when a new story begins.
This month we’re interviewing Krissa Corbett Cavouras, a recent hire at the Brooklyn Public Library, about her experience applying for the position of Engagement Manager in Marketing & Communications.

Ellen Mehling: Where did you go to school? What degrees and/or certificates do you hold?
Krissa Corbett Cavouras: I attended Sarah Lawrence for my undergraduate degree and earned my masters from Pratt School of Information and Library Science (SILS) in 2011.

EM: Were you employed elsewhere when you applied for this job? For how long had you been job hunting?
KCC: I was working for a small e-commerce company, as a knowledge manager on their marketing team, for two years prior to starting at Brooklyn Public Library. I had probably been actively looking for about three months when I had my first interview here.

EM: How did you learn about the position? Did you have any connections via your network to that workplace?
KCC: I heard about the position on a couple of fronts -- first, because I’ve had Brooklyn Public Library’s job page bookmarked for years, ever since I graduated from library school! Second, my manager Robin and I have several mutual friends from our early days as bloggers, so I saw the job shared around that mutual circle on Facebook. (I do think that’s how I knew it was in serious recruitment, because sometimes you don’t know from a website job posting if it’s a really open position.) I also have several library school colleagues who now work in the system, although I don’t think I saw this specific posting on my library school listserv.  read more...

Letter: Disappearing librarians one more blow to human interaction

Reader says replacing librarians with self-serve machines isolates people.

Photograph by: Calgary Herald

Saturday was a sad day for me. My local library has gone self-serve. In the
exact location where the librarians used to stand, I now stare at a self-serve machine. This was so upsetting to me, that I actually forgot the last four digits of my phone number.

In the past, when they suggested I use the optional self-serve machine, I always refused,
thinking, "I have a 21st century, sit-in-front-of-thecomputer-type-job.
What I really want is to be able to talk to you. I want the possibility of hearing you say, 'Oh, that book looks interesting' or 'I've heard about this book'." Read more...

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Find Unadvertised Job Openings with a Clever Google Search

Most job openings at most companies go unadvertised—that is, they're posted on their site, but they're not farmed out to recruiters or posted on massive job boards. That also makes them harder to find. 

Thankfully, Google can do the job for you. Use these search strings to uncover matching gigs.

The market for new jobs is so competitive that most companies don't see a need to spend a ton of money hiring third-party recruiting firms or posting their jobs to the top of big job boards just to get candidates to apply. Between internal referral programs and word-of-mouth, posting a job to the company's "Careers" page is usually enough. To uncover those unadvertised openings, all you need is a little Google-fu. The folks at the Glassdoor Blog explain that all you need to do is cast your net over the major employee applicant tracking systems that companies use to post and manage responses to their job postings:

Do you know what an applicant tracking system is? Wikipedia defines it as “a software application that enables the electronic handling of recruitment needs.” As a jobseeker, you refer to it as the electronic blackhole that eats up resumes. Specifically, it’s the system you interact with when you apply for a job on a company careers website. One of the more popular applicant tracking systems is produced by a company called “Taleo.”

With a little help from Google, you will be able to search company websites that are using the Taleo system. In this way, you will be able to find jobs that are not posted on (insert leading job board name here) and have an edge on your competition. Let me show you how.  Read more...

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Librarians in the 21st Century: Designing a Career Strategy for Evolving Roles and Opportunities by Lisa Chow

Librarians in the 21st Century: Designing a Career Strategy for Evolving Roles and Opportunities

by Lisa Chow, People-Centered Design Advocate and Librarian at People Interact Consultancy on Oct 17, 2013

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4 Ways Blogging Helps Build a Better Career

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Levo League

Since competition for entry-level and even mid-level jobs is very high, it’s important for young professionals to stand out to prospective employers in any way they can. One way to do this: start a blog.
As a blogger, you are in control of the content – and ultimately your online reputation and presence.
Here are four more ways blogging can help your career, right now:

Beef Up Your Writing Portfolio

If you are in the field of communications, having excellent writing skills will set you apart from the competition. How exactly do you become a great writer? Practice. Much like any athlete or musician, the only way to excel in your craft is to continue to practice. Having a blog which you post to daily, weekly, or even monthly gives you a variety of writing samples to add to your portfolio. My writing portfolio is filled with articles that I wrote for my personal blog. All writing samples should be recognized, whether it was for a national newspaper or a simple WordPress site. Read more...

How to Land a Library Job

The library job market may finally be heating up, but so too is the competition for those jobs

By Brian Kenney |

Aug 02, 2013

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I don’t claim to be an expert in much, but when it comes to securing a library job I’ve got hard-won advice worth sharing. For much of my career I suffered from a kind of librarian wanderlust, switching jobs every two or three years, which pretty much means that I spent my first 20 years in this profession engaged in a continuous job search. But I’ve also put in plenty of time on the other side of the interview table, having hired scores of librarians while managing libraries large and small, as well as hiring librarians as editors, back when I worked in publishing.

Although the economy is slowly climbing out of its sinkhole, don’t expect finding a library position to get easier any time soon. State funding is under pressure, and local funding—which now makes up nearly the entire budget of your typical public library—remains flat at best. Although there are more job openings in 2013 than in previous years, there is also more competition for those positions. Jobseekers, especially those looking for their first librarian positions, need to have their game faces on. Read article...

PW contributing editor Brian Kenney.

How to Actually Get a Job on Twitter - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic

How to Actually Get a Job on Twitter

We know a lot more about our latest hire from his tweets than his transcript or resume

Alexis C. Madrigal Jul 31 2013, 3:23 PM ET

Tomorrow, my newest hire starts here at The Atlantic. Robinson Meyer is his name, he just finished up school at Northwestern, and he may be the only college kid to actually get a job because of how good he is on Twitter. He's so good that I've been wanting to hire him since he was a sophomore. I brought him in as an intern last summer, and now, we've hired him as a staffer.

The Twitter thing is not what you're thinking. I didn't look at his Klout score. I don't care how many followers he has. I don't care how funny he is (though he's very funny).
Rob got my attention by becoming a part of The Atlantic Tech's extended cast of writers and interlocutors. His network analysis was uncanny. One minute I've never heard of this kid, and the next minute, he's engaged in interesting, respectful conversation with half of my Internet friends.

That takes a certain kind of fearlessness, and most of the time it'd be paired with arrogance. But not with Rob. His humility is genuine, driven by a real desire to think this stuff through. And the thing that I always noticed about Meyer's conversations with everyone was that he was such a good and generous reader of other people's work. He tended to respond with whatever the opposite of snark is. His role became to connect good ideas with each other by connecting good writers with each other. He wove the social fabric tighter and made our conversations richer. Read more...

19 Vintage Photographs Of Stylin' Librarians

9 Vintage Photographs Of Stylin’ Librarians

Definitive proof that books are the sexiest accessory of all. posted on July 23, 2013 at 8:19pm EDT

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The 7 Skills Students Must Have For The Future | Edudemic

The 7 Skills Students Must Have For The Future

Added by Jeff Dunn on 2013-07-08

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Are students prepared for the future? Are they graduating ready to innovate? What are some of the skills students should have in order to have a successful future? Those are some of the questions Tony Wagner  (follow him on Twitter @DrTonyWagner) answers in a powerful talk all about the skills students must have for the future.

During the half-hour talk, Wagner talks about the “global achievement gap” which is essentially the divide between what our best schools are teaching and what’s actually needed in the future. In other words, even our best schools aren’t really adequately preparing students for the future. It’s not for lack of trying or resources, though. It’s in part due to the fact that most jobs of the future simply don’t exist yet. Not only that, it’s nearly impossible to figure out what industries those jobs will even be a part of.

The Skills Students Must Have

So if you’re not able to sit down and watch the full video below, here’s a quick rundown of the student skills Wagner recommends.

1. Critical thinking and problem-solving
2. Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
3. Agility and adaptability
4. Initiative and entrepreneurialism
5. Effective oral and written communication
6. Accessing and analyzing information
7. Curiosity and imagination

The Video 

Job Shoppers ALWAYS Get The Best Opportunities | CAREEREALISM

Job Shoppers ALWAYS Get The Best Opportunities | CAREEREALISM

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Ever heard of a job shopper? They are a rare but successful breed of employment seeker who always knows how to get the best jobs and climb the ladder on their own terms. These people make finding a new job look easy.
Well, you can, too. Job shoppers are no different than savvy car or clothes shoppers. Follow the rules of smart shopping and you can be on your way to a better opportunity, regardless of job market conditions.

Know What A Great Opportunity Looks Like

Smart shoppers do their homework. They research their options, study the trends, and make sure they know what a “good deal” looks like. Job shoppers are no different. Start by finding out the salary and benefit options for someone with your skills and years of experience. This is especially important if you’ve been with the same company for a long time. Tenured employees are often surprised to learn they are either at the low or high end of the range. Read more...

Being Laid Off? Know Your Rights As An Employee | CAREEREALISM

Being Laid Off? Know Your Rights As An Employee

By Andrew Deen

During the recent financial crisis, many companies ran into difficult times. Businesses struggled to stay afloat and employees were laid off. In the post-recession period, many companies are downsizing when their business does not meet set expectations. Today, employees are also familiar with the idea of pink slips, and they know that their individual performance and company’s financial health must be right to prevent any shocks.

Being Laid Off? Know Your Rights

While layoffs have become quite common in all industries today, many employees do not know that the law safeguards their interests and welfare. Here are some laws and policies that every employee should be aware of when he/she is asked to leave: Read more...

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We Want You to Quit Your Internship… Now!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Dave Ellis

You heard me correctly. I want you to quit. Write up a resignation letter… Pack your cubicle into a box… Say “Adios, jefe!” to the boss.

Quit. Right. Now.

Yes, we realize this is a controversial statement for YouTern to make… so let’s be clear:
I am not recommending you just bail when your internship gets hard… or it’s “boring”, or you’d rather be at the beach with friends. You signed onto your internship in good faith. And it’s not entirely up to your boss to give you a great internship. You have to put in some work to get what you want – and expect – out of the experience.

I’m speaking specifically to interns who are in bad internships; the internships where your boss doesn’t “get it”… where she really does have you making coffee and copies (believe us, those laughable internships still exist). I’m talking to the interns who, despite real effort, honestly can’t find anyone to take the time to mentor them. I’m telling you to stand up for yourself – get mad as hell – and be free from an internship where you’re viewed as “just an intern”.

At YouTern, we firmly believe that in any internship, whether ideal or perhaps not as advertised, your first and best option should be to “build your own internship.” But there will be times when, even though you’ve exhausted all your options, the internship is just a bad fit. In that case it may be best to cut your losses and leave – if you do it the right way.
And there’s always a right way…Read more...

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