hiringlibrarians

[hiringlibrarians]

"(not that I will necessarily find a job) but rather that I know I am not alone in my feelings of how horrifically awful job hunting is" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"Our library has only ever had one professional MLS librarian on staff. Currently, the Library Director is finishing their MLS, and the Technical Services Librarian has an MLS, however it is not a requirement by the state..." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #Librar

[hiringlibrarians]

"The interviewers laughed at me and started passing notes about me during the interview. When it was over one of them came out to give me unsolicited advice. I was mortified, and never wanted to show my face there again" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"I've had to hire a stupid number of people the past 3 years and it is EXHAUSTING. It's hard to maintain a positive attitude for recruiting while also trying to cover the responsibilities created by the vacancies. The survey has just reminded me of that"

[hiringlibrarians]

"'what was a time you hit a roadblock, and what did you do?' I always have to ask if they mean professional or in life, and then go from there." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"We need to speed up the process or have the hire more involved in knowing that they are considered for the position and the timeline in which they may be brought in to help retain hiring excellent individuals instead of settling for mediocre..." #LIS

[hiringlibrarians]

"Poor or unclear description of benefits. Multiple positions that have been have been posted for long periods of time. Too much "marketing" language. Positions labeled "diversity focus." Is this not exclusive?" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"We have a pretty famous librarian working for us right now, with a huge social media and web/media presence. I think we're seeing more applicants than normal, or compared to when I was hired 2 years ago, and it's likely due to their efforts." #LIS #GLAM

[hiringlibrarians]

"Tell us about a time you dealt with a difficult situation or a difficult coworker. Questions like these don't actually expect honesty or for you to be truthful, instead you have to craft a hard situation into something it likely wasn't" #LIS #GLAM

[hiringlibrarians]

"Newly graduated candidates are underprepared for the real public library landscape.  Many have notions of special collections, technical services, deep reference or obscure non-public facing roles...when the majority of our positions today are..." #LIS

[hiringlibrarians]

"Vague descriptors “service at the level of WOW” is one I’ve seen, poor description of duties, minimum requirements that exceed what the job entails" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"There’s so much exciting, challenging work going on and so many amazing people with different skills making it a very dynamic profession; I admit I have to educate people from outside the library world about that but then they get excited" #LIS #GLAM

[hiringlibrarians]

"I need some kind of cause to dedicate most of my time towards, but I'm also a human being who needs to pay bills, have time dedicated toward my loved ones, and find space and joy in places other than my job." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"I will say also that it's hard to separate what's happening in librarianship from what's happening in the job market and economy more broadly; I think most of what is happening to us is happening in many industries." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"applying for an exciting position and receiving nothing back, not even a form rejection, can sour me rather profoundly on an institution: if you can’t do me the dignity of saying you don’t want me, I am far less inclined to apply..." #LIS #GLAM

[hiringlibrarians]

"job ads that get picked up by Indeed seem to bring in a wider applicant pool but also more applicants that aren't even remotely what we're looking for" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs

[hiringlibrarians]

"I've been told to expect applying for about 2-4 years before starting to get any offers and I'm incredibly concerned about how I'm going to get by for that long" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs