Robin O'Hanlon

Ace the Interview, Land a Librarian Job (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most critical elements of achieving a successful career, interviewing with poise and tenacity, is a skill to be learned-and this practical guide leads readers through that process, step by step. In a competitive job market, all candidates need to prepare to succeed. This certainly applies to job seekers looking for professional librarian positions in public, academic, and/or special libraries-especially recent MLIS graduates and mid-career job-changers. Designed for today's competitive job market, this practical guidebook provides job applicants with practical tips and effective strategies for successful interview preparation and execution specific to seeking librarian positions. Unlike generic "how to interview" guides, this book recognizes that there is no "one-size-fits-all" interviewing method and teaches the techniques for excelling at the unique aspects of interviews for specific librarian positions such as reference librarian, electronic resources librarian, outreach librarian, youth services librarian, and adult programming librarian. The book opens with an overview of what is expected during today's librarian interview followed by descriptions by four experienced library directors of what makes an interview truly great. This guidebook includes 100 actual library interview questions to help readers best prepare for the specific position they seek and also contains a chapter that identifies mistakes all rookie librarians should avoid making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216041894
• Artikelnr.: 68347482

Autorenporträt

Robin O'Hanlon, MIS, is the public services manager at the Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: The New of Reality Interviewing for 21st
Century Librarians Chapter 2: Advice from the ages: Four Library Directors
on What Makes a Librarian Interview Great Chapter 3: "Because I Love
Reading!" and Other Bad Answers: How to Avoid Rookie Interview Mistakes as
a Recent MLIS Graduate Chapter 4: Mastering Pre-Interview Preparation
Chapter 5: Know Your Gig Chapter 6: The Big Moment Chapter 7: After the
Interview Appendix A: Application Tracking Spreadsheet Notes Appendix B:
Application Tracking Spreadsheet Appendix C: Librarian Gigs in Depth
Appendix D: Interview Preparation Checklist Appendix E: Interview Day
Checklist Appendix F: Sample Librarian Interview Questions Appendix G:
Sample Interview Day Agenda (Academic Library) Appendix H: Sample Interview
Day Agenda (Public Library) Index