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Re: No Experience
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Thomas Roche
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May 13, 2003 11:27 PDT
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It has been the consistent opinion given to me that
sending unsolicited cold-call resumes and/or cover
letters would be useless at best, in librarianship,
and at worst could be seen as silly or unprofessional.
--- Jessica Smith <jrsmi-@aol.com> wrote:
| | I am new to the list, so if you discussed this topic
recently, please
forgive me. I am getting my MLIS in less than a
week. I started the
search last month, and have applied for about twenty
positions so far.
I don't mind moving, but I have no real library
experience. I am
planning to start volunteering at the local public
library, but my
aspirations lie with academic libraries. Will that
transfer? What else
should I do? I also joined the ALA and the ISOC to
help my chances.
The jobs I have been applying for have been web
services oriented in a
lot of cases. Another questions is, does it
normally take academic
libraries a while to even call you for an interview?
If yes, then I
might still be in the running for some of the ones I
applied for at the
beginning. Still another question: the people at
the Career Education
Center at my school (Simmons in Boston) told me to
send out letters of
inquiry to directors of libraries where I would like
to work that don't
have any openings listed. Does this have any merit?
So sorry for such a long list of questions from
someone so new to the
list. The fact is that the butterflies I had in my
stomach a couple of
months ago have transformed into elephants as my
nervousness has grown.
Thank you for your help.
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Dr. Thomas P. Roche
Librarian
The Marvelwood School
476 Skiff Mtn. Rd.-- PO Box 3001
Kent, CT 06757
tertullia-@yahoo.com
(my opinions do not reflect those of my employer)
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