The Corporate Librarian

I was surprised to see the news in the latest digest of BUSLIB-L that the list has to move from its ancestral home at Boise State by December, preferably to another place where it can run on LISTSERV. Dan Lester’s managed an amazing resource which has been serving librarians for 19+ years. Here’s hoping he finds a new home for it, and thanks Dan. 

I’ve been taking all manner of webinars offered by the outplacement firm my former employer uses on resume-writing and identifying my career assets and interview tips and whatnot. Last Friday, I met with an outplacement counselor who’s going to be offering advice on content and format for my resume, Monday I’m signing up for an interview lab and Tuesday I’m meeting with someone from one of the library placement agencies I’m signed up with to:

• Try and understand what I’m doing wrong in interviews
• Discuss if I should change the focus of my job search

Then I’m off to California, to meet with library placement agency people out there, try and line up some interviews, and see if I can live with a potential long-term roommate for 2 weeks without us killing each other. I’ll also be talking with that counselor about networking and coming up with a target set of industries and companies.

Later this week or next I hope to have completed the consulting job I’m working on and post lessons learned for anyone considering freelance consulting.