[Publib] RE: Hard job search

[Rachel Singer Gordon]

Hi Shawna -

I just wanted to point to alternative sources of resumes such as those on
LISjobs.com: http://www.lisjobs.com/onlineresumes.htm -- while not as
extensive perhaps as ALA's, they're free to browse/search. Also, please feel
free to post job openings on the site; free to both employers and
job-seekers: http://www.lisjobs.com/jobform.asp .

- Rachel

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Rachel Singer Gordon
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:51:19 -0600
> From: "Shawna Thorup" <sthorup at faylib.org>
> Subject: [Publib] RE: Hard job search
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> I work in a state without a "library school," where MLS 
> holders for ANY job are hard to find.  I've noticed that job 
> seekers don't do their basic homework about the economic 
> reality of the geographic region in which the library is 
> located.  I have seen numerous applicants apply from other 
> regions, in particular the coasts, where the cost of living 
> is much higher, yet they expect a comparable salary offering 
> here to what is offered there.  Where the cost of living is 
> lower, the pay is lower.  However, applicants can't seem to 
> get over the "sticker shock" long enough to grab the brass ring.
> 
> On a related side note, in my opinion ALA has made it way too 
> difficult for employers to search for job seekers in their 
> online environment.  The employer has to first purchase an 
> online ad, and then purchase an additional placement service 
> in order to search resumes.  I just got back from mid-winter 
> where I was looking to recruit, but had no luck getting 
> access to job seekers.  I'm old school and miss those 3-ring 
> binders of resumes.
> 
> Shawna Thorup
> Assistant Director
> Fayetteville Public Library
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> Fayetteville, AR  72701
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