[Publib] Receiving "Cold" Resumes?

[Jennie J. Stoltz]

Hi Meg,

For myself, I just can't throw away a good resume - at least not for a while.  If I receive a viable unsolicitated resume I put it in a file for 6 months (or until I clean out the file).  

Good luck!  By the way, are you asking this question so you know where you can send your resume?  Very clever if you are!

Jennie J. Stoltz, MLIS
Director / eco-Librarian
Pewaukee Public Library
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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----- Original Message -----
From: firefly56 at comcast.net
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 1:09 pm
Subject: [Publib] Receiving "Cold" Resumes?
To: publib at webjunction.org


> Good day, all!
>  
>  This post is mainly for the folks that do hiring/firing (HR, 
> Directors, etc.)
>  
>  I am a GSLIS student (Simmons College, Boston MA) and am starting to 
> think about 
>  my upcoming job search (half way through the program, yeah!).  I do 
> NOT want to 
>  get into the discussion of if there are jobs or not (I am operating 
> under the 
>  assumption that there are jobs and I will be hired for one of them). 
> I was 
>  wondering how everyone that does hiring feels about getting "cold" 
> (read 
>  unsolicited) resumes in the mail.  Do you automatically ditch them?  
> Keep them 
>  on file if they look promising even if you don't have any openings at 
> the 
>  moment?  I DON'T want to commit any librarian faux paux (I hope I 
> spelled that 
>  correctly). However, I have always believed that if one wants to work 
> at a 
>  certain company, and your resume is stellar, it is a good idea to 
> send it, so 
>  that it is on file and access able when there is an opening.
>  
>  There are certain libraries that I would love to work at, and would 
> be willing 
>  to wait for a job to open up.  I would send my resume in a heart beat 
> if it 
>  meant I was 
>  considered.  But if sending my resume "cold"  meant I would nix my 
> chances I 
>  would wait until a formal job announcement was made.
>  
>  Thoughts anyone?
>  
>  Thanks!
>  
>  Meg Aust-Anastasi
>  GSLIS Simmons College May '09
>  margaret.austanastasi at simmons.edu
>  
>  
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