[Publib] Receiving "Cold" Resumes?

[Carol Coffey]

Our official position (stated on our employment opportunities webpage)
is that we only accept resumes/applications for currently open
positions.  That said, I know some of us do keep really good ones for a
while in case we have an opening at some point.  Whether a library keeps
resumes may also depend on how their hiring is done.  Some places
require all hiring be done through the city or county HR department, and
their requirements will likely be stricter on these things.  Here all
department/branch managers are responsible for hiring when a position
opens in their department or branch, so it really ends up being a
personal decision as to whether we want to try to keep up with a resume
we may never use. If there is a library you are really interested in
working for, you might give them a call to see what their policy is.
You may even be able to talk to the person who makes hiring decisions
and get a chance to make a good impression before even sending your
resume.

Good luck with your job hunt!
Carol


Carol Coffey
Library Services Development/Reference
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
ph 501-918-3010
fax 501-376-1830
ccoffey at cals.org
www.cals.org

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Subject: [Publib] Receiving "Cold" Resumes?

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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