[Publib] re: lament

[Ann M. Reeves]

Just so happens I own a resume writing business (I'm not promoting it
here.) and I'll be happy to review Terri's free-of-charge.  Terri can
contact me and I will give her my business phone where she can call me
and when I'm not on library time. 

However, the #1 sin people commit when they write their own resumes is
they grossly undersell themselves.  This is especially true with women.
It's even more so in an industry that's predomionanatley female.
Assertiveness is not always perceived as a good trait to have as a woman
and, having served active duty for 7 years in the Navy then having a 13
year career in the petroleum industry (overwhelmingly male), I can tell
you assertiveness, maybe even pushiness, is not cultured AT ALL in the
library business whereas in male-dominated industries it's expected.

Men see a problem, create a plan and attack it.  Women tend to sit on
their hands, whine about it, and expect somebod else to take care of it
for them.  

-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sara Weissman
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:49 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] re: lament

1) Would any of the directors, regular reviewers of resumes, hirers? on
the list like to review Terri's resume and offer any suggestions for
perhaps tuning it up? Off- list, if you can/will.  (Mutual assistance
..what we excel at here!)
2) Terri .. it is always harder finding work in the immediate environs
of a LIS program sending out new grads every year. Is true here in NJ
(Rutgers) and I imagine it is likewise in MI, IL, MA, etc. etc.  Also
not easy when public funding is declining (loss of logging money in the
northwest, for example).  We took a 5% budget cut last year and they
want more this year. Our reference staff has dropped from 11 to 8 in the
past three years.

As a 60-yr old of whom a 40-yr old colleague lately remarked "She's old!
she'll retire soon." (Not!) ..forget the ageism thing.  It is as hard
and frustrating for younger librarians to find work as for older. Our
latest hire was for only 15-hrs/wk ..a young, energetic, bright fellow
who reminds us all of the joy of discovery at the beginning of a career.
It is his attitude, not any "techyness", that is a great addition to our
collective effort and identity.
     I would certainly hope the face(s) of librarianship were as varied
as the face(s) of the public who walk through our doors. It is the
essential credo of public libraries: 
open to enhance and advance the lives of all who seek us out.  So too it
should be for the profession: open to all who are committing themselves
to serving their fellow human beings. Anything less is not what this
profession--or this list--is about.


Sara Weissman, co-moderator
PubLib-L 


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