YALSA blog: keeping skills fresh between jobs

June 11, 2010

Fellow SLIS-Indy grads Erin and Karl recently wrote about their job searches: Erin’s put out zillions of applications and hasn’t gotten much back and Karl’s been making do with part-time work but wants more. Because of the move and wrapping things up in Indiana, I’m just now starting to get serious about my job hunt, but the relative lack of luck among people I know from my program got me thinking about how to keep our skills and knowledge fresh while we’re looking for our first full-time job.

I wrote a post for the YALSA blog about just that, outlining what I’ve been doing. In short, I’m reading YA lit, keeping up on listservs and blogs and Twitter feeds, doing blogging of my own, doing some more scholarly reading to fill in the gaps from my MLS program, taking advantage of professional development activities, and volunteering (well, looking for volunteer opportunities, at least). Read the full post for more!

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