Thursday, December 6, 2007

Job hunting

I've been told by multiple people that you have to expect the turn around on academic jobs to be 6 months. Given that I'm graduating in May, and it's just ticked over into December, I suppose that means I need to start considering this now.

For those of you who are not aware, Law Librarians tend to work in one of three place:
-Academic Law Libraries
-Court Libraries
-Law Firm Libraries

One of the librarians I work with has begun sending me job postings, which is really neat, but also a little overwhelming! My goal is to work reference at and Academic law library. Often times, Law librarians teach legal research, which is also something I'm excited to do.

What I'm not excited about is getting started on the process! I mean, I AM excited about the potential of finding a job I enjoy since I discovered during law school that lawyering wasn't for me, but I'm already getting butterflies just thinking about going out on these interviews... and worrying about if my resume (which should be converted to a CV I suppose) is formatted properly and all that. Then there's doing a presentation during said interviews if you're lucky enough to get one.

Hrm... I think it's time to scour the internet for tips and tricks about the interview no? If I find anything good, I'll post it here!

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