3 posts tagged “jobs”

For those of you who don't read my Live Journal (which is friends locked for most posts lately due to nosy friends who know my LJ name), I finally managed to get a job!

I went in for an interview last Thursday afternoon and it went really well. The head librarian of the business library (it's an academic library) was really amazingly nice. He made me feel more comfortable and hence I was more relaxed. There was an HR woman in the interview as well and she was very nice, but sometimes she seemed a bit standoffish. That's fine, I know she has to go by a certain protocol.

Anyway! I will be work at the university I got my B.A. and my M.L.I.S. from, which is really nice. It's in the area obviously. Now I can start making some money and have some to spend on people for Christmas. I may even get a credit card! *gasp* Haven't ever had one, shocking I know.

My job also is unionized, which means I will have benefits and this is fabulous. I love benefits. I NEED benefits. I always seem to have some dental issue when I go to the dentist, not to mention my medication needs for my anxiety that helps me stay sane day to day.

I just wanted to share my good news with those here who don't know about my LJ. I will try to post some more book reviews for those interested. I've just been going through books so quickly lately that by the time I get around to wanting to reviewing one, I'm onto another and forget what I was going to say.

So, I thought I would post here because I haven't in a little bit and I've been complaining at my Live Journal way too much. Instead, I will do it here.

I have no job and my one friend from library school has a part-time job at a university library and has had an interview at the local public library, as well as my other library school friend. This is severely upsetting me because I have sent out a lot of resumes and have heard nothing back. No interviews, nothing. I don't know what the matter with me or my resume is, but I'm not impressed. *sigh*

I just have this horrible feeling that I am going to be unemployed forever. I don't know how I am going to show my face at my graduation if I don't have a job and have had no interviews. I honestly don't know if I can do it. It's so humiliating.

I'm so worried that I won't be able to find a job once I graduate. My classes end on August 13th and I haven't really applied for any jobs yet, though I should be probably. What worries me most is that there seems to be few jobs listed in the area I live so I will be apply to public, academic and special libraries that haven't solicited it.

Most of the jobs I have seen listed are in Toronto, the United States and oddly enough, out in the Prairies. No offense to any of those places, but I don't want to move that far. I live near London, Ontario and I want to stay in this area. I love it here and my family is here as well. If that limits my job opportunities, what can I do about it?

So, my question is this for my fellow other librarians or soon to be's: are any of you worried/paranoid about not finding a job like me?