#job searching is ass

[beatheprincess]

I've been age dreaming alot lately and been so happyyy but I hate stoopid adult life stressors >.< waaaa

[felixschokehold]

I have an Amazon wish list of books I want if anyone is feeling generous this holiday season 😇 💕

[eruptedinlight]

Saru: A Flat Ass Icon

[why-the-heck-not]

I can’t get over the feeling that I’m writing some date search thing when I’m writing job applications. ”I’m a 24 year old looking for an interesting and fulfilling job for the summer” might as well be ”hot single woman in ur area looking for a short passionate summer fling” like it sounds exactly the same

[kissingagrumpygiant]

Guess who's newly employed !!!

[elekdragon]

I had a job candidate ask if there was anything they could do to improve their application at the end of an interview. One major thing anyone can do when applying for an academic librarian position is to address how you meet every single qualification listed in the job ad.

We have to use rubrics of different kinds to rate candidates, and the more equitable-focused searches try to remove as much possible bias from the search by focusing on data and facts.

You go through and lay out for us that you meet all qualifications, even if you just state "I am [a fast learner/adept with Word/experienced with assessment and pedagogy/a person who loves event planning]" without examples, you will rate higher than someone who doesn't explicitly state that. Give an example, and you rate even higher.

If we have to infer things from your cv and cover letter, then you will rate lower. We are doing less interpreting and more "Does it explicitly state x?" these days, so being blunt is good. We have to justify every decision and every "grade" so we're less likely to interprete things.

You were a server in a restaurant for 6 months? You are adept at handling multiple conflicting priorities in a fast-paced, user-centered environment! You can do more with less! You can answer random questions with a smile! You've dealt with difficult patrons and ended every interaction positively! You know when to refer an issue up the chain of command! There are soooooooo many ways you can connect a non-library job to library work! Please do so!!

So my best advice is go through the job ad, state in your cover letter how you meet every required and preferred quality even the slightest. We want to hire you! We really do! Make it easy on us!

My qualifications: 20 years of academic library search committee experience.

[sergeantnarwhalwrites]

I wanna write something that's not just me repeating and hyping up the same shit in my CV and resume. What're we thinking? (This may or may not sway me)

I'm ripping out the taglist for this feel free to ignore it.

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[tangomagnolija]

do people use linkedin, like for real

[dio-the-thot-exterminator]

You guyyssssss the bus was being the bus and didn’t come. Everyone was waiting for it then people gave up and started leaving 😭 until it was only me and this girl. After a while she came up to me and asked if I wanted a ride home bcuz she always sees me here waiting for this bus. I said yeah n omg she was so nice. She called her bf and gave me a ride faith restored in humanity 🥺 im home safe n sound

[petrow1tch]

rusia: tortures and kills our writers, poets, artists, buries them in mass graves right this moment

our ministry of "education, science and innovations": hey what if we made a site where people can use ai to generate fairy tales for kids with ai generated illustrations, so that we don't have to pay anyone anything and in return produce heaps of barely coherent letter combinations

[nerice]

brain too fucking full. too many things to do -finish backing up oc posts -2024 note writing clean up -tge minor draft -draw proper rini icons -3yr cycle reivery art piece before the year is over -new art book to study -read som4 -play an hour of resonance of fate a day so i can play dark souls soon -started playing outer wilds too bc i am stupid -(still have to finish neon white) -finish out sketchbook pls we have to move on -japanese -start italian -dont forget to exercise or u will die again -dont forget to eat

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

Thinking about my dusty ol' dnd girl 💛💚💜

[downfallofi]

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[mycological-mariner]

Pulling up pictures and paintings of fishwives for drawing references and these women just look so incredibly badass. Just, walking around all day with a giant basket attached to their heads, the exposed forearms, the bright coloured shawls and black bonnets, beautiful in a rugged and sea-worn kind of way.

[advisorsage]

The universe loves me

[meezer]

how did I end up on UK indeed.com looking at jobs like. yeah I could spin this. yeah this could be fun. ew no this one's horrible I don't wanna work for that newspaper. oh these all have private health insurance how fun. this one sounds good. but so many of them are asking for a master's degree it's making me want to die.