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Recovery, reframing, and renewal : surviving an information science career crisis in a time of change
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This book examines the difficulties confronting information professionals who, due to financial downturns, technological change, or personal crises, are forced to re-evaluate their career options. ...
This book examines the difficulties confronting information professionals who, due to financial downturns, technological change, or personal crises, are forced to re-evaluate their career options. It is divided between a case study (based on the author's own experiences) of career dislocation and eventual career renewal, and several sections that offer pragmatic advice on how to recover from job loss, conduct a skills assessment and develop a practical job search strategy. The author, with honesty, confronts the serious and sometimes troubling psychological and professional consequences of lay
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- Creator
- Oliver Cutshaw
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st edition
- Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- text file
- ISBNs
- 9781780632728, 178063272X, 184334632X
- OCLC
- ocn866858519, ocn879853907
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; Recovery, reframing,and renewal: surviving an information science career crisis in a time of change; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1 Introduction to the parameters of career renewal; Reference; 2 Career recovery: a case study of my personal job search; Off to california; First you fail and then, guess what, you fail again; Why not try something new? re-envisioning the problem; New approach, but the road is still bumpy and long; Your social network is not always a source of support; At last, I found a job
- Dos and don'ts: some lessons to be learned from my experienceObservations to be drawn from my case: or some of the deadly sins of modern-day employment and job searching; References; 3 No job, no way: librarians are often unprepared for voluntary and involuntary career changes; The dodo effect: too much specialization and too much complacency; It comes like a thief in the night and sometimes it doesn't; The job market: there is a big world outside these hallowed halls; We have it within our power: self-assessment and reframing
- 4 First you grieve: job loss, job stagnation, and job burnout in an age of transitionWe are handling it, but are we really?; You got a right to sing the blues!; You are more than just a job title; Rethinking your skill set and reframing your career goals; Reference; 5 Re-envisioning your career: a new look at yourself and your skills; Who are you and what do you want to do with your career?; The really big change; Skills analysis: don't sell yourself short; The generalist, the hybrid, and the specialist: know yourself and consider how others may know you; You are a person not just a category
- Outside work is not outside of the boxGetting another perspective; References; 6 Reframing your skills and search strategies: preparing for the job search and looking at your professional goals with a fresh and realistic approach; You cannot find what you want unless you know what you need; How do I know what I want and need in a job?; Job searching: it's better than you think; Searching may be easier but applying for a job can be confusing; The essentials: résumé, cover letter, references; Now set sail; Reference
- 7 New résumé, new interview skills, but the road can still be bumpy: preparing for the job search and practicing the survival skills needed for successTrends in twenty-first century job interviews: forewarned is forearmed; The three Ps for surviving the job hunt: patience, persistence, and perspective; 8 You got your job! Hurray! But now what?; Sometimes a bargain is not a bargain; Stay prepared, stay alert; Reference; 9 How can our professional organizations and graduate schools build a better professional support system?
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