Resume Writing And Interviewing Techniques That Work!: A How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians

by Robert R. Newlen

Starting a career as a librarian, moving, or looking for a new job? Newlen offers this brand new, comprehensive resource as a guide to get you through every step of landing the ideal library job. This practical how-to outlines three basic types of resumes and provides a nine-step process for creating one including worksheets and samples for each step. Detailed guidance for authoring attention-grabbing cover letters, the most important part of any application package, will help you capture that administrator's attention and get your resume and application read. This practical and effective guide Dressing for success; Developing questions to ask interviewers; Etiquette; Speaking about yourself; Mapping out a strategy for navigating the interview process by researching organizations; Rehearsing, and Following up and more. With over 50 pages of successful sample resumes, this all-in-one resource is sure to help you move closer to your next library job.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

206 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2006

Reviews

[Courtney]

I decided to set up a portfolio to track my professional development activities and wanted to include my resume and other projects. This book has a great step-by-step process for developing a resume as well as good tips for writing the resume and cover letter and interviewing for jobs.

[Robin]

This book is dedicated to applying for library jobs, and includes many sample resumes (some with "before and after" editing). It is also has a great section on interviewing. Looking at a job guide dedicated solely to librarianship has been incredibly helpful.

[Abby]

Reads like my least favorite kind of textbook. The action verbs appendix and personal inventory inventory prompts may be useful though.