Ugh

[owlmoose]

This is not a good time to be reading library news blogs. Closures, layoffs, unpaid furloughs. Yet another reason to add to the list of why I'm glad I didn't go into the public library sector.

Why, when people need the services a library can provide more than ever, are they the target of the most ferocious budget cuts? I will never understand.

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[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, okay most of the time, it's pretty overwhelming. The problem with knowing how to find job hunting information is well, I think I find too much of it sometimes, and it's hard to wrap my head around what wants which information, and who belongs where, that kind of thing. And the more disconcerting it is when your first half-dozen choices are under a freeze at best.

Mmm, I really want to work in a library, and being a GA puts the pressure on to find something else quickly, since I don't have fallback options in regards to continued work at FSU. I'd work not-in-a library, but...I have to figure out where to begin with that first. I'm so terrible at "selling myself" and "being charismatic at interviews" that it's even harder for me not to get discouraged.

One step at a time, though. Starting with my current wreck of a resume. At least I have two semesters.