Hired!
As the title suggests I finally got a job! So now I'm crawling out of my cave of exile and giving an update:
Turns out I graduated just in time to watch the UK and the US swan dive into a recession, and it's been a struggle since. So, out of the roller-coaster of applications, interviews, false hopes and hiring freezes, I finally found work. I will be a technology assistant at my old high school. While it's not an actual library job, the lab is right next to the library and we work pretty extensively with them, in fact the school librarian was at my interview. Oddly, technology was the weak part of my masters degree, or at least I felt it was. Library schools are slowly moving towards new technologies as more schools have started to put their tech offices in their libraries, but we're still in the midst of a sea change and I think it's hard for them to gauge on what's important to teach.
Regardless, I'm well pleased. I can stop feeling like a sponge to my parents for starters. I'm also really pleased that I found work that was related to my field. I had actually gotten hired to do seasonal work at borders when I heard that I'd gotten this job, and I was not looking forward to that at all.
I just filled out my paperwork this morning, so now I'm kicking back until monday, when I start. I can't describe how relieved I am, and just in time for Thanksgiving too!
PS. sorry for the meme folks, I went into interview overdrive right as you guys commented, so I will get the questions to you soon!
Turns out I graduated just in time to watch the UK and the US swan dive into a recession, and it's been a struggle since. So, out of the roller-coaster of applications, interviews, false hopes and hiring freezes, I finally found work. I will be a technology assistant at my old high school. While it's not an actual library job, the lab is right next to the library and we work pretty extensively with them, in fact the school librarian was at my interview. Oddly, technology was the weak part of my masters degree, or at least I felt it was. Library schools are slowly moving towards new technologies as more schools have started to put their tech offices in their libraries, but we're still in the midst of a sea change and I think it's hard for them to gauge on what's important to teach.
Regardless, I'm well pleased. I can stop feeling like a sponge to my parents for starters. I'm also really pleased that I found work that was related to my field. I had actually gotten hired to do seasonal work at borders when I heard that I'd gotten this job, and I was not looking forward to that at all.
I just filled out my paperwork this morning, so now I'm kicking back until monday, when I start. I can't describe how relieved I am, and just in time for Thanksgiving too!
PS. sorry for the meme folks, I went into interview overdrive right as you guys commented, so I will get the questions to you soon!