The Mentor: Landing That First Job without Library Experience

Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

The Mentor: Landing That First Job without Library Experience

Albertsons Library

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Abstract

So you have a brand new MLS/MLIS or you’re working on one. You’ve started looking at position ads and most require library experience. You don’t have library experience. How can you get your first library job if no one will hire you before you have library experience?

Original language	American English
Journal	Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly
Volume	80
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

career
jobs
libraries

EGS Disciplines

Library and Information Science

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