So today is Snow Day #2 here in Charlotte, so I decided that it has been forever since I updated my blog and therefore today would be an excellent day to write something.
I am entering my last and final semester of library school and I am looking forward to being done, although I have strong doubts about being able to find a librarian job in May. Moving is not an option since my husband just found a great job last October therefore limiting my job search to the Charlotte area. We are still feeling the effects of the "Great Recession" and therefore our local public libraries have not hired anyone new in more than a year and are preparing to perhaps lay off more workers in 2011. Basically I have very low expectations for this job search.
Just yesterday my expectations were met with disappointment when the first librarian job I applied for turned me down saying I did not have the required experience because I did not yet have my MLIS degree. I was hoping that since I am only 4+ months away they would at least consider my application. It is very hard to get library experience right now! Especially when I still have to work to keep paying the bills (leaving little time between work and school to volunteer at a library).
So I guess this is just a venting post to explain my dread for the librarian job hunt. Although hopefully there will be brighter days ahead!
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