Finally, someone is honest about the supposed need for new librarians. An excellent article about what ALA and SLIS schools are saying and what is actually true.
The evidence strongly suggests that new librarians are neither sought nor considered for even entry-level librarian positions. (link from LJ, article by Holt and Strock)
Go read it. It’s good stuff.
–Jane, feels very lucky to have found an “entry level” job
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SCARING THE BEJEEZ OUT OF ME
Scary but true. I found the article through a link on another blog. It is scary, but as I said true, and I can witness to it after having gone through the search for a job gauntlet. I got lucky as well in finding a job. Congrats to you.
Well as a coworker of Jane I too was hired right out of library school back in 2001. At that time there were more jobs than applicants and I had three job offers. It does seem to be cyclical. I taught a course last fall for a local library school and finding jobs was a huge concern for my students. However, many of them didn’t want to or couldn’t relocate for a job which really does make it a tight job market.
Paksenn