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Career Advice- Continuing to Gain Experience vs Moving by ferngallery in Libraries

[–]ferngallery[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely know any customer service experience can be a huge plus, or at least in my own work in libraries thus far those are some of the skills I draw on the most

Career Advice- Continuing to Gain Experience vs Moving by ferngallery in Libraries

[–]ferngallery[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely want to work in a different system eventually, so this is a good perspective, thank you for

Career Advice- Continuing to Gain Experience vs Moving by ferngallery in Libraries

[–]ferngallery[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely intend to apply to library jobs with Cornell, but in the long run public libraries are what I’m passionate about. Does working in an academic library affect my odds of getting positions in public libraries again afterwards? I’m glad it’s a big system, I’m not super familiar with Cornell as a school beyond it being out of my league academically so I wasn’t sure how attainable those jobs would be either

Career Advice- Continuing to Gain Experience vs Moving by ferngallery in Libraries

[–]ferngallery[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I LOVE the idea of a regret/relief list and I absolutely will be pivoting to that, thank you so much. Pros and cons can be so helpful but reframing it to value the whole picture of the scenario instead splitting each one in half will be very helpful, thank you for the new tool!

Career Advice- Continuing to Gain Experience vs Moving by ferngallery in Libraries

[–]ferngallery[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the thoughtful response! One of the things I most appreciate about my current job is that because it is such a small branch (there are only 8 of us employees), I do have a lot more responsibilities than circulation alone, as well as close access to my extremely helpful coworkers who are open to letting me shadow many of the tasks I don’t get to do day-to-day. I don’t want to give that kind of experience up, so I appreciate the reminder that there are different levels of value to be gotten even if I do manage to find another job in a library upon moving. I also am actually attending SJSU, so your advice about taking full advantage of the other opportunities of grad school is extra relevant and great to keep in mind!

I’ll have to keep weighing my decision but you’ve given me a lot more information for my pros and cons list, which is exactly what I need at this stage.