The Adventures of an International School Librarian

NCI are looking for a part time library assistant . The deadline is Friday May 11th. All Hallows College are also looking for a full-time library assistant . In which has to be the first position of it's kind advertised in the past 6 months. A long long drought. The deadline for this one is Friday 18th May. Prepare your CV's!

Recent FAS advertisements for librarians: School Librarian in Blackrock  Description The intern will gain practical experience in setting up a school library, compiling a database of all of the books, cataloguing books and organising a system to facilitate easy access to borrowing books. They will be involved in the development of a literacy policy. The Intern will receive formal/informal training in the following : using the facility admin computer package, setting up a library with assistance and advice from the Senior Librarian in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Library service; Developing strategies to encourage reluctant readers to use the library. Development of a literacy policy. On completion the intern will have attained skills in setting up and running a library, cataloging books and resources, dealing with students and staff, setting up systems to run a library efficiently. Skills Requirements Interested in books and encouraging others to read, organised, creative...

So today, after a weekend of tearing my hair out and convincing myself that I hadn't been successful in the interviews the previous Friday, I finally heard back from them. To recap, on Friday I had two job interviews for 4 positions in Trinity College Libraries. Firstly it was an incredible honor to be selected for these interviews, and secondly, to me, this seemed like the make or break it opportunity. A kind of a one shot chance. My feelings were, if I wasn't successful in the interviews, then Canada would definitely become a reality. The interviews went well. Actually they went bloody fantastic. Each interview consisted of a panel of 3 people. All 6 interviewers were ridiculously nice. I had been quite daunted by the fact that I had never been interviewed by that many people before. The maximum number had been 2. But 3, I mean where do you look? You kind of always, ultimately phase out one person, so that was quite tricky. Anyway, they went ridiculously well. But doubt...

Some potential {and extremely exciting} job opportunities over at Trinity College Dublin . There are FOUR jobs going there. All are library assistant roles, of which 3 are part time. The other role is a 6 month full time library assistant role. The deadline is tomorrow. {Sept. 27th 2011 12pm} So get applying.  I am however extremely skeptical about these roles as, from past experiences, these could be an 'inside job'. They legally have to advertise positions, etc, thus giving us all false hope. I'm hoping and praying that this is not the case for these 4 potentially interesting jobs.  Which brings me nicely onto the subject of Cover Letters. Ugh. This is an area of my life, I truly detest. For the life of me I cannot write a decent cover letter, they have ranged in the past from 3 sentences, 'My name is x, I would like a job. Thanks' - to thesis like cover letters. The one that I have been using at the moment has secured me 3 job interviews, i'm currently re...