ALA Midwinter 2012: When Looking for a Job, Remember to Smile; LibraryJournal.com, 1/23/12

Michael Kelley, LibraryJournal.com; ALA Midwinter 2012: When Looking for a Job, Remember to Smile:

"Job seekers in the library field need to remember that recruiters often highly value “soft skills.”

“First and foremost, I look at how they present themselves, how well they communicate, and I like when they smile a lot,” said Megan Alpaugh, a staff recruiter for the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA...

“When I’m hiring I’m not necessarily trying to match up ‘Oh, have you used this system or have you done x, y, or z’ as much as does this person have good communication skills, can they be an effective member of a team, do they have leadership skills, are they enthusiastic in learning new things,” said Ewa E. Barczyk, the director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “Those are the kind of things you can’t teach somebody,” she said."

Why You Still Haven't Gotten a Job; Harvard Business Review, 9/28/11

Priscilla Claman, Harvard Business Review; Why You Still Haven't Gotten a Job:

"Last year, I was visited by one of these chronic resume-senders. Sheryl had sent out 1,000 resumes in ten months and didn't have one interview to show for it. She brought a copy of her resume with her, and we examined it. There, in the middle of the page, in bold, 14-point type, we read:


PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE"