We've come up on the moment in my life I officially achieved Librarian certification...
I earned my Masters degree in Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida (GO BULLS) on December 14, 1993, after a rushed year and a half of 36 semester hours, graduating with a 3.75 GPA, all As and Bs.
Within a few weeks I got a part-time job at the Clearwater campus of St. Pete JC (now a full-up college with 4-year programs), which lasted until April 1994 when I got a full-time job offer with Broward County Libraries for their new North Regional branch in Coconut Creek.
Twenty years a librarian.
Long crazy years.
More crazy years hopefully yet to come.
Showing posts with label south florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south florida. Show all posts
Friday, December 13, 2013
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I Survived South Florida
From my previous post, discussing my trip back to the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami metro and what I expected from the job interview:
As for the interview itself? Florida National College was hiring for Library Director. Supervisory, with two librarians, a library assistant, and a handful of clerks on staff, so it was a better staffing situation than the previous small college I interviewed last year.
The interview itself went... I have to admit I was rusty. Haven't interviewed in a year. There were questions from the panel about why I had a year-long gap on the resume: I noted I was taking classes for computer certification and was job hunting, noting the current difficulties of the job market. They asked about how I lost my last full-time job: I answered honestly (incompatibility) but it's never easy explaining why you lose a job. They seemed to be packing in a set of interviews that afternoon, so I do know there's competition for the spot (in this market there has to be. Officially it's six people per open job: from the rumors I'm getting it's more like twenty per open job!)
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Except for the traffic. I'm pretty damn sure South Florida traffic is still a frakking nightmare.Hmmm, yeah, that was pretty much right. I-595 heading in Thursday night, definitely nasty. The drive into Hialeah on I-75 went well, but driving back? Bumper-to-bumper from Miramar to Weston...
As for the interview itself? Florida National College was hiring for Library Director. Supervisory, with two librarians, a library assistant, and a handful of clerks on staff, so it was a better staffing situation than the previous small college I interviewed last year.
The interview itself went... I have to admit I was rusty. Haven't interviewed in a year. There were questions from the panel about why I had a year-long gap on the resume: I noted I was taking classes for computer certification and was job hunting, noting the current difficulties of the job market. They asked about how I lost my last full-time job: I answered honestly (incompatibility) but it's never easy explaining why you lose a job. They seemed to be packing in a set of interviews that afternoon, so I do know there's competition for the spot (in this market there has to be. Officially it's six people per open job: from the rumors I'm getting it's more like twenty per open job!)
Well, we'll see how it goes.
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