It has been a while since I applied for a job, I have been to an interview since getting my current job but I wasn't successful and on reflection I am glad that I didn't get the job as it was further to travel to than my current job and that is already over 20 miles in total that I have to travel per day. Activities and interests...reading books, newspapers, surfing the web, using social online networks, going to the cinema, swimming, walking, playing unusual board games e.g. Agricola and more usual board games e.g. Scrabble! Work related activities - I like editing our Library pages that we have on Heritage using basic HTML knowledge, also enjoy finding out books and online resources for students/staff who are looking for particular topics, this is the part of the job I enjoy, the actual enquiry side! Over the past couple of years I have had some experience of doing appraisals of staff, along with other members of the Senior Library team. I frequently have to do user education/inductions for students which involves having a knowledge of all our online resources and being confident to stand in front of classes and disseminate the information. This is something which I have recently become more confident at doing, though still find I get a little nervous. I do find preparation is the key to feeling more confident which is also the key to interviews. I like to know about the place that I am applying for, when I applied for the job I didn't get I made sure that I had notes with me about different experiences as a reminder for me to look at whilst in the interview - unsure if this looked good or not but made me feel better! Also I did some research on their website and found out which online resources and journals they subscribed to and general things like opening times.I always think that having a question to ask is useful too, perhaps asking what a typical day might involve if I got the job.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Thing 21
Promoting yourself at job applications and interviews
It has been a while since I applied for a job, I have been to an interview since getting my current job but I wasn't successful and on reflection I am glad that I didn't get the job as it was further to travel to than my current job and that is already over 20 miles in total that I have to travel per day. Activities and interests...reading books, newspapers, surfing the web, using social online networks, going to the cinema, swimming, walking, playing unusual board games e.g. Agricola and more usual board games e.g. Scrabble! Work related activities - I like editing our Library pages that we have on Heritage using basic HTML knowledge, also enjoy finding out books and online resources for students/staff who are looking for particular topics, this is the part of the job I enjoy, the actual enquiry side! Over the past couple of years I have had some experience of doing appraisals of staff, along with other members of the Senior Library team. I frequently have to do user education/inductions for students which involves having a knowledge of all our online resources and being confident to stand in front of classes and disseminate the information. This is something which I have recently become more confident at doing, though still find I get a little nervous. I do find preparation is the key to feeling more confident which is also the key to interviews. I like to know about the place that I am applying for, when I applied for the job I didn't get I made sure that I had notes with me about different experiences as a reminder for me to look at whilst in the interview - unsure if this looked good or not but made me feel better! Also I did some research on their website and found out which online resources and journals they subscribed to and general things like opening times.I always think that having a question to ask is useful too, perhaps asking what a typical day might involve if I got the job.
It has been a while since I applied for a job, I have been to an interview since getting my current job but I wasn't successful and on reflection I am glad that I didn't get the job as it was further to travel to than my current job and that is already over 20 miles in total that I have to travel per day. Activities and interests...reading books, newspapers, surfing the web, using social online networks, going to the cinema, swimming, walking, playing unusual board games e.g. Agricola and more usual board games e.g. Scrabble! Work related activities - I like editing our Library pages that we have on Heritage using basic HTML knowledge, also enjoy finding out books and online resources for students/staff who are looking for particular topics, this is the part of the job I enjoy, the actual enquiry side! Over the past couple of years I have had some experience of doing appraisals of staff, along with other members of the Senior Library team. I frequently have to do user education/inductions for students which involves having a knowledge of all our online resources and being confident to stand in front of classes and disseminate the information. This is something which I have recently become more confident at doing, though still find I get a little nervous. I do find preparation is the key to feeling more confident which is also the key to interviews. I like to know about the place that I am applying for, when I applied for the job I didn't get I made sure that I had notes with me about different experiences as a reminder for me to look at whilst in the interview - unsure if this looked good or not but made me feel better! Also I did some research on their website and found out which online resources and journals they subscribed to and general things like opening times.I always think that having a question to ask is useful too, perhaps asking what a typical day might involve if I got the job.
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