Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Institution website and sometimes Indeed</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Yes and no. If the institution does post it, they hide behind using the matrix indicator and not the actual dollar amount</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ N/A – we don’t hire librarians</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Not enough applicable experience. Doesn’t have to be library experience, but needs to have transferable skills.</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ Other: Morning the part, but I’ve asked to do so in current and future postings</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>Plan to provide the day before</p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ None: </p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I would if asked. This is something I would explore doing proactively in future postings</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Follow instructions of application process/provide a complete application package</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Teachable </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Coordinator of Library Services</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ more than 75%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Applicable experience and education </p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 3-4</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are the same number of positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ Other: No, but the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position. I’m prepared to vigorously oppose that action leading up to and when the attempt is made</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southwestern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library </p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam/" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraryjobs/" target="_blank">#libraryjobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis/" target="_blank">#LIS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
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Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“It’s offered but it’s their responsibility to reach out afterward to ask”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Partnership Job Board, Indeed, YMCA Job Board, LinkedIn, Town’s Website, Library’s Website, FB, Instagram, LIS School Job Boards (Western University and Toronto iSchool)</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>Yes – Indeed is often the worst quality. Often no cover letters and a ton of spam.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Meet no requirements, have to relocate (depends on the job and how fast we need to fill it)</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ Other: Sometimes</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>24 hours</p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Only if the candidate requests it</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: It’s offered but it’s their responsibility to reach out afterward to ask</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>No chapter book applications. Less corporate jargon, use the cover letter to advertise who YOU are and why you love libraries. Don’t just focus on the hard skills or what you think we want to hear.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Adaptable</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Coordinator, Programming &Outreach</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Meet the basic requirements</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>More applications, more qualified people but many who were very demanding in terms of work from home and more pay despite minimal experience</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 10-50</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 2</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are more positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Canada</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Cataloguers, children’s librarians, tech services (website, digital literacy support), CEO</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise) </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“It’s not dying, it’s being murdered by shortsighted college administrators who have no respect for us or what we do.”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Indeed, college website, state library job site</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>I have not noticed.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ other: If it’s an hourly, part-time position</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Prefer but not require</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Does not meet preferred qualifications</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ First round/Initial Screen </p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Follow all of the instructions in the job posting.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Experienced </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Library Assistant</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25-75</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Meets at least one preferred qualification</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>Fewer highly qualified applicants</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ None!</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ None!</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are fewer positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ Other: No, we lost all of our FT positions with no replacement at all.</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ It’s not dying, it’s being murdered by shortsighted college administrators who have no respect for us or what we do.</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>See answer above</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southeastern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Urban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Our librarians do a little bit of everything.</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“no candidate ever meets all of the requirements. “</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>On our organization’s web page, Linked In, Indeed.com, specialized email lists, associations, or sites particular to the position</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>Yes. Broad sites like Indeed can bring in candidates who tend to apply for a job for which they have no qualifications, such as IT people. However, our job postions automatically go to these sites.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: We include a salary range</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: We have requirements that people have to meet, such as citizenship if the position requires a security clearance, or a degree or years of experience if the job class requires it. But no candidate ever meets all of the requirements.</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Not matching the KSAs on the job posting in any reasonable way</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, but we used to</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Right now it is entirely virtual, but we haven’t had a candidate for a position since the pandemic that has been in the area to be interviewed. If we did, we’d do in hybrid interviews. </p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Answer the questions that are asked! </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Manager, Classified Research Support</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Appropriate KSAs</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>Have not recruited for this position in a long time; in comparison with another position recently hired, fewer applications, but it’s a different sort of position.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 10-50</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I’m not sure I understand this question. My workplace as a whole?? We have an organization of around 2000 people; we hired around 300 new staff</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ Other: If looking at the total workplace, more. My organization, the same</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>Librarianship is changing for sure, but not dying. New skills need to be developed and the field needs to be reimagined.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Western US (including Alaska, Hawaii and Pacific Northwest)</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Urban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Special Library </p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Director of library, archives, IT applications</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise),</p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“I’ve let candidates do virtual if the weather is bad. “</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>State Listserv (NY), Local Library System’s Website, We’re civil service so we have to canvas the list first (if there is a viable list)</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>Yes</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I’ve let candidates do virtual if the weather is bad. </p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Proofread their submissions and meet minimum qualifications</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>Creative </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Library Assistant – Communications</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Between three to six months ago</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 26-50%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Has the skills needed for the job or shows they’re willing to learn.</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>A good number of applicants, some not qualified</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 3-4</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are more positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Northeastern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Other: We have all three areas in close proximity</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>Childrens, Adult, Tech</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee, </p><p>√ Human resources </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“Candidates need to have a love for working with people.”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>County Site, LinkedIn, Indeed, Facebook</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>N/A</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Lack of relevant experience. Incomplete application packages.</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>A week ahead with interview confirmation.</p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ First round/Initial Screen</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Develop relevant skills such as customer service, programming and experience with children if hoping to work in YS.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>adaptible</p><p><strong>Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?</strong></p><p>It’s a very competitive market.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>full time library assistant</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ more than 100, but less than 200</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 26-50%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Relevant skills, some understanding of public library work.</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>More applications with a wider range of backgrounds.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 200+</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are more positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>It’s a viable profession, but there are too many MLIS programs that are creating a pyramid scheme of too many candidates for too few positions.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southeastern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Urban area, </p><p>√ Suburban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>YS Librarians</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee</p><p><strong>Do you have any other comments, for job hunters, other people who hire, about the survey, or for Emily (the survey author)?</strong></p><p>Candidates need to have a love for working with people.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“In my division of 22 FT employees, we had to fill 9 positions (some internal promotions that created vacancies, etc.) – that level of turnover just isn’t sustainable”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Institutional job site, library website, ALA, Chronicle of Higher Education, Amigos</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>No way to know</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates? </strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Other: Experience yes, but not necessarily library or professional experience</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Better applicants in the pool</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview? </strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ First round/Initial Screen</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Use the cover letter to address requirements that might not be obvious from the CV</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is: </strong></p><p>capable</p><p><strong>Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?</strong></p><p>I wish we could attract better candidate pools for some of the positions but not sure what else to do.</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?</strong></p><p>Social Sciences & Education Liaison Librarian</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 26-50%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Met the required qualifications</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>This was a stronger pool than for other positions earlier in the year</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 100-200</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 7 or more</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I don’t know</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong> </p><p>√ Other: I don’t know</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Why or why not?</strong></p><p>I believe the skills are needed to run a library well. The traditional MLIS may not be necessary, but there is still a skillset required to run a library.</p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southeastern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Suburban area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library </p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire? </strong></p><p>liaison librarians, instruction librarians, branch library managers, student success librarians, administrators</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been: </strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee</p><p><strong>Do you have any other comments, for job hunters, other people who hire, about the survey, or for Emily (the survey author)?</strong></p><p>I’ve had to hire a stupid number of people the past 3 years and it is EXHAUSTING. It’s hard to maintain a positive attitude for recruiting while also trying to cover the responsibilities created by the vacancies. The survey has just reminded me of that. In my division of 22 FT employees, we had to fill 9 positions (some internal promotions that created vacancies, etc.) – that level of turnover just isn’t sustainable. I know it’s beyond the scope of your study, but it’s a real issue.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
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