Landing a Job & Launching a Career

Florida State University

College of Communication & Information

and FSU Career Center

Lorri MonE-mail: lmon@ci.fsu.edu

Christie KoontzE-mail: Christie.Koontz@cci.fsu.edu

Brianna FrankE-mail: bdfrank@fsu.edu

Finding Jobs and Expanding the Search

Are there options you haven’t considered?

FSULibIT Twitter List – LIS Jobs

http://twitter.com/FSUlibIT/library-jobs

FSULibIT Twitter List – IT Jobs

http://twitter.com/#/list/FSUlibIT/it-jobs

CI-Job-Announcements Email List

CI Student Services Bb Site – Careers/Jobs

https://campus.fsu.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_83616_1&content_id=_1450864_1&mode=reset

FSULibIT

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tallahassee-FL/FSUlibIT/208771023918?ref=nf

Making Contacts in the Job Market

Dean Larry Dennis & CCI students at Career Day, 2009

Marketing Yourself Online

Google Yourself – are you on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Slideshare, YouTube? Are you on LinkedIn?

Linked In – Professional Network

http://www.linkedin.com

Preparing Your Resume / Vita

The Job Interview

Add More Qualifications, Even as You Job Hunt

LIS Student Poster Session in Second LifeInternet Public Library (ipl2) Virtual Reference Service ipl.org

You can keep adding more experience to your resume – volunteer in a professional organization, a local or online library, join a poster session, publish a paper, teach or give a talk, etc.

Many FSU distance students have participated in LIS professional opportunities online via Second Life and the Internet Public Library

Many FSU distance students have participated in LIS professional opportunities online via Second Life and the Internet Public Library

Thinking Ahead to the Career