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There's a fun subsection of those posts that are like, "I'm burned out on my current job, but libraries are pretty low-key, right? How's the pay?"
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Here is what I have so far hiringlibrarians.com/job-seekers/...
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Suggestions have been added to this page hiringlibrarians.com/job-seekers/...
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As a bicyclist, I agree. And as a former admin person, I know that some organizations also use requiring a Driver's License as a shortcut to proving eligibility to work, which is ill-considered and (as I understand it and at least for now) illegal
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That would be great - I'll email you
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Thanks Katie! I am glad that we still have these important resources from the Federal government
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Agree - not necessary in so many cases!
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Wow! That feels like prioritization of CYA for ALA over the interests of library workers. Disappointing. Thanks for sharing. I've been pondering my own membership renewal. It's a big organization and we need library advocacy now more than ever, but maybe we're too misaligned about what's important
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Me too
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Should we have a club?
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That's also the way I had originally interpreted it.
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and part 2:
'Library Workers Who Are Neurodivergent – Part Two'
#Library📚
#Librarian
#Neurodivergent🧠
#Neurodiversity
#employment
#Work
#workplace
➡️ ala-apa.org/newsletter/2...
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Weird
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Yes, this I can see more. When I was in public libraries I remember shocking my friends in the tech sector when I deleted LinkedIn all together. They found it pretty crucial
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yeah, ditto! Not as far as I'm concerned, but curious what others think
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It's nice when the organization lets you know they're not a great place to be before you waste too much time :)
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We were discussing this on the GLAMR mastodon yesterday and I was happy to be able to share your research on this hiringlibrarians.com/2022/11/28/r...