Monday, March 08, 2010
Career Counselor, Being a
As a librarian, you will occasionally be called upon to counsel someone who is interested in joining your noble profession. Always present librarianship in a positive way to these prospective librarians, and resist the urge to show them your "I ♥ Dewey Decimal" tattoo, your Nancy Pearl doll, or your pay check stub.
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Also be sure not to tell them what the job-hunting world is like right now for freshly-minted librarians.
Or just tell them in a perky voice that they'd need a Master's degree. After their initial wide-eyed surprise, they'll sum it up neatly by voicing aloud what you've known for years. "Oh, really? This doesn't seem worth a Master's degree." (We're lucky this happened to me. Someone who takes their job seriously would not have found it as hilarious.)
And PLEASE don't tell any awkawrd, gangly, or even slightly pudgy, teenagers with severe social angst that this is a great career to choose in order to be antisocial. It's just not true anymore, thank God.
This is always my answer:
Should you become a librarian?
"Or just tell them in a perky voice that they'd need a Master's degree."
...a Master's degree that will cost more than is justifiable for the resulting salary ;)
And your reason for economic suicide is...?
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