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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
bovinity:
--- Quote from: zechstyr on 30 Aug 2018, 23:05 ---A little late to this, but I'll stick my nose in.
I've got Marten's job, basically. I'm a library paraprofessional at an academic library. I got my foot in the door because I was working on a degree related to the academic library's mission and had previous experience at a bookstore and as a student worker at another branch. I've been employed there for 5 years now.
My job is a somewhat cushy, low-key one but someone in Claire's position would not want it. They might even be offended if they were offered it. How do I know? Because I'm now going to school for an MLIS and have talked about this quite a bit with the head of the Reference department. If I got my degree now I'd have a major advantage (MLIS and a Masters in a STEM discipline) and could legitimately request 2-3x my current pay as an entry level librarian. If I didn't have that STEM degree it'd be more like 2-2.5. I would not ever be considered for a librarian position without my MLIS, even for the super-specialized library I help run. Librarians are protective about their degrees.
As per salary.com a Library Assistant makes 42.7K, which I find deeply, darkly amusing. The median for a normal Librarian is 62.5K.
I found the jealousy for Marten's job to be... interesting. Claire should, upon graduation, be able to find librarian jobs at a public library fairly easily (there are a decent amount out there based on the listservs I've joined). A position at an academic library is a horse of another color, but Marten wouldn't be at all the hindrance to Claire in this scenario... her problem would be the 75+ year old reference librarians that haven't retired yet.
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Yeah, over in this neck of the woods a Library Assistant makes about 22k/year. We go through them like crazy sometimes because it's literally on the same level as any other "starter job" and there's no real advancement possible unless you're REALLY committed to the field and go get the applicable degrees. You can't just "work your way up" because there is no "up" from shelving books. The only qualifications are being physically able to move a book cart and knowing the alphabet for the most part.
Even in the current job market, someone with library science related degrees wouldn't even want that position, it'd only look poor on a resume. (Source: Interviewers telling me exactly that when seeing it on my resume. :D )
War Sparrow:
Honestly, that sounds kind of great. Untenable for me due to location restraints, but a girl can dream.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: ianrbuck on 01 Sep 2018, 05:29 ---I can relate to Claire's assessment of how lucky Marten is to have gotten his job. I graduated with a Computer Science degree, and before I even got around to looking for a job my mom found out that the high school she works at needed to hire a Computer Tech teacher. Normally I'd be totally unqualified, but at the time in Minnesota there was no way for anyone to get a license to teach Computer Tech. The school was so desperate that my "interview" consisted of the Principal immediately showing me the classroom and asking, "do you think you can work with this?"
And now here I am, starting my fourth year of teaching.
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Welcome, new person!
You didn't even need to recognize iambic pentameter? :-)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Jeemy on 01 Sep 2018, 07:10 ---I was told by a forum member here, if I remember correctly, he/she would "like to take a shit on my life".
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Global Moderator Comment Everyone, please hit Report to Moderator if you get abuse like that.
Thrillho:
Say what you want about our mods being over enthusiastic but we absolutely would not tolerate anybody telling you the want to take a shit on their life.
Unless Jeph said it, since he owns the place.
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