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7 steps of job search process

An average US worker holds 10 different jobs before age 40. This seems they change or search for a new job quite often. And it is needed to look for job search process to change your job, isn't it? Searching for a job is a part of career development. Definitely the job search process requires multiple process in practice. Step 1: Identify the skills and areas of interest Question to consider in this step are: What I am good at? What do I like to do? What have I studied? This questions will help us to create a professional profile.  Step 2: Creating a professional profile Professional profile may include a short summary of educational background, work experience, volunteering experience and special training if any. Hobbies and interests can be also added to portray personal interest.  After creation of the profile comes the time to looking for a job from different websites or newspaper or in-person.  Step 3: Reading the j...

Earliest History of Library Education

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Education is so much important that it is considered as the foundation and backbone of any society. It plays a vital role in developing the traits of any society. Library education is the education for the professional career in the libraries. The word 'profession' comes with the synonymous terms of occupation, prolonged training and formal education. The library education first started in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. The known first LIS students were from America who were being trained under the British apprenticeship system. But this limited student and specific method of training happens to be insufficient to provide the librarians with the formation of many new libraries in US and increase of the industrialization in 1800s. As a result, a new system for train up the librarian came in limelight. Melvil Dewey; Source: wikiquote Melvil Dewey was a pioneer in American Librarianship. After receiving his undergraduate degree he was hired by...

Checklist for creating an internationally oriented CV for grant proposal

Everyone in these days knows what a CV is! Full form of the CV is Curriculum Vitae. It is a Latin word which means "the course of one's life." A modern CV includes details of one's education, employment and so on. In the United States and in some other countries Resume is used to refer to a CV to used by job seekers to find employment. Here is a checklist for the items you need to keep in mind when preparing an internationally oriented CV. Topic or information Important Optional, especially if it's not obvious Not Necessary, unless asked for Name 🗸 Contact information 🗸 Gender 🗸 Marital status 🗸 Number of children 🗸 Photograph 🗸 Religion 🗸 Passport number 🗸 Educational background 🗸 Employment / work experience 🗸 Publications 🗸 Presentations at conferences 🗸 Awards and honors 🗸 Similar to the content, the f...