LJ's Student Affairs blogger Staci Elliott, in a swan song, offered some sober reflections on why she remains library-jobless since she started applying for positions in October 2007. (She earned her degree two months later.)rnFirst, she acknowledged some mistakes. While she refused to apply for jobs that didn't pay a decent basic salary, she wrote, "Two-thirds of your needed salary is better than no salary at all." While she eschewed certain states, like Texas, she now understands that a way station is not a life sentence. She turned down the one job offer she got early on but now realizes she was lucky to have gotten that.rnShe advises readers that working in a library before going to library school-even as a volunteer-offers an important step up.
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