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User Experience (UX) jobs
- The UX Careers Handbook by Cory LebsonCall Number: 650.14 L493uISBN: 9781498796477Publication Date: 2016-01-01The UX Careers Handbook offers an insider s look at how to be a successful User Experience (UX) professional from comprehensive career pathways to learning, personal branding, networking skills, building of resumes and portfolios, and actually landing a UX job. This book goes in-depth to explain what it takes to get into and succeed in a UX career, be it as a designer, information architect, strategist, user researcher, or in a variety of other UX career specialties. It presents a wealth of resources designed to help readers develop and take control of their UX career success including perspectives and advice from experts in the field.
- How to Get a UX Design Job by Jenn Glaser (Designed by, Illustrator, Cover Design by)ISBN: 9780988630420Publication Date: 2018-02-26Want to land your next (or first) UX job? UX is hot these days, but the competition for jobs is fierce. When it's you against 200 other applicants, you must stand out. Are you stressing over your portfolio? Second-guessing your resume? Obsessing about what crazy questions or design exercises they might throw at you during an interview? In How to Get a UX Design Job, UX veteran Lisa Murnan shows you how to Design everything for your "users" (hint: recruiters, hiring managers, and potential teammates). Written by a UX designer for UX designers, this practical, tactical handbook will help you take your user experience career to the next level.
Overview
Resources on this page provide guidance on different ways to find and get jobs.
Library jobs
- Landing a Library Job by Deloris Jackson FoxworthISBN: 1538116995Publication Date: 2019-05-01*Available as an e-book
Are you a librarian looking to change jobs or a recent or soon-to-be library and information studies graduate breaking into the field? If so, let this book be your guide through the career development process. Landing a Library Job covers the different types of library and non-library jobs available to you and points you towards the resources you need to land those jobs. You'll learn where to find library and library-related jobs, how to successfully apply and interview, how to follow up, and how to cultivate your career. This book contains helpful information you can use to: Decide if and where you fit into the significant and growing field of library and information science; Find and apply for library and information science positions; Prepare for the employment interview; Accept or negotiate job offers; and Further develop your skills and knowledge in the library and information science field - Ace the Interview, Land a Librarian Job by Robin Milford; Robin O'HanlonCall Number: 020.23 Oh14aISBN: 9781440839566Publication Date: 2016-01-11*Also available as an e-book
Designed for today's competitive job market, this practical guidebook provides job applicants with practical tips and effective strategies for successful interview preparation and execution specific to seeking librarian positions. This book recognizes that there is no "one-size-fits-all" interviewing method and teaches the techniques for excelling at the unique aspects of interviews for specific librarian positions such as reference librarian, electronic resources librarian, outreach librarian, youth services librarian, and adult programming librarian - Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for the New Librarian by Meggan PressISBN: 9780838948408Publication Date: 2020-07-31*Available as an e-book
Get the Job: Academic Library Hiring for the New Librarian is a concise, practical guide to the job search for librarians interested in a career in academic libraries. It opens with concrete suggestions for how to direct your education toward full-time employment and get the most out of student experiences. The majority of the book is dedicated to the job hunt itself, covering the various steps of the academic hiring process, breaking each step into manageable pieces, and providing lots of tips and insights from the perspective of the search committee. Special emphasis is placed on the present.
Federal jobs
- Student's Federal Career Guide, 4th Edition by Paulina Chen (Editor); Brian Moore (Illustrator, Cover Design by); Kathryn TroutmanCall Number: 650.14 T758sISBN: 9781733407625Publication Date: 2020-06-15The Student's Federal Career Guide is a student career resource that helps students understand USAJOBS, which is the United States Government's official website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies, so that they can emphasize their qualifications, skills, and competencies for positions targeted to the latest class of graduates. Recent graduates do not know that the federal resume is not the same as the private industry resume. This new edition shows former students how to feature education, courses, papers and projects from college courses increasing their chances of getting hired.
- Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Edition, Print Book by Kathryn Troutman (Editor-In-Chief)Call Number: 650.14 T758fISBN: 9781733407601Publication Date: 2020-01-01The Guide's New Organization jumps right in with step-by-step directions for writing an easy-to-follow, stand-out Federal Resume using the Troutman-designed Outline Format that OPM welcomes. It then addresses a wider range of Possible Goals of Jobseekers : Part 1: 9 Strategies for Writing a Successful (Outline Format) Resume ; Part 2: 10 Steps to Getting Promoted in Government ; Part 3: Federal Career Change Stories ; Part 4: Special Insights for Information Technology Specialists.