Making the Most of and Moving Beyond Your First Professional Position: Strategies for Success

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2019

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Association of College and Research Libraries

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to: articulate the benefits of introspection in order to create a reflective professional practice throughout your first job and beyond; identify strategies for leveraging your first professional position in order to prepare for and find success in your second job search; and identify a professional narrative you would like to craft in order to intentionally tailor your online presence, external community, and project work to specific area(s) of expertise.

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career, job, librarianship

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Hare, S. & Versluis, A. (2019). Making the most of your first professional position: Strategies for success. In M. Hodge (Ed.), The future academic librarian’s toolkit: Finding success on the job hunt and in your first job. Chicago, IL: Academic and Research Libraries (ACRL) Press.

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