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“These skill sets compliment each other and working together can deliver great results that librarians can’t do on their own”
Please note: This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by filling out the survey here.
Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs
These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).
Where do you advertise your job listings?
University website, sometimes LinkedIn and usually on X (Twitter) and to Irish and UK listservs and on the CONUL website.
Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?
I have not studied the detail but once, when I opened an application on Linked In I got a lot of direct applicants for whom the application process was EASIER but the quality was reduced.
Do you include salary in the job ad?
√ Yes
Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?
√ No
Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?
√ No
Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)
√ Yes
What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?
Lack of experience or absence of a visa to work in Ireland
Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)
√ No
Do you provide interview questions before the interview?
√ No
Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?
√ No, and I don’t think we ever have
How much of your interview process is virtual?
√ Other: Since late 2023 all interviews are conducted in person on the campus
Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?
√ Other: If requested, yes, feedback is provided about interviews.
What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?
Think about ALL relevant experience and demonstrate it in their application; tailor the application to the post being sought
I want to hire someone who is:
Enthusiastic
Is there anything else you’d like to say about hiring practices at your organization or in current trends?
Nothing further to add
Your Last Recruitment
These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.
Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?
Librarian, Student Engagement and Success
When was this position hired?
√ Between six months to a year ago
Approximately how many people applied for this position?
√ 25 or fewer
Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?
√ 26-50%
And how would you define “hirable”?
Held all the necessary qualifications and relevant experience.
How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?
Better experience and qualifications in the pack, more LIBRARIANS with experience applied, I think there was a weaker cohort in 2018.
Your Workplace
This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.
How many staff members are at your library/organization?
√ 50-100
Are you unionized?
√ Yes, at least some workers are union members
How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 3-4
How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 3-4
Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?
√ There are fewer positions
Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?
√ No
Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?
√ No
Is librarianship a dying profession?
√ No
Why or why not?
The core competencies are still relevant but there is a definite need to diversify the professional positions in academic libraries to meet the evolving needs of our students e.g. more technical roles and educational technology positions will allow us to deliver more in the University’s Virtual Learning Environment where students learn. These skill sets compliment each other and working together can deliver great results that librarians can’t do on their own, we don’t expect librarians to have the pedagogical or technical background and skills that other professions have.
Demographics
This section asks for information about you specifically.
What part of the world are you in?
√ Ireland
What’s your region like?
√ Urban area
What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):
√ Academic Library
What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire?
Teaching Librarians, Collections/Resources librarians, Student Success librarians.
Are you a librarian?
√ Yes
Are you now or have you ever been:
√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise)
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