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I am looking for jobs in library management and directorship.

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Jul 5, 2024 at 3:00pmWeb
Show threadHiring LibrariansAug 15, 2024

First, thank you so much for being the first person to submit a CV when I restarted this service. It is clear you are an experienced, capable librarian who understands the requirements of an academic library. Your CV shows that you are a strong and responsible contributor with leadership skills.

I have a few formatting/copy editing level comments:

  • Is the font for “Profile” and “Key Skills” headers larger than the other headers? I think I prefer the larger size, if I am indeed seeing correctly.
  • I would change my headers to black text
  • I prefer bullets to be without punctuation (no periods, no commas) or all with the same punctuation. But I think it may be more correct in a resume/CV to use periods at the end of complete-ish sentences, and nothing for fragments. So, your key skills section here has fragments for bullets and would be correctly punctuated (except the Instructional Technologies bullet, which has a stray period), but achievements in work history should have periods for all bullets (rather than commas for most and period for the last). I think some style guides will indicate the comma/period combination that you are using, but my thought is that this is more for actual writing, and not just a CV.  Your mileage may vary in this and all advice.
  • I would spell out or not include FT or PT. Or maybe not include FT and spell out part time
  • I think you don’t need to include the word Achievements under each title, you can just jump straight to the bullets

Content level comments:

  • I’m not a huge fan of profile sections or skill sections that aren’t really specific tech/coding type skills. I think that info generally belongs in the cover letter. That being said, in my own resume I do include a 2-4 bullet summary of qualifications.
  • I really like that you have statistics and numbers to support your bullets under work history. 
  • I’m a little confused about your first bullet under your most recent title, because it seems like you’re talking about the whole library, which is maybe a dean/director level thing? But your title is Health Librarian? Maybe specify if you were acting at a higher level or if you’re talking about a departmental context?
  • Also under your most recent title, the “12% increase in library efficiency” seems a little odd to me – what exactly is being measured to determine efficiency? Fewer hours? More output? 
  • Under your second title, what kinds of projects were the 10+ projects? Research projects? Although I really like your use of numbers and stats, this section could maybe use fewer numbers and more description.  What kind of instructions were the instructions? 
  • For your third title, again a little more description – what were the projects?
  • Overall, I think you might try for a little more detail and distinction between your different titles. What were the unique achievements in each position, rather than just what were the numbers on the same three activities
  • Do you have publications to include? presentations?