OVERVIEW:
Whether you are hiring library workers for the first time or the 40th, this webinar will help you hire better. Presenter Emily Weak, founder of Hiring Librarians, draws on over a decade of her experience speaking to thousands of professionals about their perspectives on hiring – and being hired – in libraries and the greater LIS field.
This webinar will provide an overview of emerging (and a few established) hiring trends. Attendees will find options – small and large steps, adjustments to traditional practices, and whole new directions – they can take to improve their recruitment and selection of staff at all levels.
Hiring Better benefits everyone; when libraries find better, more contented staff, and staff will find more fulfilling workplaces.
LEARNING AGENDA:
- An overview of library hiring trends. Stories, examples, and perspectives from other practitioners will allow participants to benchmark their own experiences.
- Hiring is often an isolated process. The norms of a single institution are often taken as norms for all institutions, and people are unable to see alternatives. Library leaders who hire will benefit from seeing where their organization is situated in the larger spectrum of possibilities.
- At the end of the session, participants will be able to list three practical, achievable steps their library organizations can take to improve their hiring processes.
This 60-minute overview session on is another in our “Essential Librarian Series,” designed to be shown to new staff and leaders and to provide a refresher for all who work in the library. The presentation slides will be available to all who participate.
About the Speakers
EMILY WEAK. As the founder of the long-running Hiring Librarians project, Emily has surveyed more than 2000 workers on both sides of the hiring table, in the wide field of Library and Information services. She has also worked with researchers and authors, curated crowd-sourced resources for interview preparation and resume/CV review, and even started a podcast.
DR. STEVE ALBRECHT. Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. His new book, The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, was just published by Rowman & Littlefield. Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. He has written 25 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives in Springfield, Missouri, with six dogs and two cats.
