2020 PALCI Member Mtg Series - Job Searches and Professional Development During COVID-19
Channel: PALCI
Date: 2020-09-16

Job Searches and Professional Development During COVID-19

Panelists:
Tim Schlak: Library Dean, Robert Morris University (Moderator)
Paige Flanagan: Associate Dean and Director of Library Services, Lycoming College
Maureen O'Brien Dermott: Associate Director Library - Access Services, Dickinson College
Joelle Pitts: Associate Dean, Administration, Planning, and Assessment, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract:
Are you searching for a new job or filling a staffing vacancy at your library while your building is closed or when physical distancing is required? The impacts of COVID-19 on hiring and job search processes have introduced a number of new challenges to libraries, including limited face-to-face interactions among employers, applicants and new hires, the use of new technologies required for remote interviewing and onboarding, and a variety of other new responsibilities for both supervisors and new hires. This panel session will provide helpful advice from those on both sides of the interview. Join us to learn how to take your job or candidate search from good to great as our panelists discuss what's important in conducting thorough and insightful candidate searches online, evaluating applicants, the qualities they look for in a new hire, and the ways applicants can continue to professionally develop to help them stand out from the crowd. Panelists will also speak to the steps they've taken, what's worked and what hasn't, and share tips for how to bring new staff members onboard during a time of great uncertainty.

Recorded September 9, 2020 as part of the 2020 PALCI Member Meeting Event Series