Being underemployed & Sick

Want to know one of the worst things about being underemployed?  When you get sick, you don’t get paid.  And when you work at a library that actually cares about its appearance, when you’re sick and you sound sick or look sick, they send you home and you hope that they can reschedule you for … Continue reading →

Myths of the Underemployed Librarian #3: You have A job, so you don’t understand what it’s like to NOT have a job in this economy.

My new friend over at Books, Dogs, and Frogs prompted this one with her comment on yesterdays Myths of the Underemployed Librarian #1 & #2: Working Part Time ‘Must Be Nice’.  The sentance from her comment that inspired me was “I’m a Youth Services Librarian, but at a branch that is so small that I … Continue reading →

Myths of the Underemployed Librarian #1 & #2: Working Part-Time “Must be Nice”

“Working Part-Time ‘Must Be Nice’” is a double-edged sword, which is why it takes spots #1 & #2 on my new series, “Myths of the Underemployed Librarian”.  We’ll see how many I can actually come up with in a timely fashion. For some reason, when people find out you’re only part-time employed, their reaction is … Continue reading →

Woes of the Underemployed

Today I took an exam at Santa Monica College for a Library Assistant position.  I think that this shows my desperation in desiring a full time job.  or at least another library job to cancel out my PA job.  The requirements to be able to take the library assistant exam were: HS Diploma or GE, … Continue reading →

The underemployed as employees

Last thursday, my place of employment hosted an all-day staff training.  In it, we learned about customer service skills from Susan Berk and played some fairly fun, team building games.  I can’t say that I learned too much from Susan Berk.  What I did realize, though, is that my customer service skills have been slacking … Continue reading →