Career grids not paths

Yesterday I attended an informal careers event for the University of Sheffield’s Information School, organised by CILIP’s Career Development Group (Yorkshire and Humberside Division). Along with Ned Potter and Joel Kerry I was there to offer advice and tips on career paths by chatting about what I’ve been doing since I finished my MA in [...]

What to expect from the Ronseal Effect

The feedback from the New Professionals Information Day in London indicated that attendees would have preferred to have more information about sessions before deciding which they wanted to attend. In response to this I thought it’d be useful to post up my brief and tell you a bit more about what I’ll be covering tomorrow [...]

Surviving the New Professionals Information Day

I wasn’t sure whether to link to the presentation now or wait until after the Newcastle event in November, but I figured I’d put it up now just in case anyone wants a sneak peek.
So what are these New Professionals Information Days about? Well, generally targeted at new professionals, recent graduates, students and anyone else [...]

Library Day in the Life – The Professional Body

Continuing with my Library Day in the Life updates today I wanted to tell you a bit about my first trip to CILIP HQ (The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals).

I was up at 4:30am and on the train to London by 05:55am! Hitting London rush hour is a nightmare and if I’m honest [...]

Round 5 – Library Day in the Life

After following the last couple of Library Day in the Life weeks I thought it was about time I joined the party! Want to know what I’ll be getting up to during this week? Well, stay right here, here, here, or here.
In the meantime I’ll let you know what’s in my diary:

Monday – Customer Services [...]