Tips From the Inside

Kari Anderson, Vice President of Client Services at LAC (Library Associates Companies), is a new contributor to LibGig with "Tips From the Inside". With over 25 years of professional library experience (academia, corporate/private sector, government, special libraries,...) she has much to share about the industry and more importantly on jobs within the inforamation world. Her regular contributions will be helpful to job seekers as well as those currently working in the field as she is out there daily hiring, managing staff and projects, working with information clients, etc. You couldn't ask for someone with their finger more on the pulse of what is happening with information and libraries today.

5/7/09 : Interviewing tip #1:
When preparing for your next interview, be ready for the “How would you handle …?” questions with examples from your past experience. While details are good, don’t ramble. The interviewer wants to know how you would handle situations you’re likely to run into on the job, and the best way to let him/her know that is to relate how you have handled similar ones in the past. Remember that these examples can be from settings other than work situations, if your on-the-job experiences are slim.