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  • From: "Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Finding a job was Farm Update
  • Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:43:17 -0500

Lynn,

I also did my graduate study in Library and Information Science a long time ago. I think the key here in finding work today is to push the information science part and downplay the library part. Forget the local library politics--those jobs don't pay that well usually. I could have had the full time library director job here for minimum wage--no way! Brush up on your database and records management, Internet research, etc. and print up some cards as an independent consultant. Target industries that interest you (what was your undergraduate in? That's a good place to start), learning all you can about them in advance. Hire out on a project by project basis. You will earn more and have time to homestead too, working from home if you have all the hardware and software. This is what I've done, carved a niche.

My educational path: Environmental Design/Botany>Art>Library and Information Science

My career path: Graphic Designer>Advertising Director>Botanical Garden Information Specialist>Nature Festival Organizer>Tourism Director>Independent Ad Agency and Tourism Consultant for the Nature Tourism Industry.

Good luck!

--Sage




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