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.