How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job Interview

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How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job Interview, By ALISON GREEN

Bottomline: In other words, talk about the weakness and talk about how you're controlling it. Continue reading

Forthcoming Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities

• CLA 2014 National Conference, Victoria, British Columbia : Victoria Conference Centre: May 28 - 31, 2014 --
  Conference & Registration Information
  Wendy Walton: 613.232.9625 ext 302; Trade Show & Sponsorship:  Judy Green: 613.232.9625 ext 322; email: jgreen@cla.ca
  wwalton@cla.ca 
   
• 2014 Health (medical) Librarians Conference in Montréal

  June 16th to June 20th, 2014

  CHLA/ABSC
  39 River St.
  Toronto, Ontario
  M5A 3P1
  Canada
  TEL: 416-646-1600
  FAX: 416-646-9460
  Email: info@chla-absc.ca 
• 2014 3rd International Conference on Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT 2014) Toronto, Canada
• The International conference on communication systems and computational intelligence (CCSCI 2014) Toronto, Canada
• 1 - 6 November 2013, 76th Annual Meeting of ASIST, Montreal, Canada
• Knowledge management library management, 1 - 3 November 2013
  ICKM 2013; 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Montreal, Canada
• 2014 Annual Conference - Special Libraries Association, 8-10 June 2014

  Letter of Recognition – Canadian Border Service Agency - See more, here
• Canadian Library Association | Future Conferences

  • 2014 - Victoria, British Columbia, May 28 - May 31 ... CLA

  Provincial Conference of librarians:

  "A Universe of Possibilities"
  Metro Toronto Convention CentreJanuary 29 – February 1, 2014

Most underpaid, overeducated occupations

Most underpaid, overeducated occupations Detroit Free Press-Sep 4, 2013 The median annual income of library technicians in 2012 was about $30,000. The bottom 10% earned $18,430 or less. Library technicians are ... on the same shelf:

• Master’s in Library and Information Science:

  
  

  • Median Pay: $57,100
  • Possible Jobs: Elementary school principal ($74,300), secondary school teacher ($54,700), elementary school teacher ($53,800)

  in 'Five Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees' "Best-Paying and Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees," By Charyn Pfeuffer, PayScale.com