Career Competencies and
Employment Portal

About the DC/SLA Employment Committee:
The Employment Committee acts as a clearinghouse for employment information. It is the purpose of this committee to facilitate the communication of employment opportunities and candidate availability between interested parties. To achieve this result it is desirable that this committee function with a high degree of efficiency and accessibility.

Committee Chair:
Mary Talley
Axelroth & Associates
2409 Dexter Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902
202/363-1056
Cell: 301/602-2657
Fax: 202/363-1057
mtalley@axelroth.com

The Employment Committee of the DC Chapter has created this portal to assist members in the development of their careers and their employment opportunities. If you have any ideas or contacts, which might improve this resource please send them to Mary Talley, mtalley@axelroth.com.

Employment Strategies

Resume Writing and Interview Skills (http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/resume.asp)
SLA's Toronto chapter tips and resources

Alternative Careers

Alternative Careers & Personal Development (http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/alternativejobs.asp)

Association of Part-Time Librarians (http://homepage.mac.com/joel_huberman/APTL/Intro.html)

Career Development for the Millenium (http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/newsletter/courier/v36n4/v36n4a6.htm)

Joblines

Altough not specifically DC Joblines, advanced searches invariably include searching by region or location.

Best Top Sites.com (http://www.besttopsites.com/hot100/jobs.shtml)
International as well as US and Canada joblines

Career Services Online (http://sla.jobcontrolcenter.com/)
Use the advanced search function to search for a job by type of job, job level, location and category.

Contract Job Hunter (http://www.cjhunter.com/index.html)

Job Sites (http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/jobsites.asp)
SLA's Toronto chapter

Telecommuting Jobs (http://www.tjobs.com/)

Salary Surveys

2006 SLA Salary Survey (http://www.sla.org/content/resources/research/salarysurveys/salsur2006/index.cfm)

SLA Salary Survey Information Portal (http://www.sla.org/content/resources/infoportals/salary.cfm)

Salary Comparison Calculator (http://www.moving.com/Find_A_Place/Calculators/SalaryCalc/)

Career resources

Career Planning and Competencies Information Portal (http://www.sla.org/content/jobs/careerportal/carecomp.cfm)
SLA members only

Career Development Reading List (http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/readinglist.asp)
SLA's Toronto chapter resource

2007 Click U Live! (http://www.sla.org/content/learn/learnmore/distance/07clickU/index.cfm)
A series of virtual seminars that relate to career development in the library and information professions.

Competencies

Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st century http://www.sla.org/competencies

"Competencies of Law Librarianship." AALL Spectrum, 5(9), June 2001: 14-15.

"Developing Core and Mastery-Level Competencies for Librarians." Karen Holloway. Library Administration & Management, 17(2), Spring 2003: 94-98.

Mentoring

Career Disruption Assistance Program http://www.sla.org/chapter/cdc/committees_files/cdap.html)
Career Disruption Mentoring

"Mentoring - Personal Reflections of a Special Librarian". Theo Jones-Quartey. Information Outlook. 4(7) July 2000: 26-30.