Careers
The Biomedical Division offers to review section member resumes at no charge and has aggregated the following job sites for your convenience. Regardless of your membership status, we are happy to discuss career options/paths for students of library science or with those looking to moving into librarianship related to biomedical or life sciences.
To submit your resume or to start a conversation about biomedical or life science librarianship please contact Howard Fuller.Job & Career sites from Professional Associations and Similar Aggregated Job lists
Special Library Association Job Listing
SLA maintains many resources for librarians seeking employment or career advice. Besides a listing of jobs available throughout North American (and sometimes overseas) they maintain a selection of articles on career planning, the value of the information center, salary survey information, etc. Many of these resources require SLA membership for access. Additionally, many local chapters maintain job listing on their web sites.
Medical Library Association
Updated on the 10th and 25th of each month. Includes links to several MLA chapters that maintain job listings in their respective areas.
American Library Association
The ALA's JobLIST offers 24/7 access to current job postings from all library types and related organizations. Ads are searchable by library type, job category, location, keyword, and more for increased access to the perfect opportunity for you.
Canadian Library Association
Career opportunities from around Canada.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Search for jobs from more than 1,190 institutions.
HERC: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
Lists job opening at educational institutions throughout California
Northern California HERC http://www.norcalherc.org/
Southern California HERC: http://www.socalherc.org/
Indeed
Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages – and is updated throughout the day, everyday.
Library Jobs in Pacific States
This page includes regionally-based job listings for the following states: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
LinkedIn.com
This social networking site is an important site to maintain an up-to-date profile of your accomplishments, build a network, search for friends and colleague (to build your network), and search for jobs. Many companies post jobs only on LinkedIn and many recruiters search LinkedIn for potential candidates. Remember to search for and invite your DBIO colleagues into your network.
At first glance LinkUp.com might seem similar to indeed.com, but instead of aggregating job boards (like indeed and simplyhired.com) LinkUp.com searches specific company job web pages resulting in job listing not listed elsewhere. It’s a must to include in your job search.
Lita (Library & Information Technology Assn)
Library and Information Technology job postings.
Library Personnel Staffing Firms
AIM: Advanced Information Management
Primarily lists jobs available in California
InfoCurrent
Maintains national listings with offices throughout the U.S.
Library Associates
Current jobs available through Library Associates, a library staffing and recruitment firm established in 1986. Their focus is national in scope, with offices in California, Denver, and Washington, DC. Government positions are a specialty. Library Associates welcomes resumes from new and experienced library personnel. (Cross listed under All Libraries, Federal Libraries, Pacific, Western, and Atlantic States; many new positions will also appear on the Combined Job Posting page)
Pro Libra Associates
Headquartered in New Jersey
Taylor & Associates
A library placement service focusing on the San Francisco (CA) Bay Area.
Wontawk
Specializing in direct hire and temporary staffing placements in corporate information centers, libraries, research organizations, advertising, marketing, foundations, associations, financial and other institutions.
Jobs in the independent sector (non-profit sector)
It is often best to search by location as opposed to job title. For example, a “librarian” skill set may be found under titles such as information specialist, program manager, project manager, knowledge services, database management, web services, etc.
Idealist.org: List nonprofit job and volunteer opportunities, social networking, resume posting nationally.
Opportunity Knocks : allows one to search for jobs, post a resume and offers other resources for the nonprofit job seeker.
Resources specifically for those over 50 and retirees, including links to volunteer opportunities and for retirees looking to help other retirees (adopted from the Associated Press)
AARP Job Search AARP offers both a job search engine and a national employer team (www.aarp.org/employerteam) that lists employers that are acgtively recruiting mature workers nationwide.
Encore.org : many of the jobs posted are in education, health care and human services.
Quint Careers : Job and Career Resources for Mature and Older Job-Seekers -- Including the Baby Boomers, Third-Agers. Targets baby boomers, those born from 1946 – 1964.
RetiredBrains.com : lists jobs, volunteer opportunities, educational resources and retirement information.
Senior Helpers : has offices in over 200 U.S. cities, and hires older workers to provide in-home companion care.
YourEncore : seeks to match retired engineers and scientists with companies that need to meet a capacity surge or fill a short-term need.
Federal Student Aid Programs
Opportunity.gov -- New Educational Opportunities for Unemployed Workers
Rev. September 2009