I’ve had six “real” jobs in my life:1. Gas jockey at the local gas station throughout high school2. Door-to-door salesman for a rural cable TV company throughout my undergrad years (not nearly as bad as it sounds and in fact, one of my favourite jobs of all-time)3. Marketing & Technology Officer at the Saskatchewan Publishers […]
AskMetaFilter has a few interesting threads on HR. Choice quote: “Just my two cents, but I think there are always open HR positions because HR people are batshit crazy. Take an informal survey of anyone you know who has to deal with an HR department on a regular basis, and I suspect they'll agree.”Did I […]
Today is the two month anniversary of me being at Regina Public Library. Hard to believe it's been that long already but in some ways, I have to work to remind myself that it's only been a short time overall (I often counseled our new branch librarians at Southeast Regional Library not to feel overwhelmed […]
I saw the following in the latest CLA e-newsletter…“Retirement: The Sault Ste. Marie Public Library Board announces that Wilhelm Eisenbichler, Director of Public Libraries since 1993, will retire at the end of 2008. An effective administrator, Eisenbichler brought sound business principles and strong fiscal management into library operations. He is also credited for developing new […]
I'm writing this on October 9 but dating it as October 8 as I meant to write yesterday about my one month anniversary at RPL. So far, the first month is a blur but I'm enjoying it immensely – from the work I've been able to do to my co-workers to just learning about the […]
…could also be called “OD Specialist” if the longer title won't fit on your business card. I can't remember which co-worker pointed this out to me today but I thought it was pretty funny.
I start my new job tomorrow and so it's the usual mix of nervousness and excitement today. But to be honest, I'm more excited than nervous for this one and the biggest thing I'm worried about is whether I should take the bus or drive followed closely by “what should I take for lunch?” since […]
The announcement went out to the staff at Regina Public Library today so I can now officially talk about my new job. I have accepted a position as RPL's Organization Development Specialist! “As a what??? I never took a class on that in library school,” I hear you saying and I have to admit, I […]
Well, having managed to convince myself that I would likely be sitting on EI for a month or two this fall waiting for some pending jobs to be posted, there was a small flurry of Regina-based library jobs posted in the last month. I went for three interviews early last week, had two offers by […]
A bit of hypothetical reality question for you – what is the single most important thing you should do as a manager to help staff accept institutional change?
