“I honestly believe that I have the best job in the library.”
That made me think, shouldn't a library's goal be to hire people who *all* say that (sincerely, of course), no matter what their job at the library is?
Sounds like a pretty good HR Strategy to me! 😀
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
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Yes, definitely a good strategy. At least to start. Doesn't mean that job will be that person's ideal job in 5 or 10 years. Sometimes what you want from a job, or life, changes over time, right? Like, right now I'm in my ideal job … the “best” job in the library from my perspective. But I know that after I've done this job for several years, have learned all I can and done what I've wanted to do, there is likely to be another job which is the “best” job in the library. (Which also has the best office…)
But, yeah, you don't wanna be hiring people who are looking to other positions right from the start. 'Twould be nice if everyone felt that they had the best job in the library.
That's definitely another element of this – how do you have an employee grow within an organization that is presumably growing and changing as well yet keep that perfect fit as much as possible?