[Sca-librarians] RE: SCA and job interviews

[mhermance4]

 Yeah, you should never put something in a resume unless it relates to the job. For example, Omar's editorial stint at Tournaments Illuminated can be used to show organizational and administrative skills. After all, TI can be seen as an internationally distributed journal with several thousand subscribers. His household affiliation within the SCA probably wouldn't impress a mundane HR executive. 
 When I got my job, I had the SCA mentioned on my resume in the Other Interests category. It didn't make much difference one way or the other. They were just glad to find somebody with both a pulse and MLS that wanted to work here. 
 I don't think any of us would use a resume to fish for SCAdians, though, when it's easier to go to the SCA website, look up the area, and contact the nearest group. *g* Tuiren




 --- On Fri 01/07, Jane Lowry < emilielise at hotmail.com > wrote:
From: Jane Lowry [mailto: emilielise at hotmail.com]
To: sca-librarians at lists.gallowglass.org
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:02:47 -0500
Subject: [Sca-librarians] RE: SCA and job interviews

I have included it in the past in my "other interests" catagory, but I <br>agree; if you can't really justify it, don't put it on. I have justified it <br>in interviews because I've run several demos very successfully at past jobs, <br>and once I mention the demos, I end up having to explain the SCA etc. etc. <br>Also, since my area of collection development includes history, I like to <br>point out that even my hobbies relate to history, and research. But don't <br>put it on just to "fish" for fellow SCAers. However, if you are interviewing <br>somewhere and you don't know much about the city you are interviewing in, I <br>certainly would use my SCA contacts to learn as much I could about the city, <br>and the library I was interviewing in, 'cause you can be certain the SCAers <br>would know the library!<br>Good luck!<br>Lady Aemiliana Grimkellsdottir,<br>MoAS Canton of Brackendelve, Barony of Roaring Wastes,<br>MKA<br>Jane Lowry,<br>Reference Librarian, William P. Faust Public Library of Westland, Westland, <br>MI.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Sca-librarians mailing list<br>Sca-librarians at lists.gallowglass.org<br>http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/sca-librarians<br>

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