My new job

So I thought I would make a post about the job I got back in June and have been working at since.

I did a three week practicum (work study) at the Law Society Library of Regina in May to finish my SIAST programme, and it was the best of the three practicum's I've had. I finally got to work in a special library, which is a library with material that is specific to a field (law, medicine). I got to do all the neat things library technicians do (cataloguing, labeling, data entry, check-in/out) and some not so fun things (invoicing, filing) but all of it was useful to know for future job positions!

While I was there the person who I was shadowing was in the process of leaving her position, and so there was a job posting up. I applied and because I was basically being trained to do the job being advertised I was one of the preferred applicants.

I finished my practicum, went and graduated (yay!) and scheduled a meeting with the higher ups of the Law Society (parent company of the Law Society Library) for an interview. The interview went smoothly (although I was a little nervous) and about an hour later I got an email with a contract!

I had been worried about finding a job as the end of my programme got closer, because I kept hearing how bad the job market was out there. Some of my past classmates hadn't necessarily found their jobs right away and that made me a little worried about the future. I had only applied at two places, the Law Society and the library at my old high school.

The timing of getting this job was perfect and I am settling into the workforce quite easily. My coworkers are great, I always have work to do, and I get to learn about a subject I had never thought of being interested in!

Next post I'll talk about the two trips I made to two of our rural libraries.