Job hunt, credit crunch, big freeze, top threes…

Well, the job hunt seems to be rolling along now – if you measure it by the number of interviews, I’d say I’m definitely up to speed.

I have more interviews than I really know what to do with. I suppose I was a little unsure of myself to start with; not clear what kind of response I’d get. So this minor deluge is very heartening. Now I need to prioritise and aim my mental and physical efforts at the jobs I see myself enjoying and excelling at.

The credit crunch does not seem to make it more difficult for me personally to get interviews; when will we see it hit librarians / information professionals, I wonder?

The big freeze or “uksnow” as I believe it’s being dubbed, may well affect my ability to attend the interviews, though!

One strange side effect of my job hunt at the moment is that I’m putting off and re-booking interviews all over the place; I’m having difficulty prioritising them. It’s a bit of a kid-in-a-candy store effect, maybe, but even with a colour-coded spreadsheet (great info-pro skills) of all the pro and con points, I am still hard pressed to do it!

I’ve got it in a sort of hierarchy now; academic, then Government, then special libraries; various IT and uncategorisables go in the fourth place. And that’s pretty much how the interviews are shaping up too. Hmmm, blogging this has really helped me realise how well I’m doing! Thanks, blogging.