Getting back into the game: how to restart your library career after a break
To many employers someone returning from a career break in librarianship is more like a recent graduate rather than someone who completed their library qualification over 20 years ago. Having taken many years out, career break applicants will need to persuade those hiring that their ‘skills and experience as a professional are up to date’. (Mehling, 2018) This is at the same time as competing against other applicants who are already in professional librarian positions, during a time of economic…
