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Library work experience

  • 13-03-2012 5:01pm
    #1
    Crosswalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭


    I'm just about to finish a B.A. in English and History and am (very realistically) assuming that I'm going to find it impossible to find a job once I finish. I was hoping to do a postgrad in archive or library studies and thanks to the budget cutting the grant I'll be waiting a year. That's not too bad though because most library/archive courses require at least 6 weeks full-time work experience in a library.

    Looking on Jobbridge, there's no relevant internships or work experience being offered anywhere near my part of the country (I live in Cork) so I was wondering, if I somehow manage to get work experience with a library that's not listed on the Jobbridge internship scheme, could I still receive this benefit? I highly doubt anyone is going to hire a green college graduate with almost no work experience to be a library assistant so I'm assuming the dole plus work experience will be the only way I can survive. Also, would any of ye lovely people know any libraries that would take on graduates for such experience?

    Thank you :)


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  • #2
    boobar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭boobar


    Crosswalk wrote: »
    I'm just about to finish a B.A. in English and History and am (very realistically) assuming that I'm going to find it impossible to find a job once I finish. I was hoping to do a postgrad in archive or library studies and thanks to the budget cutting the grant I'll be waiting a year. That's not too bad though because most library/archive courses require at least 6 weeks full-time work experience in a library.

    Looking on Jobbridge, there's no relevant internships or work experience being offered anywhere near my part of the country (I live in Cork) so I was wondering, if I somehow manage to get work experience with a library that's not listed on the Jobbridge internship scheme, could I still receive this benefit? I highly doubt anyone is going to hire a green college graduate with almost no work experience to be a library assistant so I'm assuming the dole plus work experience will be the only way I can survive. Also, would any of ye lovely people know any libraries that would take on graduates for such experience?

    Thank you :)

    This might have suited....but it was in Galway and closing date has passed.

    But you might check the contact details on this website and call them directly for more information.

    http://www.library.ie/2012/01/27/library-work-experience-opportunity-summer-2012/


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