Today I had my first interview of the year - it was for the post of School Librarian at La Retraite School in Balham.
The interview and presentation went really well according to the feedback I received from the Head Teacher, unfortunately I came second to another librarian who had actual school experience. I know I am not the first librarian that has run up against this problem when trying to make the move from the public sector into schools. No matter how good our credentials or what skills and experience we bring, we generally lose out to a school librarian. It is a library version of the chicken and the egg - you don't get the job because of of a lack of experience, and you don't get experience without the job. Not unique to library circles I know, but as I move in those circles it is a refrain I hear all to often and today it came from my lips.
I am not bitter or angry, disappointed yes, but that is life. As my friends and colleagues say I will get the next one or the one after that. I have skills and talents and I will not let failure to get the first post I apply for get me down.
It would have been good though!
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