I have a job, Interim Head of Learning Resources at South Thames College. So it is time to analyse my job search.
- I applied for nineteen jobs. I was shortlisted for four.
- The average salary of posts I applied for was £33,000.
- Eight posts were fixed-term contracts, of lengths varying form three months to two years.
- All but one were based in London
- By sector, I applied for six jobs in higher education, three at the British Library, two in government, two in further education and others in learned societies, local government, the private sector, a professional body, a special library and a trade union. In the past three years I have applied for seven BL jobs and have never been short-listed. Is this a record.
- Subjects inlcuded regional studies, medicine, fashion, art history, history, local government, scientnce technology and medicine (STM), music and animal health.
- All but three were library-based
- Four came from agencies, two each from Sue Hill and TFPL, with TFPL sending me for the South Thames job. I am sorry to say that CILIP's own Infomatch sent me precisely nothing.
