I'm a school librarian, so we do legitimately get summers off - that said, we also get paid less because it's a 9 month contract not a 12 month one. Trade-offs. (I anticipate another post about some of this stuff in the near future, actually.)
On the introversion: I think the thing that saves me, and I suspect saves a lot of other people more on the introvert side of the line, is that most of what I do is one-on-one conversations. And I work in a small enough school that at least half those conversations are with people I have an ongoing interaction with (teachers, students we see regularly, etc.)
It's just lots of one-on-one conversations in a row. (Presentations are different, but I actually recharge from those, so they're not as difficult as say, a 5 person meeting.)
And on the skills - I'd say that any strong Web 2.0 skills are also hugely useful these days, even if you're not looking for a tech librarian job. I've gone a long way on 'able to pick up tech stuff fast and reliably' too, which is partly practice, and partly a learned skill, and partly inclination )and the first two parts can substitute a lot for the last one.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-04-27 01:42 pm (UTC)On the introversion: I think the thing that saves me, and I suspect saves a lot of other people more on the introvert side of the line, is that most of what I do is one-on-one conversations. And I work in a small enough school that at least half those conversations are with people I have an ongoing interaction with (teachers, students we see regularly, etc.)
It's just lots of one-on-one conversations in a row. (Presentations are different, but I actually recharge from those, so they're not as difficult as say, a 5 person meeting.)
And on the skills - I'd say that any strong Web 2.0 skills are also hugely useful these days, even if you're not looking for a tech librarian job. I've gone a long way on 'able to pick up tech stuff fast and reliably' too, which is partly practice, and partly a learned skill, and partly inclination )and the first two parts can substitute a lot for the last one.)