Thread by @the_musser

Systemic inequality in LIS: a thread of good news and gripes!

I just got my first callback on an application I'd submitted & have an interview next week! 😬 Hilariously, it's the most recent one I submitted (this past Monday!), although perhaps that's unsurprising since it's one of the only non-academic positions I applied for.

I'm super jazzed because I have a personal policy of only applying for jobs I *want* to work at, but I'm also frustrated w/super-long hiring processes for academic positions, which is one of many things that push minorities and men out of librarianship altogether.

Full disclosure, I am SUPER lucky to have an excellent partner who is employed & paid well enough that she can pay rent for both of us for... like... three months, BUT that means sacrificing both of our savings & me chasing contract work here and there whenever I can.

Even (especially?!) the policy in LIS hiring of "you won't hear from us unless you're shortlisted" is awful. AWFUL.

I get that there's a glut of applicants for any given job, but taking 20 mins to bcc the folks not shortlisted would save applicants SO MUCH heartache & anxiety.

(aside, shout out to @wdenton for writing clearly about @YorkLibraries' hiring process here: miskatonic.org/york/interview… -- it's the only thing I've found that gave me any idea of what to expect, aside from signed acknowledgements that academic hiring takes a while.)

So... yeah. I guess what I mean to say is that hiring in LIS is largely inhumane in a lot of ways. And if the profession can't change timelines, they can at least be more upfront with applicants so that they can invest their time more wisely.

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