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Re: job market
I have to second this. I'm earning under $12 an hour for what was recently
referred to as my 'professional expertise'. But that was when I was being
volunteered as a participant in a program to help other organizations. I
must take on two and sometimes three jobs, even though this one is full
time, in order to pay the mortgage *and* eat. Add to that, my car going on
the blink recently, and I literally have to think how to cook to have
well-balanced meals and pay the bills.
No professional should have to live like this.
My 2cents
Ronnie Cunningham
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacquelyn Saturley [SMTP:saturlej@LIBCOOP.NET]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:37 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: job market
>On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Jill Jackson wrote:
>
>> Because we are hiring, I have been watching job announcements a lot
lately.
>> I have noticed that quite a few archivist positions (of various types)
keep
>> getting re-advertised or the searches extended. This is both exciting
and
>> unsettling depending whether one is a prospective employer or employee.
I
>> am wondering whether there is a skill deficit, or whether more jobs than
>> applicants. Thoughts? Are there fewer students going into archives at
the
>> library schools? And is it just my imagination, or are grant funded
>> positions more plentiful and harder to fill these days?
Well, as one who has looked in other geographic areas for potential
employment -- I can only say that I am keeping my eye on other fields. The
pay that is being offered across the board is so absurdly low. I can think
of no other profession, except librarians, that have such an extremely low
pay scale. It is absolutely ludicrious. I did not enter the profession to
get rich -- but I do like make my mortgage payments and eat at the same
time!!
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