[Web4lib] LibGig

Wed Jul 2 09:09:22 EDT 2008

It appears that they will make money off of organizations posting the jobs, many of whom do have money :)
In my personal experience Monster and other large, general job sites are not very helpful.  Often HR recruiters will post a mass of job openings without any information specific to the position. Monster et. al. do not rate themselves based upon the rate of success for hiring organizations to find appropriate candidates. They rate themselves on the quantity of jobs posted.  In these aspects, it will be interesting to see how a site like LibGig evolves. Personally, I have found more success via association website joblines. I have also had success using agreggators such as Indeed.com to locate an opening posted on an organization's own website.  I like Linked In as a follow up to the initial act of locating an interesting job opening. Linked In is great to contact potential decision makers and influencers within the hiring organization.
I have found fabulous advice and commentary about using web job searches via Ask The Headhunter. The headhunter specilizes in filling tech positions, so his advice tends to use those as examples. However, much of his advice applies to any job beyond the entry level.

In this article, Nick is discussing Career Builder. However, he provides links to other articles talking about large job boards.

~Kelly

----- Original Message ----
From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com>
To: Tim Spalding <tim at librarything.com>
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:15:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] LibGig

I just realized I hadn't shared my opinion of LibGig.com, even though I was the one who mentioned it in the first place.  :-)

When I first looked over the site I noticed that there was a venture capitalist (VC) involved. So I thought "OK, some VC is speculating to make some dot-com money." Nothing particularly wrong with that...people do it all the time. My next thought was "What convinced them they could make money off of a librarian-specific employment site?" We're not exactly rolling in money and there are other existing sites that do the same thing.

We'll see what happens...

Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates

--- On Sat, 6/21/08, Tim Spalding <tim at librarything.com> wrote:

> From: Tim Spalding <tim at librarything.com>
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] LibGig
> To: "Toby Greenwalt" <theanalogdivide at gmail.com>
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 5:44 PM
> Surely making money off librarians is tough to do...
> 
> As much as, somewhere in the back of my mind, I imagine LT
> becoming so
> central to librarians' work lives, and as much as I
> think Ning is
> cool, why do librarians need a dedicated service like this?
> 
> Aren't librarians and librarian jobs segregated enough
> already? What's
> wrong with LinkedIn and Monster and so forth?
> 
> I'm just asking. Is there a case to be made for a
> separate site?
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Toby Greenwalt
> <theanalogdivide at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My impression of the LibGig site is that it's more
> of a "yoo-hoo, venture
> > capitalists" sign than anything else. The vast
> majority of the information
> > is readily available from other sources, and most of
> what's promised seems
> > to be a blip on the horizon.
> >
> > Give it a few months, and then check back to see if
> it's developed into
> > something useful.
> >
> > Toby Greenwalt
> > Chicagoland, IL
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Bill Drew
> <dreww at tc3.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Lacks any real social network features.  Can't
> even find a link to edit
> >> my own profile.  Needs lots of work.  Take a look
> at my
> >> library20.ning.com social network.
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------
> >> Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S.
> >> Interim Library Director
> >> Librarian, Systems and Tech Services
> >> Tompkins Cortland Community College  (TC3)
> Library:
> >> http://www.tc3.edu/library/
> >> Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139
> >> E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu
> >> Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406
> >> AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
> >> Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew
> >> StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner,
> Activator, Communication
> >> http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/
> >>
> >> >>> "Rob Amend"
> <rob.amend at gmail.com> 06/20/08 7:58 PM >>>
> >> It's not really a networking site--there
> doesn't seem to be a way to
> >> access
> >> other profiles (which are minimal at best) and
> there are a number of
> >> Drupal
> >> errors associated with some actions (like posting
> a comment.) This is
> >> "beta"
> >> as it used to be--it isn't ready for prime
> time.
> >>
> >> Rob Amend
> >> Reference Librarian
> >> rob.amend at gmail.com
> >> blog.reftechrob.com
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:24 PM, B.G. Sloan
> <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'm curious to see what people think
> about this...
> >> >
> >> > "LibGig is a new professional networking
> website dedicated to bringing
> >> > together everyone who accesses, organizes,
> creates, manages, produces
> >> or
> >> > distributes information for a living."
> >> >
> >> > http://www.libgig.com/
> >> >
> >> > Bernie Sloan
> >> > Sora Associates
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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