[Web4lib] Librarian seeking a job using facebook ads

[Alison Cody]

Different industry, but it worked for this guy!

http://consumerist.com/5264703/jobless-guy-buys-facebook-ads-to-land-microsoft-gig

-- 
Alison K. Cody
Public Relations & Instruction Librarian
Loyola/Notre Dame Library
Baltimore, MD

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Stewart Baker <stewart.c.baker at gmail.com>wrote:

> Has anybody else seen the ads on Facebook that are from a librarian seeking
> employment?
>
> I think that's a pretty interesting idea, but have to wonder if the guy's
> got any chances of getting a job from it.  I know plenty of librarians who
> do browse facebook (on those slow reference shifts, for instance) but I'm
> not sure it's the best place to advertise yourself.  I suppose it does get
> your name out there, though.
>
> Regardless, it's a welcome change from all those "Make $4,456,000,000
> hourly
> from your home!" scam ads I see.
>
> Anybody have any thoughts?
> --
> Stewart Baker
> Reference / Web Services Librarian
> CSU Dominguez Hills Library
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