[Web4lib] Librarian seeking a job using facebook ads

[Sharon Foster]

And there was the woman (actually there has been more than one story
like this) who placed an ad on a billboard.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/010109dnmetbillboardjobsearch.261a52d2.html


Sharon M. Foster, 99% Librarian (waiting for the official okey-dokey
to change it to 100%)
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Alison Cody <alisonkc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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