Visit the SAA Career Center

If you are looking for a job, have a vacancy to fill, want practice interviewing, or would like to polish your resume with a peer advisor please visit the SAA Career Center at the 2016 Joint Annual Meeting.

Located in the Networking Cafe, the SAA Career Center will be open:

• Wednesday, August 3: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Thursday, August 4: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
• Friday, August 5: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

The 2016 SAA Career Center will offer:

• Handouts on resume building and cover letters
• Resume review by appointment
• General career consulting by experienced SAA members
• Posted job announcements
• A place to post your resume
• Mock interviews
• Digital preservation drop-in center for info on furthering a career in digital preservation

Employers who would like to have their positions posted or would like to meet with potential employees in the career center should contact the servicecenter@archivists.org for information.

Offered new this year, SAA members can sign up for mock interviews. Please email Melissa Gonzales at: melissa_gonzales@icloud.com. Interview appointments are limited – the deadline to request an interview is July 11^th. Mock interviewers will be assigned to simulate an interview setting.

Offered again this year, SAA members can schedule an appointment in advance for consultation with a career advisor. Please email Meredith Lowe at: mclowe@wisc.edu. Appointments are limited - the deadline to request an appointment is July 11th.

Here is a link to a PDF of the current schedule of advisors. Take a look and plan to visit (or make an appointment with) advisors who seem most likely to be a good match for your needs. (Advisors listed on Sheet 1, Short bios on Sheet 2)

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/career-development-subcommittee/annual-meeting-career-center-2016#.V1Xyf632apo

Meredith Lowe
SAA Career Development Subcommittee
mclowe@wisc.edu