Hello Re:Generations community! I am new to the blogging team, and I am so pleased to be a part of a group of such a vibrant group of academic librarians. This is my very first post! As a brief introduction, my name is Meghan, and I completed the Master of Information Studies program at the University of Toronto this past April, and began working at York University in May. I’m a Business Librarian at the Bronfman Business Library – what you’d call a “traditional” academic librarian. My responsibilities breakdown along the typical lines: Reference, instruction, collections development, faculty liaison, and research. I was lucky to have gotten the job offer several months before school ended, thus making those final school assignments nearly impossible to finish, but also offering me significant relief from the fear that I might never, ever, ever get a job (you might recall the state of the economy last winter and the doomsday news reports that accompanied…). I thought for this, my first post on the blog, that I would share some insights about why I think I got the job: what made my résumé stand out instead of getting shuffled to the back of the pile, what sorts of things I talked about in my interview, and how I prepared. Let it be known that this is based entirely on my own personal experiences, and might not ring true for everyone. However I hope there are some insights that students and recent grads will find helpful during their own job pursuits. The Résumé, a.k.a., the Curriculum Vitae: An important lesson I’ve learned is that academic librarians are often very closely associated with the entire faculty (i.e. professors) of an academic institution. “But,” you say, “Academic librarians are different! We don’t toil in labs, we don’t get research assistants, and we get to buy books. …

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