You do knowthat in the past decade that Library Studies programs have had a dramatic surge in admissions and that getting positions in this field is difficult, right? I know many a student right now, in a top 10 program, having issues with securing a librarian position.I’d also say that most universities only allow MA/PhD students to fill Teaching Assistant positions.
Good fitness instructors should NOT be getting their workout during the class time. The class time is for the students — they need direction and their form corrected. I think instructors that show up and just call out the motions their doing without ever looking at anyone in the room are not doing their jobs in full
I do know that librarian is an extremely difficult position to get full-time. But this is a part-time job list. I guess if you couldn’t get a job as a part-time librarian, you could at least get a job manning a desk at the library, especially on college campuses.
Also, I was a teaching assistant in undergrad, with no plans to go into a masters/PhD program at the time. So I think that is still a worthwhile option for college students.
Monica, with all due respect, manning a desk does not make you a librarian. It makes you a library assistant, a circulation assistant, or any title which indicates a library support staff member. Very valuable and necessary, but again, not a librarian. Even a part-time librarian needs at LEAST a Master’s degree, and at many universities and institutions of higher learning, they prefer for the employee to have a second master’s degree or a PhD.
Thank you for your clarification re: the Teaching Assistant. Since you didn’t specify in the post it being a part-time job for a student, I presumed you meant any Gen Y-er who was in need of a part time job. Which wouldn’t necessarily work out. My undergraduate school didn’t have TA positions, only work study. At IU (where I got my M.A.) undergrads, again, aren’t allowed to TA or AI the courses–only M.A. or Ph.D. students are.
Melissa, thanks for correcting me. I changed it in the post to Librarian Assistant, which I think makes more sense and was what I meant in the first place. Good catch.
Andrea, thanks for pointing this out. I wasn’t implying that fitness instructors would get a full workout, just that they would at least get up and move around in that type of job. (As compared to say, sitting at a computer all day like I do )
Monica O'Brien is the Director of Digital at Fizz and author of the book Social Pollination, which helps businesses leverage social media for crazy growth!
Monica O'Brien is the Director of Digital at Fizz and author of the book Social Pollination, which helps businesses leverage social media for crazy growth!
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You do knowthat in the past decade that Library Studies programs have had a dramatic surge in admissions and that getting positions in this field is difficult, right? I know many a student right now, in a top 10 program, having issues with securing a librarian position.I’d also say that most universities only allow MA/PhD students to fill Teaching Assistant positions.
Good fitness instructors should NOT be getting their workout during the class time. The class time is for the students — they need direction and their form corrected. I think instructors that show up and just call out the motions their doing without ever looking at anyone in the room are not doing their jobs in full
Ashley, thanks for the comment.
I do know that librarian is an extremely difficult position to get full-time. But this is a part-time job list. I guess if you couldn’t get a job as a part-time librarian, you could at least get a job manning a desk at the library, especially on college campuses.
Also, I was a teaching assistant in undergrad, with no plans to go into a masters/PhD program at the time. So I think that is still a worthwhile option for college students.
Again, thanks for the comment!
Monica, with all due respect, manning a desk does not make you a librarian. It makes you a library assistant, a circulation assistant, or any title which indicates a library support staff member. Very valuable and necessary, but again, not a librarian. Even a part-time librarian needs at LEAST a Master’s degree, and at many universities and institutions of higher learning, they prefer for the employee to have a second master’s degree or a PhD.
Thank you for your clarification re: the Teaching Assistant. Since you didn’t specify in the post it being a part-time job for a student, I presumed you meant any Gen Y-er who was in need of a part time job. Which wouldn’t necessarily work out. My undergraduate school didn’t have TA positions, only work study. At IU (where I got my M.A.) undergrads, again, aren’t allowed to TA or AI the courses–only M.A. or Ph.D. students are.
Melissa, thanks for correcting me. I changed it in the post to Librarian Assistant, which I think makes more sense and was what I meant in the first place. Good catch.
Andrea, thanks for pointing this out. I wasn’t implying that fitness instructors would get a full workout, just that they would at least get up and move around in that type of job. (As compared to say, sitting at a computer all day like I do
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No problem. Thanks for pointing it out! You are probably right that most bigger schools would definitely not have those positions for undergraduates.
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