 Hello, this is Jill Cleese. I'm your iSchool Career Center Liaison. I provide virtual career coaching and support to all of you. I'm available by email, phone, and virtual chat to answer your questions, critique your resume, and assist you in your internship and job search. I want to introduce you to the San Jose State University School of Information Career Development Site. This site is the hub of our school's virtual career center services. So whether you're new to the LIS field, here to make a career change or update your LIS skills, our career development web pages have something to offer for everyone. Even if you have a job and you don't plan to leave it, knowing what resources are available to you and ensuring that your job search tools are prepared, up to date, and ready to go just makes good sense. The School of Information Career Resources provides the broadest range of online career resources designed just for you, the iSchool student. And here's why you want to use these resources now and not wait until you're ready to graduate. From the School of Information homepage, select Career Development right at the top. You'll find just about every career resource you'll need to get your career started. So let me tell you the top five reasons why you want to use this site early and often. Reason number one, you can use this site to identify your career direction within the LIS field. Find out what other students and alumni are doing with their degrees by reading community profiles and alumni spotlights. Feel free to reach out and connect with these students and alumni to do what we call an informational interview. This is a valuable opportunity to find out more about what they're doing, how they got started, and learn what advice they can share with you a new student. You can also learn about emerging careers and trends for information professionals and stay on top of new and changing job titles in the field by reviewing our annual Emerging Trends report. Reason number two, learn how to network and ask the right questions when meeting new professionals in the field. We encourage our students to join and get involved in professional associations. This is an excellent opportunity to build your networking contacts. Did you know that only a small percentage of available jobs are ever actually advertised? You'll want to tap into this hidden job market and get the inside scoop on the variety and diversity of LIS positions available to you. So do check out the networking section of the career development site. Reason number three to start using the career development site early and often is to get comfortable learning how to use social media, particularly LinkedIn in your job and internship search. Having a social media presence is one more way for you to market yourself, develop networking connections, join groups of interests and be accessible to others who are seeking a person with your skills, qualifications, interests and expertise. Social media has become a way for professionals to network and meet hundreds of people all around the world. You'll want to spend some dedicated time on this section of the site to learn how to build your profile and develop your personal brand, or in other words, determine how you'd like to present your skills and experience to the world. Reason number four is to work on your resume. This is the most used resource on the entire career development site. Everyone needs to have a well-written contemporary professional resume tailored to the type of LIS position you will be seeking. The rules of resume writing have changed, and if it's been three or more years since you wrote or updated your resume, you need to check this site out early and often. Your resume needs to demonstrate what you can do for an employer, the skills you've gained in your coursework, projects, volunteer and internship experiences, and of course, your tailored work experience. Even if you think you have an excellent resume, check out the site, compare your resume to our examples, and feel free to request a resume critique. We all have room for improvement on our resumes. They are always a work in progress. I would not want you to miss out on an excellent job opportunity because you made the assumption that your resume was in good shape. I've seen this happen way too many times. And lastly, reason number five, learn to interview like a pro. Interviewing is a skill, and it takes practice to master your skill. So please don't wait until the night before you have an interview, or right before you graduate to realize that your interviewing skills needs some work. If it's been many years since you were interviewed, or you've never interviewed for an LIS position, I highly recommend that you spend some time reviewing the resources on the site and practicing your interviewing skills. There are many, many more resources on the career development site. You'll find job search links, the iSchool career blog, links to past career development workshops, and recordings to career colloquial workshops with professionals in the LIS field to sharing their tips, knowledge, and expertise. There are so many resources available to you. I recommend that you check them all out. Take a few minutes to pull down the menu links. Click on each one to get an idea of what's here for you. Familiarize yourself now with what's here, and do start early and use this site often. Feel free to contact me with your career-related questions at jill.clis at sjsu.edu.