Min/Maxing yourself for unexpected side quests: Resume optimization, career path shifts, and marketing your transferable skills

Short Description: Beyond the debate of pursing generalist vs. specialist education, once you're in the field you've probably collected a certain skill set that can feel like it restricts your long-term career path. But if you're itching for exploration, change is possible! Take it from this historic-special-collections-curator turned tech-savvy-metadata-and-discovery librarian. It's all about identifying your own transferable skills, staying keen on how to learn and prepare for new responsibilities, and marketing yourself as THE hero of the hiring committee's campaign.

Session Format & Style: discussion roundtable / small group breakout

Takeaways: Attendees will gain insight into different ways of looking at and advocating for their own skills and expertise, recognizing opportunities in departments they may not have previously considered, how to prepare for interviews and new positions when there are job responsibilities that would be new professional territory for them, and generally leave with a  perspective on the interconnection of various positions across libraries.

Organization: CFP - Actively seeking fellow adventurers who have navigated a major career path change!

Contact Information: Porsche Schlapper (porsche.schlapper@marquette.edu)