u/treasure444 — reddlx

Update on Interview Outfit and Assistant Librarian Interview!!!

(Tried to post this two days ago but the post kept waiting moderator approval so trying another upload!)

Everyone was so kind with their comments and opinions on my last post, I thought I’d give an update!
This is the outfit I ended up going with!! So the blue vest, black slacks, and I ended up swapping the long sleeve for this striped blue button down!

Now on how the interview went:

Good things:
I think it went well! I was confident, I didn’t stutter, I feel like I really communicated how passionate I am about serving my community, and what my values were.
One of the things that stuck with me is that at the end of my interview one of the questions I asked them was “ what is the ideal trait that you would want in a candidate for this position?” and one of the panel members said, “ flexibility, eagerness to work, a good attitude, which you seem to have.” So AHHH that’s a good sign I think?
I also did a lot of research beforehand on what kind of questions they could possibly ask me, so I came up with a bunch of different specific strong anecdotes that demonstrated my strengths, so I was super prepared for the interview with great anecdotes and everything that I talked about I had rehearsed talking about lol

Meh things:
Nothing went terribly wrong, but I didn’t notice that one of the panel members was busy, there were supposed to be three people there, but one of them had to take a meeting and wasn’t there for my interview. I don’t know how much that’ll affect things, if there were less panel members for my interview.

The other thing is just that I didn’t really study library or data science or anything that’s super irrelevant, I studied creative writing, and I did tell them one of my goals was still to be a writer, long-term, but I wanted this part-time librarian assistant position so that I could still serve my community hands-on and in person, and then when I’m not working I’ll work on my novels. I did try to do my best to emphasize my customer service experience, the work I used to do at a nonprofit, etc., etc.. and I definitely had a good interview, so I’m not really sure how much of my evaluation will be based on my interview versus based on what I studied in college.

Overall, this interview was for the public libraries of my entire county, there were part time and full time librarian assistant positions open and they had sent a list of libraries that had openings, and I specifically wanted a part-time position at four of the libraries, (there were about 12 on the list but the rest of the libraries are way too far from where I live) so I’m not sure about the chances of specifically a part time opening being available at any of my specific library choices, so yeah there’s a lot of factors that I’m not really sure about. But I’m really happy and grateful that my interview went well!

Do you guys think I have a good chance of getting it??

u/treasure444 — 8 days ago

▲ 0 r/bodyweightfitness

Could I gain muscle by only doing squats and lat pulldowns?

I feel like I have a mental block with going to the gym because there’s too many different excersizes to do. Right now I’m going to the gym 0 times a week, and for the past year it’s been either once every week for a month or twice a month, or three times a week for a whole month— just inconsistent. Work and life just keeps taking over too.
I feel like if I just did two heavy compound movements and kept my workout more minimalist I wouldn’t have as much of a mental block about it and go more consistently. But is that enough for me to gain muscle? (Alongside meeting my protein goals?)
Also, right now I’m doing a good job at meeting my cardio goal, doing 12-3-30 daily. I just need to get back into weights.

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u/treasure444 — 9 days ago

▲ 230 r/librarians

Which outfit should I wear to my Librarian Assistant Interview tomorrow morning??

Since the photo isn’t the brightest, for reference the vest is navy blue, the skirt is a pleated grey ankle-length skirt, and in the second photo it’s the exact same outfit but instead of the skirt i have black slacks

u/treasure444 — 12 days ago

▲ 72 r/librarians

I got an in person interview to be a librarians assistant!!!

Omg! I’m so happy I got this interview! There’s gonna be a panel, and it’s for my county public libraries— so I’m not sure which one i would be placed at, but I’m going for a part time assistant position! They said this’ll be the only interview before job offers! It’s next Thursday, what should I do to prepare??

I’m a little nervous because I studied creative writing in school, not librarian science. I really do like working with people though and serving my community and I really really want to work for my county public library!

What would the interview be like? What should I do to prepare??

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u/treasure444 — 20 days ago

▲ 1 r/puppy101

Can I leave my dog in an outdoor kennel for 2-3 days a week? (He’ll sleep inside)

I have a Pomeranian puppy about 9 months old. I have to go to a different city and stay there for 2-3 days a week for classes. In the meantime, I live at my parents house where my Pom lives. They kind of bamboozled me because when we got the puppy they said they’ll help with responsibilities, but I’ve found that they aren’t capable of doing basic basic things like feeding him on time, putting him in his crate at night, walking him in the morning and at night, and he just ends up spending most of his day locked in his playpen, peeing and pooping a lot on his puppy pad holder. I’m furious and I’ve argued with them for half a year about basic things like “don’t let him roam around unsupervised.”

But they REFUSE to listen and just today i argued with them again and all of the sudden my parents flip the script and say: “we’ve never wanted to take care of him, we don’t want to be responsible for him AT ALL.” The most basic thing they do is feed him and give him water. I’m sick and tired of coming home each week after my work trip to a house that REEKS of urine. (Today during the argument my mom said: “just let it be that way,” when i told her i can’t stand him peeing inside, which made me furious because they’ve basically said they’re okay with the way things are for the rest of their lives, pee smell constantly all the time). At this point, I’m wondering if it’s better for my dog to mainly stay in a VERY secure outdoor kennel with food and water and toys for the days that I’m gone on the work trip— he’ll sleep inside the house in his crate, definitely at least.

When I’m at home, for the majority of the week, i diligently crate train him and I see him make a lot of progress. Once I had one of my trips canceled and had to stay home for two weeks and in that time period I saw SO much improvement in him, I swear there wasn’t a single accident in the house. I work TIRELESSLY to train him, and I have to sacrifice more time, cancel events/seeing friends because of crate training. I work extra hard because I know my parents don’t really do anything. But each time I return from my trip my dog regresses. Pee and poo everywhere. I’m SICK of it. It feels like all my effort, all the hours I put in, being consistent, just feels like it’s worth squat.

And no, bringing him with me on my trips are not an option. When I go to the city for classes, I stay at a place that doesn’t allow dogs and I can’t stay anywhere else because I can’t afford to.

What should I do? I feel exhausted and hopeless.

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u/treasure444 — 2 months ago