Since we're currently advertising for assistants, I thought I'd post. I think
we at Nottinghamshire CC are not alone in advertising locally and on the CCs
website where possible. We have to put forward a case for putting an ad in a
national or other publication, largely saying that we can't fill the vacancy
locally. For a scale 2/3 post, this would certainly be called into question!
Very few offices seem to advertise in the SoA newsletter for para-professional
posts.
At a meeting called by Re:source last year we discussed the lack of archivists
from ethnic communities in the profession and suggested that setting up a
contact list of professional archivists who were willing to give help and
advice to people thinking of joining the profession. Perhaps offices
with vacancies could also post to the list. Possible addition to the website?
Jenny Moran
Notts Archives
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