Career Advising Week was held in June 2023

If you weren't able to join us online, you can watch recordings of each of the sessions below. Personalized career counseling is available year-round for School of Information Sciences students and alumni. For questions or to make an appointment, please contact SIS Career Advisor Kim Schroeder at ag1797@wayne.edu. 

• Darlene Johnson-Bignotti, library faculty, Oakland Community College
• Cathy Russ, library director, West Bloomfield Township Public Library
• Katrina Rouan, coordinator for reference services and graduate student assistants and subject librarian for psychology, communication sciences and disorders, and physics and astronomy, Wayne State University Libraries

Watch a recording of the session here.

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Information Management
Speakers:

• David Foote, enterprise service management administrator III, American Equity
• Nick DeNardis, senior director of digital communications, Wayne State University
• Joanna Dueweke-Pérez, senior strategy director, community economic development, ProsperUs Detroit

Watch a recording of the session here.

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Archives
Speakers:

• Aliqae Geraci, director, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
• Dave Moore, archive and digital asset manager, Carhartt
• Rebecca Buschmann, content management specialist, Allied Vaughn

Watch a recording of the session here.

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School Librarianship/Youth Services 
Speakers:

• Patrick Taylor, district librarian, EL coordinator, Eastpointe Community Schools
• Amy Hermon, information, research and technology specialist, Learning Commons, Royal Oak High School and host of the School Librarians United podcast
• Lindsay Pulsipher, college credits specialist/ELA teacher consultant, Muskegon Area Career Tech Center

Watch a recording of the session here.

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Career Fair 2022

Position Yourself for Your Ideal Job 

SIS Career Advisor Kim Schroeder provides tips and strategies for creating a dynamic professional image and shares the importance of building your personal brand while job searching. View the video recording

Archives Round Table 

Hear from alumni of the archives program as they give examples of their current projects and offer advice on how to pursue a career in archives. Speakers: Cierra Casteel, processing archivist, Ford Motor Company Archives; Leslie Edwards, processing archivist, State Archives of Michigan; Jordan Sparks, records and information management analyst, Federal Reserve Board View the video recording

School Media Roundtable 

Hear from alumni who share their experiences and offer advice on how to pursue a career in School Library Media. Speakers: Patrick Taylor, district librarian and EL coordinator, Eastpointe Community Schools; Martha Spear, retired media specialist, Berkley High School; Suzanne Todd, SIS adjunct faculty and director, Eastpointe Memorial Library View the video recording.

Information Management and Vendor Roundtable

Information management alumni share their experiences in the field and offer advice on how to pursue a career in information management. Recruiters will also attend to discuss what they look for in an applicant. Speakers: Steve Bush, lead recruiter, Clarivate (ProQuest); Paula Montgomery, revenue integrity analyst, Henry Ford Health System; Jade Ortiz, university relations manager, Rocket Central. View the video recording.

Academic and Public Libraries Roundtable 

Hear from MLIS alumni who work in academic and public libraries. Speakers: Melanie Emerson, Dean of the library and special collections, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Steven Bowers, Executive Director, The Library Network; Christine Stewart-Peele, Manager, Detroit Public Library, Edison Branch. View the video recording.

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Career Fair 2021

Career Advising Week 2021 Zoom Recordings

The 2021 Career Fair was held on Zoom with a panel discussion each day. Video and audio recordings of the sessions are available below. 

Career Week Kick-Off: Rock Family of Companies 

Representatives from the Rock Family of Companies discuss the hard and soft skills they are looking for in candidates for internships and job openings. Listen to the audio recording.

Library Science Panel

Steve Bowers, director of The Library Network, and Jenny Marr, director of the Ferndale Public Library, share their experiences and offer advice on how to pursue a career in Library Science. View the video recording or audio only.

Positioning Yourself for your Ideal Job

Career Advisor Kim Schroeder provides tips and strategies for creating a dynamic professional image. Graduate Student Assistant Stephanie Weis presented how to create an online portfolio. View the video recording or audio only. PDF of resources from Online Portfolio workshop.

School Library Media Panel

Margaret Barile, assistive and instructional technology specialist for Haslett Public Schools, and Patrick Taylor, K-12 librarian, EL/bilingual coordinator for Eastpointe Community Schools, share their experiences and offer advice on how to pursue a career in school library media. View the video recording or audio.

Information Management Panel

Panelists share their experiences and offer advice on how to pursue a career in information management.

Panelists include: Laura Evans, product designer with Ford Motor Credit Company;  David Foote, director, Endpoint and Application Engineering, Computing and Information Technology, Wayne State University; Lauren Bobcik, Partner UI Integration Designer, General Motors. View the video recording or audio.

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Past Career Fairs

For more on past career fairs and more career resources visit Career Advising for Information Professionals Libguide!

SIS ProQuest/Ex-Libris Job Fair: August 10th, 2020

Due to COVID-19 our Career Fair has moved online for 2020. Full Live Stream View Here

SIS Career Fair Full Live Stream- April 10, 2019

First Half:

• Crystal Jolly, Assistant Manager, Detroit Public Library Consultant, "Urban Public Librarianship"
• Shawn McCann, Assistant Professor, Oakland University, "Being a Faculty Member"
• Olivia Olson, Community Engagement Librarian, Troy Public Library, "Working in a Public Library"
• Debbie Welsh, Media Archivist, Media Migration Manager, Allied Vaughn, "Educating Clients on The Archival Process: Lessons Learned in a Corporate Archive"

Second Half:

• Kim Schroeder, Wayne State University, "Positioning Yourself for Your Ideal Job!,"
• Steven Bowers on the Michigan Library Association (MLA)

 

2015 Panel Discussion: An LIS Show and Tell
Featuring the following panel speakers:

• Paul Gallagher, Director, Library Operations User Services, Wayne State University Libraries.
• Kelsey Jansen van Galen, Librarian/Archivist, CNN.
• Holly Flynn, Outreach Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries.

2015 Resume Workshop
Featuring the following presentations:

• How to Sell Yourself: Kim Schroeder, SIS Career Advisor.
• Networking for Your Future: Gail Madziar, Executive Director, Michigan Library Association and Cathy Wolford, President, Michigan Library Association.

2013 Panel Discussion: Non-Traditional LIS Jobs
Featuring the following panel speakers:

• Leslie Burke, Collection Development and Digital Integration Librarian at Kalamazoo College.
• Derek Sojda, 2010 SIS graduate and information architect for Sogeti USA in Metro Detroit.
• Shawn McCann, Immersive Learning Librarian at Wayne State University.
• Karly Szczepkowski, Research Analyst for the Division of Development & Alumni Affairs at Wayne State University.

Library Journal Annual Placement & Salary Survey, 2012 Results: What You Need to Know
Conducted at the 2013 Career Fair by SIS faculty member Stephanie Maatta Smith

2012 Career Fair

2012 Panel Discussion: Non-Traditional LIS Jobs
Featuring the following panel speakers:

• Christine Ayar Illichmann, Coordinator of Customer Experience, Evanced Solutions
• Eva Gogola, Associate Director, Development Research Services, Division of Development and Alumni Affairs, Wayne State University
• Matthew O'Connor, Director of Business Intelligence, Allis Information Management, Inc. (AIM)
• Mark A. Spasser, Director, Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University
• Mari Vaydik, Major Gifts Director, Alternatives for Girls

Library Journal Annual Placement & Salary Survey, 2011 Results: What You Need to Know
Conducted at the 2012 Career Fair by SIS faculty member Stephanie Maatta Smith

2011 Career Fair

2011 Panel Discussion: Employment Strategies
This distinguished panel, representing a wide variety of LIS employment options, provided lots of good advice and suggestions to current students and recent graduates about how to get marketable and stay marketable in today's challenging environment.

• Alicia Biggers, Senior Data Research Supervisor, Ford Motor Company
• Jennifer Cornell, Technology Trainer, Kalamazoo Public Library
• Eva Gronowska, Associate Director, Development Research Services, Division of Development and Alumni Affairs, Wayne State University
• Jennifer Gustafson, Practicum Coordinator and Adjunct Professor, WSU School of Library and Information Science
• Bill Harmer, Director, Chelsea District Library
• Tim Richards, Director, Mardigian Library, University of Michigan""Dearborn
• Jeff Wilensky, Vice-President of Publishing, ProQuest