Today's post is from Cindy Batman at the University of North Texas:

The program schedule is now available on the website for the TLA 2008 Annual Conference in Dallas so that you can see the program, preregister and sign-up for volunteer hours online. One of the services available through TLA Annual Conference is the Placement Center which coordinates interview appointments between employers and job seekers.

In order to use the Placement Center beginning April 1, the job seeker must be preregistered for the conference, and a representative from the employer must be preregistered for the conference. Once they are preregistered, they may start corresponding and the employers can start to view the job seeker information.

For those folks registering for conference onsite, they will need to come to the Placement Center at the Convention Center and register in order to use the Placement Center services either locally or via the internet. The employers’ postings may be viewed now on the TXLA.ORG web site under JOBLINE and View Listings.

The Placement Center is also hosting the following Resume Workshops where job seekers will receive advice on resume writing, common mistakes in resumes, and suggestions on ways to stand out from the crowd. These workshop presentations will be made by experienced library directors who will be available after their presentations to critique your resume.

Tuesday, April 15th from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
(Presenter TBA)

Wednesday, April 16th from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Cindy Scroggins, Director of the Baylor Health Sciences Library

Thursday, April 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Marcia Trent, Interim Assistant Director of the Dallas Public Library

The Placement Center is being co-chaired by Jeff Levy, UNT Reference Librarian, and Cindy Batman, UNT Dallas Campus Librarian, call or email if you have any questions
•Cindy Batman cbatman@unt.edu
•Jeffrey Levy jeffrey.levy@unt.edu
•Leora Kemp lkemp@unt.edu

If you would like to volunteer in the Placement Center please fill out the volunteer form.