This is the second of a two-part update for the Job-Hunting during Low-Morale Experiences data collection project, which began in March 2020. You can view the first part of this update, which summarizes the latest quantitative results. This part offers qualitative data. If you haven’t started looking for a job yet, how have your job […]
People working in service/helping professions while dealing with low-morale experiences often oscillate between disengagement and perfectionism/overwork behaviors. The resulting emotional conflict often includes feelings of shame and guilt, and these behaviors also result in mental and emotional exhaustion via burnout or compassion fatigue. Ettarh’s concept of vocational awe also highlights how ideas/feelings about the librarian jobs or
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I recently completed instruction for my “Deconstructing Low-Morale Experiences in Academic Libraries” course, which was hosted on the Library Juice Academy platform. This is the first time since the Pandemic that I’ve offered the course. Early in the course, I gathered cohort information about their low-morale experiences – you can view the results here. At
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It’s been a bit over a year since my last update for the Job-Hunting during Low-Morale Experiences data collection project. This project tracks how people approach job-hunting during their low-morale experiences, as well as how they respond to job-hunting outcomes during the experience (and the impacts to career outlook and job performance while job-seeking during