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ASLIB TRAINING: CAREERS INFORMATION

Pre-course experience

Increasingly employers prefer to take on candidates with previous work experience. The majority of postgraduate courses also require a year's relevant experience before offering a place. Students taking non-LIS first degrees should be aware of this and endeavour to find relevant work experience if they are considering taking postgraduate courses; any experience of working can only help in the future. Some commercial libraries offer pre-school training posts for graduates and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) run a placement scheme for those wishing to obtain pre-school training in university libraries. This Graduate Training Opportunities scheme incorporates the SCONUL Trainee Scheme. Some recruitment agencies may be able to offer placements, but generally they deal with post training positions.

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