**Type of report being submitted: Committee Final Report
**Date: July 1, 2004
**Committee Name: Resume Review Service
**Supervising Board Member: Marilyn Ochoa
**Co-Chairs: Donna Braquet & Susie Skarl
**Committee members (as of June 2004):
Caroline Cason, Jennifer Cella, Sarah Cohen, Mary Ellen
Icaza, Laura Kortz, Nanako Kodaira, Robyn Rosenberg, and Susanne Sacchetti.
**Goals, Objectives, Projects completed (including, but
not limited to, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during the
reporting year):
The committee had an outstanding year and completed most
of our goals. In particular, at Midwinter in San Diego, 126 people visited the
booth and 60 had their resumes reviewed. At Annual in Orlando, 194 people
visited the booth and 127 had their resumes reviewed. We were fortunate to have
three reviewers per hour during the conferences, equaling around 50 reviewers
per conference. Between July 2003 and June 2004, our e-mail service completed
82 reviews, nearly doubling last year's statistics.
Project Description/Goals:
The committee edited many useful documents this year.
Sign-up sheets, statistics sheets, evaluation forms, business cards, flyers and
brochures were created for the conference service. Additionally, committee
members made a special effort to publicize the RRS at Annual and Midwinter on
various listservs, in Cognotes, and other avenues of communication.
One of the major goals of this year's RRS Committee was
to create a comprehensive online guide focusing on library employment
resources. The resource guide is now available at the following link:
http://www.geocities.com/nmrtrrs/jobguide.html
The guide includes links to employment sites by location
and specialty, information on interviewing, resume and cover letter tips, a job
hunting bibliography, and several other job-related resources. This will be an
on-going project and the committee will continue to update the guide as
resources become available.
**Action Items/Issues to Be Resolved: (What
plans/projects remain which will be carried over or postponed until next year?
Have there been any substantial changes in plans requiring a reconsideration or
cancellation of projects? Information regarding such will be helpful for future
chairs and planners.)
In the upcoming year, the Co-Chairs will work with the
web liaison to create a form for easier resume submission and reviewer
application via the website.
Following suggestions from reviewees, the Committee will
be revising the conference sign-up sheets to include more information about the
reviewers (including areas of expertise, special skills, etc.).
The Co-Chairs will work the committee to devise criteria
by which reviewers will be selected upon application.
Due to new free storage (100 MB) availability by Yahoo!,
the Co-Chairs will cancel the fee-based Yahoo! Account ($20.00) which has now
exceeded our needs (1 GB).
The committee will work more closely with the SASCO
Committee and other appropriate committees to ensure that we target library
school students and recent alumni.
The committee will work to enhance the Job Hunting
Resource Guide, by adding more websites and articles.
The committee will identify new resources (books,
articles) to have on display at the conferences.
The Co-Chairs will work with committee members on a plan
to recruit more reviewers (especially more public, school, and special
librarians) for both the conference and the e-mail service.
Financial Report Section:
Your budget appropriation (see budget) a. 100.00
Amount which you have spent this year b. HOW MUCH $$ did
we spend??
Difference between budgeted amount and amount spent (a-b)
c. ??
**Report submitted by Susie Skarl
**Email address: susie.skarl@ccmail.nevada.edu