Taking stock: career planning for isolated, middle‐level professionals
Jane Farmer
(Lecturer at the School of Information and Media, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK)
Grainne Ward
(Careers Service at the University of Abertay, Dundee, UK)
Lawraine Wood
(Lecturer at the School of Information and Media, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK)
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Abstract
Middle‐level professionals working in one‐person library or information units, usually women, frequently experience obstacles to career progression, which are seen as insurmountable. Examines some of these obstacles, and suggests a possible approach to career planning incorporating a number of different strategies for change.
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Citation
Farmer, J., Ward, G. and Wood, L. (1996), "Taking stock: career planning for isolated, middle‐level professionals", New Library World, Vol. 97 No. 3, pp. 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610115672
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1996, MCB UP Limited