CILIP HLG | Unlocking Your Library Career Potential
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2 October 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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This Careers Webinar offers practical guidance for library and information professionals looking to take the next step in their careers. Covering CVs, applications, job hunting, interviews, networking and volunteering it highlights how transferable skills can open up a wide range of roles and progression routes with support available through CILIP networks and communities.
Join us on 2nd October at 12 for a practical careers webinar for library and information professionals focused on CVs, applications, job hunting and interviews. We’ll look at how core library and information skills can transfer into a wide range of roles including options for Library/Information Assistants in particular and progression routes across the profession. The webinar offers:
• Guidance on creating strong CVs
• Writing cover letters
• Completing application forms
• Where to find jobs
• How to use LinkedIn and online profiles effectively
• How agencies can support a search
• Interview types and techniques
• CILIP networks and volunteering opportunities
We look forward to welcoming you and showing you what support is available for your career development.
This webinar maps to the following domains of the PKSB healthcare sector guide:
Professional development
Organisational and environmental context
Wider library, data, information and knowledge sector context
11.7 Critical thinking and evaluation
11.8 Reflective practice
13.5 Social media and collaborative tools
13.6 Communication skills
13.8 Networking skills
Joining details will be sent a day before the event.