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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
On November 26 2012 12:07 HardlyNever wrote: Librarian is a pretty stereotypical introvert job. You need an ALA accredited degree to be considered a "true" librarian (MLS, MIS or something similar, it just has to be ALA accredited). However, you can get part-time/paraprofessional library jobs, usually with a bachelors. I landed one a few years ago then went back to school to get an MLS. They are pretty hard to get, though, as a lot of people want them. They also don't pay particularly well and it is hard to get a full time library job without an MLS. Most states have a listing of open library jobs, here is the one for NC: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/jobs.html That shouldn't be considered a comprehensive list, and you'll have to go through each one and see which ones want an ALA accredited degree. Hope that helps. Librarian is a terrible suggestion for an introvert job. A huge part about library work relates to social interaction, wether it's general visitor's assistance (loaning, recieving, doing information work) or community interaction (book arrangements, co-operation with schools through teaching and book-pushing). The stereotype of the glassed librarian roaming between monolithic shelves is a very little part of the actual job. Anyhow, not sure about jobs with her degrees. If she's got artistic inspiration though, an artist of some kind might be good. If she's good enough to advertise her art online, getting an international sales base without actual social interaction shouldn't be impossible. | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
On November 26 2012 22:34 plated.rawr wrote: Librarian is a terrible suggestion for an introvert job. A huge part about library work relates to social interaction, wether it's general visitor's assistance (loaning, recieving, doing information work) or community interaction (book arrangements, co-operation with schools through teaching and book-pushing). The stereotype of the glassed librarian roaming between monolithic shelves is a very little part of the actual job. Anyhow, not sure about jobs with her degrees. If she's got artistic inspiration though, an artist of some kind might be good. If she's good enough to advertise her art online, getting an international sales base without actual social interaction shouldn't be impossible. Umm... what? I'm an introvert. And a librarian... While there is some truth to what you say, I generally find the social interaction at a library 100x better than that of typical "service" jobs in the US. You aren't pressured to sell something, or make tips, or bring a "customer" back. And most patron interaction is paced much slower and much less frequent than typical low-end service jobs. There are lots of jobs within a library. Some involve pretty frequent "customer" interaction, while others involve almost 0 on a day-to-day basis. It depends where you work. | ||
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skaeve
Denmark66 Posts
Since she has a degree in legal studies I could imagine some kind of legal secretary or number cruncher job would be relevant? | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Otherwise I dunno... She could move boxes or something in a warehouse. Or come out of her shell a bit and not worry so much. Social interaction is almost mandatory in our society. Maybe you don't want to do a song and dance, but you shouldn't have trouble doing random admin work and there's plenty of jobs that only need a BA in anything so that you can do boring office work and management stuff. Not to say it's easy to find work, but she's probably qualified for stuff like that if she is ok talking to coworkers and stuff. If you want no interaction at all you pretty much have to become a famous artist lol. Then you can live in the mountains if you want. (and basically haji is right even tho someone got in a dumb argument with him. If she is willing to learn a new skill, software development is a pretty introverted activity in high demand. It will obviously be up to her if she is interested in SW, just like it is up to her if she is interested in any other work) | ||
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
On November 26 2012 18:56 DigiGnar wrote: Do you even trade? My average spread is $.20. Yes, that's outrageous. I could be getting less than $.1, but I'm not leveled up enough for that type of account. Or, 2 pips. You'll need to explain just one more time. Prop trading is limited, LOL. How so? This is off topic, so i'll take to PM --- Theres one more thing i'd like to mention. Just because someone is introverted doesn't mean they don't crave or enjoy social interaction. Me and my entire family are *extremely* introverted. We still have friends and enjoy each other's company however. There's a very big difference between spending time with *one* person you get on really well with and can relax easily, without any pressure to act in certain ways, and say going to a social event where one is forced to engage in smalltalk with large swathes of people It is a given that social interaction is pretty much required in all walks of life. However, that doesn't mean it has to be the kind of social interaction you hate. I would definitely consider this in mind when thinking about jobs and stuff. If you end up working in a field you have a strong interest in, especially in a field which is likely to have more people like you ( ok i'll mention software just this once, but it doesn't have to be software!), you'll often find yourself around like minded people, and even if you're introverted you'll *enjoy* the social interaction because it will be the kind of meaningful and quality interaction that you crave. | ||
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GnarlyArbitrage
575 Posts
Best night was 30/h. Minimum pay is minimum wage. Something in the meantime, really. | ||
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