How to Get to NASA and Other HIP Advice: Librarian Caroline Coward Talks about What the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Looks for When Hiring

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contents How to Get to NASA and Other HIP Advice: Librarian Caroline Coward Talks about What the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Looks for When Hiring Aragoni, Christen Science Laboratories Space Sciences Special Libraries Research Libraries Librarians Personnel Selection Selection Criteria Employment Qualifications Lifelong Learning Problem Solving Employer Attitudes College Graduates General Education Job Skills In this interview with Caroline Coward, Library Group supervisor for JPL's Enterprise and Information Systems Engineering Section, Coward discusses her own career journey, the importance of high-impact practices, and what employers--specifically NASA and JPL--look at when hiring interns and recent graduates. Other topics discussed include how a liberal education helped Coward land her first library job, how liberal educators can foster qualities such as tenacity, and curiosity, and the importance of low tech abilities versus high tech ones. The article closes with Coward's views on why failure matters in a working environment where everyone is often too afraid to fail.
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spellingShingle How to Get to NASA and Other HIP Advice: Librarian Caroline Coward Talks about What the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Looks for When Hiring
Aragoni, Christen
Science Laboratories
Space Sciences
Special Libraries
Research Libraries
Librarians
Personnel Selection
Selection Criteria
Employment Qualifications
Lifelong Learning
Problem Solving
Employer Attitudes
College Graduates
General Education
Job Skills
How to Get to NASA and Other HIP Advice: Librarian Caroline Coward Talks about What the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Looks for When Hiring Aragoni, Christen Science Laboratories Space Sciences Special Libraries Research Libraries Librarians Personnel Selection Selection Criteria Employment Qualifications Lifelong Learning Problem Solving Employer Attitudes College Graduates General Education Job Skills In this interview with Caroline Coward, Library Group supervisor for JPL's Enterprise and Information Systems Engineering Section, Coward discusses her own career journey, the importance of high-impact practices, and what employers--specifically NASA and JPL--look at when hiring interns and recent graduates. Other topics discussed include how a liberal education helped Coward land her first library job, how liberal educators can foster qualities such as tenacity, and curiosity, and the importance of low tech abilities versus high tech ones. The article closes with Coward's views on why failure matters in a working environment where everyone is often too afraid to fail.
title How to Get to NASA and Other HIP Advice: Librarian Caroline Coward Talks about What the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Looks for When Hiring
topic Science Laboratories
Space Sciences
Special Libraries
Research Libraries
Librarians
Personnel Selection
Selection Criteria
Employment Qualifications
Lifelong Learning
Problem Solving
Employer Attitudes
College Graduates
General Education
Job Skills
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