CILIP Targets Employers
Human Resource professionals across the country will be receiving a special information pack from CILIP this week. It is designed to help them recruit the best people to information roles by communicating the benefits of employing qualified Library and Information professionals.
The packs have been sent to over 4,000 named contacts in eight sectors including: further and higher education, schools, health, law, workplace, prisons, government and public library authorities. It is aimed specifically at Human Resource professionals and senior managers who have responsibility for recruiting staff to information roles, but who may have little understanding of the library and information profession.
The high quality printed pack provides them with:
- Sample job descriptions and person specifications
- The benefits of employing a qualified information professional
- Salary guides
- Sample job advertisements
- A guide to CILIP's library and information qualifications
- A customised sector guide
The pack is called 'Quality People equals Quality Service' and it emphasises the importance of employers recruiting, retaining and rewarding the best staff to meet the information needs of their organisations. It also promotes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and explains how CILIP membership and involvement in professional activity can bring real benefits to employers.
"We understand the importance of opening a dialogue with employers about the value of using professionally qualified staff", says Kathy Ennis, Senior Adviser at CILIP. "This pack will complement the work already undertaken by CILIP's Advice Team to inform, educate and engage employers on issues such as salaries, job descriptions and grading issues."
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Full contents of the pack are available to download on the CILIP website at www.cilip.org.uk//qualitypeople. CILIP members can also request a copy of the pack to pass on to their Human Resource Manager by contacting the Advice Team on 020 7255 0620 or advice@cilip.org.uk.
CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 22,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries. For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk.
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Updated: 19 December 2006