Career Consultants

Students and alumni are encouraged to utilize the career services available to them, including personalized resume reviews, cover letter feedback and mock interviews. For LIS career guidance, please contact Kim Dority. For more general career guidance, please contact Carrie McKnight from the SJSU Career Center.

iSchool Career Consultant for Students and Alumni

Kim Dority [ send message ]

As the career advisor to the School of Information at San José State University, Kim Dority focuses on highlighting the diversity of career opportunities available to iSchool students and sharing the strategies necessary to find or create those opportunities. Her responsibilities for the iSchool include expanding the career information available throughout the website’s Career Development section, managing the iSchool’s career-focused webcasts and podcasts, overseeing the annual MLIS at Work: A Snapshot of Job Postings report, and working directly with students on career questions or issues.

Dority is available via email and phone to answer questions, critique cover letters and resumes, discuss interview preparation, or assist with LIS career exploration or job searching questions.

Biographical Sketch

Kim Dority is the founder and president of Dority & Associates, an information strategy and content development company focusing on researching and writing print and online content to help advance client goals. During her career, she has worked in academia, publishing, telecommunications, and the library fields, in for-profit and nonprofit settings, for both established companies and start-ups.

Dority created and teaches a course on alternative LIS career paths in the University of Denver’s LIS graduate program, and is the author of two books on LIS careers, including Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals, 2d ed (2016) and LIS Career Sourcebook: Managing and Maximizing Every Step of Your Career (2012), both published by Libraries Unlimited. In addition, Dority created and manages the LinkedIn “LIS Career Options” group, which now includes nearly 13,000 members from over 80 different countries. She blogs on a somewhat regular schedule at Infonista.com, and received SLA’s Rose L. Vormelker Award (“the Rosie”), which honors a commitment to teaching and professional development, in April 2017.

Since graduating with her MLS from the University of Denver, Dority has applied her LIS skills in as many ways as she can think of while helping others, especially students, do the same. She lives in Colorado where, in a triumph of optimism over reality, she continues to root for the hometown Rockies baseball team every summer.

SJSU Career Services for Graduate Students

Students are encouraged to make use of the career services available to them. The San José State University Career Center offers career counseling, interviewing guides, job search tips, and several apps focused on career development.

Career Counseling

Carrie McKnight [ send message ]

Carrie McKnight, M.A.
Career Counselor, Graduate Students
San Jose State University Career Center
Administration Building 255
408-924-6046
sjsu.edu/careercenter/

SJSU Career Center is Open for Virtual Appointments

Career counseling appointments are currently available via Zoom and phone meetings. Please contact Carrie McKnight to schedule an appointment at carrie.mcknight@sjsu.edu. For more information visit https://www.sjsu.edu/careercenter/students/grad-students.php

Meeting Options and Hours of Availability

• Zoom/Phone/E-mail
• 1:1 Appointments
• By appointment, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am. – 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Online Career Support

• Career Assessments: http://newdev.sjsu.edu/careercenter/students/undergrads/explore-your-options.php
• Job Search, Resume, & Interviewing Guides, including links to VMock & Big Interview: http://newdev.sjsu.edu/careercenter/students/undergrads/launch-your-career.php
  • Includes a guide specifically for graduate students: http://newdev.sjsu.edu/careercenter/docs/career-guides/Guide_Graduate%20Student.pdf
• Career Center Apps: http://newdev.sjsu.edu/careercenter/resources/index.php
  • LinkedIn Learning – Online non-credit video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills.
  • GoinGlobal – Global job postings and career support
  • Biginterview – Interview practice
  • Vmock – Resume feedback
  • SJSU²  - Mentoring and meetups  
  • Focus 2 - Assess your career planning readiness, work interests and personality type.
  • SJSU Handshake – Jobs targeted to SJSU students