Any member who wishes to utilize the Web-based service should send an e-mail with attached cover letter, résumé/CV, and job advertisement(s) for which s/he is applying to the current RCLRS Coordinator, Veronica Wells (vwells@pacific.edu). The coordinator will forward the applicant’s materials to an available reviewer. The reviewer will contact the applicant, by e-mail or telephone, with comments and suggestions.
In-person consultations are also available at each MLA Annual Conference. Details about this service will appear in the Conference mailing and under this link in early December.
(updated April 10, 2013)
- The Résumé & Cover Letter Review Service is sponsored by the Career Development and Services
Committee of the Music Library Association and is offered on a voluntary basis by members of the
Music Library Association who are experienced in administration and/or serving on library search
committees. The service is available for use by the national Music Library Association members
and/or members of the MLA’s affiliate chapters.
- Reviewers seek to provide guidance in the formulation and development of cover letters and
résumés to both experienced music librarians and novices just entering the field.
- Reviews may be conducted in person at national MLA meetings or via email or telephone during the
year. As a rule, thirty (30) minutes are allotted for face-to-face consultations. More time may be
taken via e-mail or telephone at the discretion of both the reviewer and reviewee.
- Reviewers will offer rewording and reformatting suggestions, but reviewers will not rewrite
application materials for the reviewees.
- It is strongly recommended that the reviewee submit only one set of application materials per
review. In some (special) cases, reviewers may work with a reviewee on multiple job applications,
but the decision to do this should be made at the beginning of the review process and will be at the
discretion of the reviewer.
- It is not appropriate to ask for more than one reviewer to look at the same documents.
- Reviewees may request no more than one review every six months.
- If reviewees have additional job application or career questions, they are encouraged to make use of
the Career Advisory Service.
- All reviews, whether virtual or in person, are held in the strictest confidence.