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Help with salary requirements
I applied for a position a few days ago and got an email asking for my salary requirements. I have no idea what to put (especially because I'd take anything right now!). I thought I would come on here for advice and I'm posting the position info below. I have everything in the job description except foreign language skills and bookstore experience, but I'm a new graduate. The company is near Cleveland, with about 50 employees. Any thoughts?
The Collection Development Specialist, Library responsibilities include working with our library customers to assist in developing their digital media library throughout the customer lifecycle. This position involves developing relationships with customers and working with libraries for ongoing collection development support. The work of the Collection Development Specialist will integrate with all parts of the business including Sales Marketing, Project Management, and Training Promotion.
Responsibilities: Help manage libraries digital collections on an ongoing basis. Monitors expiring subscriptions and works to get in renewals. Data entry of library information into OverDrive databases. Communication/interaction with library partners. Research book review sources.
Help with title selection for OverDrive marketing materials. Train librarian staff on the collection development tools. Work with publishers to learn about forthcoming titles. Create sales campaigns and incentives to meet content goals. Help support sales team with title lists and promotions to bring in new customers.
Some travel required. Requirements: Bachelors Degree in related field; or equivalent experience. Confident and energetic; professional and team-oriented sales approach. Excellent listening skills. The ability to understand the business needs of customers to meet their needs.
Excellent time management organization skills. Ability to manage cross group relationships within OverDrive (i.e. , business development, marketing, product management, and engineering, etc.). Excellent written and oral communication interpersonal skills. Good presentation skills.
Excellent Microsoft Office skills. Preferred Experience/Background: 1 year of related experience (marketing, communication, sales, retail). Masters in Library Science. Experience in newsletter or newspaper writing. Retail experience in bookstore. Working knowledge of publishing and/or library industry. Foreign language skills.
Re: Help with salary requirements
Do you also have your master's degree in library science?
Well, I looked up Library Specialist, Cleveland OH and also Digital Collection Librarian (two of the relevant terms I could find) on salary average sites, and it says the average is around 50-55k, but of course these things aren't totally reliable. You may also want to look it up and do research.
If you know people in the field you may want to talk to them about starting salaries.
I'm not familiar with the field or the area, but because this seems to be entry-level, I'd guess the range will be something like 35-45k. So you could ask for something in that range. But again, I'd do some more research first.
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