Former students talk about the LIT program and their jobs.
Theresa
Suzanne
Betty
Sally
Caroline
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Theresa Bouret sent these comments:
"From the very first class I learned that I could combine my interest in libraries with my love of the Internet. To fulfill the co-op ed requirement, I applied for a part-time job as an instructional media assistant for a local school district. I got the job and worked as an IMA while continuing to take LIT courses, including the web publishing class where I created my own web site. Having a student web page online, along with my cooperative work experience with the school district and my almost-completed LIT certificate helped me land a great job as a content editor for the library section of a K-12 educational web site. Although that job ended two years later (during the grand crash of the dot-coms), I have easily found more job opportunities, working in libraries and on web sites. There seems to be plenty of work available --in a variety of interesting jobs--for the LIT grad in the Bay Area."

Suzanne and Betty finished the LIT certificate program within a year of one another. Betty found a job in the technical library of a large corporation and Suzanne followed a year later.

Suzanne, a former teacher and stay-at-home mom for many years, said:
"The LIT certificate provided me with the skills I needed to get back into the work force after years at home. During the time I was taking my LIT certificate courses I worked in the DVC library as a student assistant, and I also completed my cooperative work experience there. Those experiences, along with my LIT certificate, definitely helped me to get the job I have now."

Betty, also a former teacher, said:
"I found my job in the technical library as a direct result of the LIT classes I took at DVC. As a matter of fact, a flyer advertising the job was distributed in class one night. I applied and was hired soon after. My part-time job gives me a chance to work and still have time for all of my other activities."

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