Librarian Career Path
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The career path for a
Based on 95 Jobtrees users who were a Librarian in their career, on average, they have 4.71 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 7.9 years on average and earn $58K per year on average in this more senior role.
31% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Librarian are Library Assistant, Administrative Assistant and Assistant Manager. While Library Assistant is from the same job family, Library, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Administrative Assistant, also being a common career path from Librarian.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Archivist, English Teacher and Content Producer as they commonly lead to Librarian as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Librarian are Library Assistant, Intern and Library Specialist based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Library Assistant, the most common step before Librarian, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a higher title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. Focus more on the scope of the next role than title progression in building a path to Librarian.
While Library Assistant is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Librarian that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Librarian career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Librarian so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
If you are looking for more potential career paths to Librarian, you should also consider Archivist, Artist and Gis Intern as they commonly lead to Librarian as well.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Library Assistant being the most common role to and from Librarian. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with. Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Library Assistant being on the path to and from Librarian. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Librarian is part of the Library job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Librarian are School Librarian.