I would like everyone to share with us in this topic, what is changed in your career or job after getting MLIS degree. I will start from myself.
After working in Libraries Department at MOE for 12 years, I left the department and I'm working now in "Information Center" – a technical department – why? The following is what happened to me.
After getting my MLIS degree it suppose by legislation I get a (25 KD) increase on salary as a bonus (علاوة) for anyone hold a master degree, but in our ministry they didn't accept my degree or the effort I did. They told me since your bachelor is not in education field, therefore it is like you did nothing with your master degree. Then they put in front of me a list of statutes and laws from the Civil Service Committees, anyway I didn't want to argue much about it, since it is only 25 KD.
Then after a while of accepting the new situation , we had a vacancy in our work for a position of "The cataloging head division". I have all the needed requirement for this position, so I put up my name, and no one at work else has a chance like me, as a master degree and the years of experience. So I was the one who will get this position.
In the middle of processing my papers , I stopped and cancelled everything at one point. The ministry told me: " if you accept the new position your job title (Programmer Developer) will changed, and that means you will lose all your computer bounces!!"
Now what does that mean? Well, if I add all the bounces I will receive from the new position plus the master, all that will not reach the bounce I receive from my bachelor in computer!! Odd, right!!
Master degree bonus = 25 KD
Librarian's bonus = 60 KD
Supervision's bonus = 10 KD
Well after hearing that I took back my papers, and told my boss, I don't want the new position, Thank you.
Now imagine with me what will be my situation after 5 or 10 years, any new employee who graduate with a bachelor degree in library can be a candidate to be in supervision position as (رئيس قسم ) , (مراقب) , (مدير) and he had less degree than me and less years of experience of work. It is like I'm burying myself if I stay more in that place. It was very clear to me that there is no future there, so I left.
Anyway, I'm working now in "Information Center", and by the way the Counsel of Ministers (مجلس الوزراء) agreed lately – in September - to give more bounce for employees who hold a degree in Computer.
Now lets hear from you, what happened to you?
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You gave us a picture of what we might face in the future. It's somehow a dark picture but that's reality.
The problem is not with our degree, for sure. But with our society. Our society sometimes underestimates those with high qualifications Besides the problem of not selecting the right person for the right position.
Anyway, we'll look at the bright side and hope for new developments and improvements. Thanks for sharing with us
Dear Yaqoub and Franko your stories are sad, and I really would like to cry ;(
about you Yaqoub I lived in the MOE for oneyear and I could not stand it, it was horrible. I understand it when you say not appreciating, they don not appreciate your degree or excellence of work or experience the only thing that they aprreciate is youe name, how u r dressed? and WASTA.
and u Franko, it is a real bad experience, but I woul like 2 suggest that u apply 2 AUK because they need employees, maybe you'll find a place, and good luck:)
Franco
While I was reading your comment, I was thinking what will be your situation if some one from National Library of Kuwait is reading your post, but since they dismissed you I don't think it is a matter any more. I wish you a good luck in other places.
Asma
I post this topic to hear from others, maybe there are successful people outside, but if this thing repeated to most MLIS students, then there should be an attention to solve this problem.
Alyaa
You don't have to cry, these are facts you either accept them or ignore them, in both cases who will lose? ...!
Yaqoub
If we didn't find a place 2 fit in then we lose!
Yes, they do lose experiences and knowledgable people but at the end, still we have that feeling that we studied for nothing. Nobody appreciates.
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