Many young/future librarians ask me about the future and challenges of being a librarian. Oh boy where to start? Many of my friends even express that the job of librarian is "gone". The librarianship is definitely very different from when I was in library school. No more librarian jobs? Well if you have thought through prior entering the library school. - and you do not expect to land a job immediately after your graduation, you might find a job in the library world. According to unofficial statistic data, it takes about two years for a new librarian to land a professional position.
If you want to be a librarian, you have to be "specialized" in a particular area - School media specialist (school librarian), cyber security manager, archivist, library conservation, health science librarian, STEM librarian. Those special areas require additional degree (plus MLS). The school media specialist in general requires a teaching degree (licensed teacher), archivist position would require an advance degree in art history, health science librarian and STEM librarian positions require an advance degree in science. To be a generalist librarian, you need to know somebody to land a job. To make the matter worse, it is not what you know but rather who you know (sadly).
Librarians might find themselves working pleasantly or unpleasantly with library board members, college administration. A librarian position can be very "political" (sadly).
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