Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our Zoom panel, "Inside the Archival Hiring Process." 41 of you all joined us live to hear from panelists Dana Lamparello (Head of Public Services, McCormick Library of Special Collections & University Archives at Northwestern University), Hilarie Pitman Pozesky (Founder and Lead Archivist @ Sepia Archival Management), and Katie Grobmyer (Lead Account Executive at Beacon Hill Staffing Group). We wanted to get a picture of our audience for this panel, and thought that might be intersting to share. From 63 registered attendees:

Why are you interested in this event? (single choice)

• I'm trying to get hired: 48%
• I'm trying to hire other people: 14.5%
• I'm trying to get hired and hire other people: 0.5%
• Other reason: 24%

Where are you in your archival career? (multiple choice possible)

• Student: 29%
• Early career: 42%
• Mid career: 34%
• Late career: 10%
• Other: 0.5%

Our panelists shared information about themselves, along with what they consider to be the most important parts of the hiring process, along the most frequent missed opportunities they see from candidates. You can view a recording of the guided questions portion of the panel on CAA's YouTube account. Unfortunately, we were only able to capture video for our moderator and one of our panelists, but everyone's audio is present.