At ALIA's 5th New Librarians Symposium, Alisa Howlett, an LIS Masters Student at Queensland University of Technology, talked about the importance of networking in her paper Connecting to the LIS online community: a new information professional developing a personal learning network
ALIA Sydney also held an event recently - Ten tips for getting that job - Click here for a recap of the event.
For help on writing applications, addressing selection criteria and acing the interview Lloyd White provides lots of helpful on his web site: Write a winning job application
At ALIA's 5th New Librarians Symposium Maureen Bezanson from the University of Western Sydney presented a paper on Leveraging past experience: translating your skills for selection criteria and interviews