Let's Get to Work: help our customers find jobs and careers

Submitted by cjohnson on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 3:00pm

Older students are going back to school soon, preparing themselves for the fulltime work world. In addition, we serve many unemployed people. We can help our customers with job searches, career development and help with honing their workplace skills using our webpage.  When customers ask if we have computer classes, you can direct them to the Computer Skill area of Learning Express.

If there are no computer help manuals or books left on your shelves for CDL, police, fireman testing, use these resources.

 

Remember, open everything at least three times and use this as a training exercise to report to your supervisor and to Human Resources. This supports strategic goals:

Goal 4: Teens (age thirteen through seventeen) will have materials and programs that

respond to their current interests and provide pleasurable reading, viewing, and

listening experiences.

Goal 5: Adults will have the resources they need to explore topics of personal interest

and continue to learn throughout their lives.

 

 

 

 

When some of our pages return to school this fall, MCL will have many job openings. For MCL library jobs look on the library front page, lower left under Now Hiring.

 

For other searches, go to Research Tools on the orange tab. On the left side bar, click Careers, Employment & Test Preparation .

 Short cut to Career, Employment and Test Preparation: http://www.midcolumbialibraries.org/careersemployment

 

Learning Express has Computer Skills,  and Job Search, which contains Business Writing, Job Search, Resumes and Interviewing plus Workplace Skill and Jobs & Careers. Also under Jobs & Careers it has instantly scored licensing, certification, and aptitude practice tests, online career preparation, and vital information for a wide variety of occupations.

Air Traffic Controller

Civil Service

Commercial Driver’s License (How many times have you been asked for this?)

Cosmetology

Electrical

Emergency Medical

Firefighter

Law Enforcement

Military

Nursing and Allied Health

Plumbing

Real Estate

Teaching

 

Careers Database contains testing to determine the best career, check out the job opportunities, and find out the education needed on the Careers Database! Click on the ***"Members" button, then type in user name "9401", and password "future". ****

 

Be sure to look at all the web resources on the Careers, Employment & Test Preparation page. Many of them have local information and resources.

Web Resource: Occupational Outlook Handbook (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

The Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions for hundreds of jobs.

Web Resource: Career Colleges Search

Web Resource: Microsoft Free Training Tutorials

Web Resource: USA Learns

Web Resource (Local): Tri-City Herald Classifieds

Web Resource (Local): Hanford Site Job Opportunities

Web Resource (Local): Job Seeker Resources (WorkSource Columbia Basin)

Web Resource (Statewide): WorkSource Washington

Web Resource (Statewide): Employment Security Department

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