JOB FAIRS NEAR YOU
FIND a NEW CAREER at a local JOB FAIR near you!
FILE NJ UNEMPLOYMENT
Are you facing unemployment? Information and instructions from the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development on filing a new or reopening an existing NJ Unemployment Insurance Claim.
JOB HUNTING, RESUME & ONE-ON-ONE LIBRARY HELP @ YOUR LIBRARY
Do you want help with online job searching? resume assistance? Microsoft Office?
The Burlington County Library in Westampton offers monthly Job Hunting on the Internet and and daily One-on-One Library Help.
Interested jobseekers can check out the Library's online events calendar for details or schedule a One-on-One appointment with an information expert at the main library in Westampton.
JOB DISLOCATION
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has compiled a free resource containing important financial and unemployment-related information for individuals facing a job loss. FINRA's Investor Alert, "Job Dislocation: Making Smart Financial Choices after a Job Loss," offers guidance and tips for the general public on taking the right financial steps in the event of unemployment; protecting against investment fraud during a period of job dislocation; understanding health insurance options; and asking the right questions about employer benefit plans.
The Alert is available for download in English and Spanish versions at www.finra.org/JobLossAlert
BEST OF THE WEB
- 100 Best Companies to Work For in AmericaFORTUNE Magazine's annual ranking of America's top 100 employers.
- Best CareersUS News & World Report annual list of best careers with bright futures.
- Best Places to Work in NJNJBIZ initiative dedicated to finding and recognizing New Jersey’s best employers.
- Best Places to Work in the Federal GovernmentThe Best Places to Work rankings are the most comprehensive and authoritative rating and analysis of employee engagement in the federal government.
- G.I. Jobs' Top 100 Most Military-Friendly EmployersG.I. Jobs annual list of the nation’s Top 100 Most Military-Friendly Employers.
- Glassdoor.com 2013 Best Places to WorkFifth annual "Employees' Choice" awards for Best Places to Work. The Top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best — their employees!
NEW JERSEY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
The NJ Civil Service Commission links to job announcements in state, county, and municipal governments. The Commission also offers tips and techniques in understanding the job application process, orientation guides to help candidates prepare for examinations, and information on employee programs.
Your Burlington County Library has print and e-resources to help you prepare for the Civil Service and Law Enforcement exams. Search our catalog or use your library card to access interactive practice tests and eBooks with Testing & Education Reference Center.
E-RESOURCES & DATABASES
- Career Transitions Regardless of users' comfort level with technology, Career Transitions offers a practical, personalized and guided experience that integrates all the tools needed in the job-search process.
- Facts on File: Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This comprehensive career research database is broken down into three main sections: Job and Industry Profiles, Job-Hunting and Workplace Skills, and Career and Industry Resources. Ferguson's Career Guidance Center is known for its unprecedented depth of coverage and variety of user-friendly content formats, such as informative articles, videos, interviews, special features, and more.
- Job & Career AcceleratorCombines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use online application. Explore careers, create resumes and cover letters, and access job listings.
- Reference USA (business, residential & health care directories) Use this suite of directories to search: US & Canadian businesses, and households, tech companies, healthcare providers and more. Job Seekers can conduct research about industries and companies. Find executives, corporate families & company descriptions.
NEW & NOTABLE
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 Kur
ISBN: 1593578873
Students and career-center advisors will benefit immeasurably from this outstanding reference. Best Resumes for College Students and New Grads, Third Edition, includes descriptions of skills and attributes that are valuable in the workplace, answers to common questions, expert advice that is relevant in today's hiring market, and features a showcase of high-quality resumes and cover letters prepared by professional resume writers all written for college students or new graduates. This comprehensive resource is appropriate for diverse college majors, both undergraduate and graduate, as well as for students seeking internships and co-op jobs while still in school. New for this edition: New chapter on using social media and other online resources in job search and career management; updated resumes.
Call Number: JOBS 351.73 Ruc
ISBN: 9781593578343
This new book is designed to help job seekers find the right federal job. The first part of this unique guide discusses how to find the right occupation through the career-planning process, develop a vision for your career, do self-exploration, develop needed skills, and create career goals. The second part overviews the federal government as an employer, including benefits and locations of jobs, how to match yourself to jobs and agencies, and the skills the government is seeking and in-demand federal jobs. The authors explain the federal job search process, with insider guidance on resumes, interviewing skills, informational interviewing, networking, distinguishing yourself, and common mistakes that federal job seekers make.
Call Number: JOBS 378.19 Pol
ISBN: 0062069276
How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It’s the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. Now newly revised and updated, Lindsey Pollak’s Getting from College to Career is the definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need to succeed in the job search, offering action-oriented tips and strategies ranging from the simple to the expert. Learn how to: *get the best tools for career prep and job hunting, *e-mail like a professional, *go global, *practice the eight essentials of internship achievement, *perform five minutes of stand-up, *over prepare for interviews, & *persist without being a pest. Getting from College to Career gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don’t start your first job search without it!
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 Lev
ISBN: 1118019091
Landing your dream job today requires that you be both the hunter and the hunted. Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0 explains in step-by-step detail how to use the newest social networking sites and digital tools to perform a precision-guided, all-out job-hunting assault. Get access to cheatsheets, case studies, before-and-after sample resumes and cover letters, and proven tactics that you can tailor to your situation to make it drop-dead simple to find a job fast.
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 How
ISBN: 1616081546
In our difficult time, or at any time, knowing how to find a great job is a necessary skill. All the resources you need for a successful job search are at your fingertips--and completely free--at your public library. It can be a daunting task, so here is expert advice on how to conduct proper research, build networks of friends and colleagues, put together a great resume, research industries that are constantly changing, prepare for an interview, negotiate a contract or a salary, and more.
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 Doy
ISBN: 1600051995
This is the third edition of this popular book. Just a few years ago, you could upload your resume to one of the top jobs sites, click a few times to apply for some jobs, and consider your job search well underway. Today, that isn't enough. The job market is becoming increasingly competitive. Hiring managers are overwhelmed with applications and are looking at new and different ways to recruit online. Hiring has changed and so has job searching. It's more complicated than it used to be and job seekers need to be prepared to use all the online job search tools to their advantage. Online job searching often seems like it can be a complicated endeavor. It doesn't have to be -- there are tips and tricks you can use to make the process run smoothly and simply. Alison Doyle will provide you with everything you need to know on how to build your career and find a new job.
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 Wal
ISBN: 0470930721
Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation (and ensuring that employers who Google you like what they find) and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of the competition; and much more.
Call Number: JOBS 650.14 Yat
ISBN: 1440506507
Whether your concerns are resumes, job search, turning interviews into offers, job security, climbing the ladder of success, choosing or changing careers, pursuing your dreams, or owning your own business, here's an integrated blueprint for success. With this guide, you have everything you need to take control of your job search, career, and life. Lots of books tell you to pursue your dreams; this one tells you exactly how to make it happen.
Call Number: JOBS 331.128 Bol
ISBN: 1607741474
What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide, and it has helped millions discover their unique gifts, skills, and interests. This has allowed them to land a job even in hard times, and to create for themselves a new, interesting, and inspiring career and life. With fresh insights into resumes, networking, interviewing, salary negotiation, entrepreneurship, and social media, What Color Is Your Parachute? has everything you need to dust off your motivation and find your dream job.
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