Internet Job Search Resources
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Internet Job Search Resources NYS Library New York Public Library Queens Library Brooklyn Public Library Westchester Library System Job and Career Accelerator through Learning Express Library. A comprehensive free online job-search and tracking system. Use your Westchester library card number as your Username when creating a login account. http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/general/moreInfo/jobAndCareerAccelerator Online resources include Firstfind and Librarians’ Best Web Picks Mid-Hudson Library System White Plains Public Library NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance One-stop Employment Centers Unemployment Insurance Benefits Online United Way VESID (vocational and educational services for persons with disabilities) Veterans WEBS Career Counseling Putnam/Westchester BOCES Office of the Professions/ NYS Education Department CitizenGuide: Career/Employment NYS Job Exchange Work Tree Local Career Overview Encore.org RetirementJobs.com Workforce50.com Librarians’ Index to the Internet Susan Ireland’s E-Resume Guide
Prepared by Sharon Rothman, Business Librarian @ White Plains Public Library
Library Resources
Job and Career Information in New York’s Public Libraries
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/outreach/careers.htm
Job Search Central provides up-to-date information for anyone interested in looking for a job, researching careers, or exploring a career change. This includes materials on different careers, resume writing, job search strategies, and self-exploration
http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/mml/jic
Information about the Library’s Job Information Centers and includes list of Internet sites by subject
http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=Job+Information+Resources
Education and Job Information Center collection of books and resources, guides
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ejic.jsp
http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/node/7
Quick answers
http://midhudson.org/answers/Job.htm
Center for Business, Jobs & Nonprofits
http://www.wppl.lib.ny.us/collections/cbjn/index.shtml
GovBenefits
Official benefits website of the U.S. government, with information on over 1,000 benefit and assistance programs
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal
Answers to NYS programs and benefits. Available in Spanish
https://www.mybenefits.ny.gov/selfservice/
Wide range of services aimed at all persons seeking employment
http://www.westchestergov.com/onestopemploymentcenter/
Links to Workforce sites, forms & publications and Worker Protection. Available in Spanish
https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/home.do
For help with food, housing, employment and more
http://www.211.org/
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/do/home.html
Priority of service for veterans and their families
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/VETs/VETINTROPAGE.shtm
Specialized programs with trained professionals to guide persons in their career path
http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/node/66
Provides educational opportunities in the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES or using the OLAS (On-Line Application System for Educators) one can search New York State
http://www.pnwboces.org/Employment.htm
Provides a summary of the requirements for licensure or certification, as well as links to one or more required application forms (in PDF format) that may be printed
http://www.op.nysed.gov/proflist.htm
NYS all-in-one resource for information on career choices, employment opportunities and licensing
http://www.nysegov.com/citGuide.cfm?superCat=36&content=main
Contains just about everything
www.americasjobexchange.com/ny
Boasts to be better than Monster
www.worktree.com
www.BigAppleHelpWanted.com
Available in Spanish
www.GoliathJobs.com
Connects job seeks to employers via school and alma maters
www.HudsonValleyHelpWanted.com
www.WestchesterCountyJobs.com
www.FairfieldCountyJobs.com
www.RocklandCountyJobs.com
http://www.putnamcountyjobs.com/
Info on changing careers
www.careeroverview.com/career-change.html
Connects job hunters in the second half of life with “work that matters”
www.encore.org
Connects older workers with companies and positions that match their skills and desired lifestyle
http://retirementjobs.com
Job board with positions offered by employers specifically seeking mature workers
www.workforce50.com
Other General Information Resources
Dozens of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by librarians
http://lii.org/pub/topic/jobs
Gives info on how to prepare, post, and email your resume
www.susanireland.com/eresumeguide/index.html
http://freeresumesamples.org/
http://cover-letters.com/
http://howtointerview.com/
