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Step 1: Have an Email Address?
An email account is necessary for many job applications. Some free web-based email providers include:
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Step 2: Have a Resume?
 Get live online coaching, resume assistance, and interview practice. Library card required for home use.
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 Learning Express: Create professional resumes and cover letters, practice interviewing skills, and track your job search progress in one place. Library card required for home use.
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Step 3: Where Are the Jobs?
- CalJOBS : Job openings in California
- Fresno Jobs : Local jobs by company and category
- CentralValleyJobs.com : Focuses on Fresno County and North San Joaquin Valley
- JobBank USA : Nationwide job postings
- SnagAJob.com : “the #1 source for hourly and part-time jobs”
- CareerBuilder.com : Nationwide newspaper ads
- Indeed : Searches job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages
- ForFarmers.com : Agricultural positions around the US and world
- USA Jobs : It's your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information
- Jobs/Employment webpages of major Fresno employers
- LinkUp.com : Searches jobs on company sites from small, mid-sized, and large company career sections. Postings are updated whenever the company web site is updated.
- SimplyHired.com : Searches thousands of job boards, classifieds, and company sites. Advanced search options include type of job, type of company, keyword, location and the date the job was posted. Searcher can establish alerts to have job listings sent on a regular base.
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Step 4: Need More Help?
Learning Express: A comprehensive collection of interactive test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources. Also includes computer tutorials and the Job & Career Accelerator to organize and track your job-search progress.
- Jobs Librarian: Call 600-6232 to arrange for one-on-one assistance.
- Improve your keyboarding speed and accuracy
- Online Free Touch Typing Program contains a tutorial, games and typing test, but requires Flash.
- Visibone Touch-Typing Tutor gives simple instructions on how to type.
- Mavis Beacon is a touch typing program available on most computers in the Lab at the Central Library. A library card is required for use of the public computers.
- Ask Us for books on these topics.
- Learn how to use a mouse at Mouserobics and practice your mouse skills at Mousing Around: Games!
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Step 5: Need Help with Networking?
- Workforce Connection : Public computers to assist with job searching
- Central Valley Professionals : Fresno EDD office in Manchester Center offers monthly week-long trainings to unemployed professionals. Call 559-230-3628 for eligibility and schedule.
- Http://www.linkedin.com : The worlds largest professional networking site. Allows you to post resume information, and lets potential emplyers review qualifications so they can contact you.
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How to File for Unemployment Benefits
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How to Explore or Change Careers
Get live online job and career coaching. Library card required for home use.
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Job & Career Accelerator from Learning Express: Match your skills and interests with information on over 1,000 different occupations. Library card required for home use.
- KeirseyTemperaments Sorter : 70 questions to Assess individual career and personality interests
- LiveCareer : "LiveCareer identifies
your career interests and then tells you what jobs are out there for you.
Uncover the tasks, experience, education and training needed for your next career move." 100 question
test. There are some advertising offers mixed in with the results. Look for
the "No Thanks" button to skip through them. (You only need to
fill out personal information before you start the test.)
- ONet : Helps job seekers to pick the job to match the skills they already have or find out what skills are required for their dream job.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook : Provides information on education needed, earnings, job prospects, and working conditions for hundreds of occupations.
- Salary Search : Find what current jobs are paying.
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