“Library helps unemployed with online job searches” |
| Library helps unemployed with online job searches Posted: 19 Feb 2011 05:12 PM PST Library helps unemployed with online job searches  As unemployment rates hover at 9 percent statewide, Braswell Memorial Library will continue to support its community by providing access to the Job & Career Accelerator online service, purchased by NC LIVE, and funded through a grant from the State Library of North Carolina. This innovative online resource provides job seekers everything they need to find their next job. Users create professional resumes and letters using integrated tools, master interviewing and networking techniques, upgrade their current skills, and learn to use popular work-related software applications through the fully integrated interactive computer skills training. Job & Career Accelerator enables North Carolina library patrons to search millions of job listings, both locally and nationally. As is the case in many North Carolina counties, unemployment continues to drive library use, making tools like the Job & Career Accelerator especially necessary. "The Job & Career Accelerator is a core part of our job search program, here at our library," library Director Jane Blackburn said. "We use it to help our community locate jobs, write resumes and cover letters, and find career information. These types of tools make a real difference in the lives of our patrons." Access to the Job & Career Accelerator is free to all North Carolinians through a grant provided by the State Library of North Carolina to NC LIVE, an organization that provides North Carolinians with access to online books, journals, and other media. NC LIVE also offers a current collection of job and career-related eBooks and other resources through the NC LIVE Jobs Portal at www.jobs.nclive.org. Patrons of the state's public libraries, as well as students, faculty, and staff from any of North Carolina's community colleges, independent colleges, and public universities can access all NC LIVE resources, at no cost through www.nclive.org, or through library websites. NC LIVE first offered the Job & Career Accelerator in April 2010, when the State Library of North Carolina announced that it would fund access to the job search tool for the remainder of the year. Because of continued demand for job-seeking resources, the State Library announced that it would extend funding. The grant, administered through the State Library Division of the Department of Cultural Resources, is made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal grant-making agency. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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