Every day, libraries around the country are filled with people seeking help with jobs and careers. How do library staff find time and resources to assist them all? Learn a variety of practical ways to deliver career development services in your library from two certified ALA Career Development Facilitators. They have strategies and resources to help you cover the spectrum from a quick "on the fly" toolbox of forms and templates to ideas for one-time classes, workshop series, and even one-on-one personalized career sessions for patrons. You really can support those job-seekers!

Presented by: Aileen Luppert, Librarian, Spokane County Library District (WA); and Michelle Simon, Program Coordinator, Business and Career Development Services, Pima County Library (AZ)

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Webinar Attachments

• View Slides (pdf)
• View Chat (xls)

Related Resources and Links

• Read webinar Recap
• Workforce Services on WebJunction, including Project Compass Curriculum
  
• National Career Development Association
• Spokane County Library District and Business and Careers page
  • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
  • MyNextMove.org
    • O*Net Interest Profiler
    • Browse O*Net Interests
  • Planning Your Future - Holland Party Game (pdf from UC Berkeley Career Center) and Interest Worksheet (doc)
  • Action Word Handout (doc)
    
  • SCLD Resume Worksheet Template (doc)
    
  • Superman Cover Letter (pdf)
    
  • Cover Letter Worksheet (doc)
  • Interview Tips and Potential Questions (doc)
  • Peachy Kleen video hosted by Spokane County Library
• Pima County Library
  • Business, Jobs, Nonprofits page
  • Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries
  • How Libraries Stack Up: 2010
  • Toolkit:
    • Job Log (doc)
      
    • Reference Log (doc)
      
    • Resume Worksheet (doc)
      
    • 6 Steps to a Great Elevator Speech (doc)
    • Pocket Resume (doc)
      
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