Technology training: Beyond Method #4 was on job searching tools. I'm a member of Linkedin which is a great networking tool. The two resume building tools, visualcv at visualcv.com and Emurse at www.emurse.com were two I wasn't familiar with. Both help you improve your resume and Emurse actually lets you job search. Other job searching tools I looked at were indeed.com, Careerbuilder.com, and Tweetmyjobs.com
All three of these brought up many library jobs when I searched them. Texas Workskills Development in Libraries http://twdl.org is a very comprehensive site that has a section where you can take short tutorials online to build computer skills. This one I have used extensively with patrons. The New Jersey State library is an excellent resource for job seekers. Go to http://getjobs.njlibraries.org/
computerresources.html. I liked the section for seniors wanting to return to the workforce or start their own businesses. Goodwill has an excellent training site on computer basics at www.gcflearnfree.org/computer basics.
Libraries should have links to all of these sources for their patrons, as well as a physical list at each patron computer. While it is true that your best job search tool is your personal network, all of these tools help you locate available jobs and improve your skills.
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