Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Thinking Long Term About Careers

This presentation will be given at 10am on Thursday, May 14th at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library at 1001 Rt 35 in Shrewsbury. Librarian will demonstrate accessing employment projections developed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. National, State, and local projections will be demonstrated as well as the US Census Departments Local Employment Dynamics database and the "Real Time Jobs in Demand" database from the New Jersey Department of labor and workforce development. If you are unable to attend, send email to request the presentation as a word document with internet links. email to cgross@monmouthcountylib.org.

Have a nice day

Friday, May 8, 2009

New Federal Job Training Website

Opportunity.gov is the name of a new website promoting federal programs to encourage unemployed workers to get job training while they are receiving unemployment benefits. If you are interested in learning which occupations are predicted to increase in employment, come to the Library presentation on employment projections from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The program is on NJThursdaweby May 14 at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library on Rt 35 in Shrewsbury NJ. The employment projections website is at www.bls.gov/emp/ The New Jersey Employment Projections website is available also. Click here for NJ Labor Market Conditions data.