Introduction To Job Searching with LinkedIn

On Monday, September 10th, 2012 from 10am to noon, the Monmouth County Library Career Information Center will present a program on Job Searching with LinkedIn. The Career Information Center is located at the Eastern Branch Library at 1001 Rt 35 in Shrewsbury. LinkedIn is a free interent based tool that can help you find a job or extend a business. It is designed for work-related online social networking. In this presentation, Mark Judman, an information technology consultant, will show you how to get started with LinkedIn and learn its most important features. * Creating an effective LinkedIn Profile * Building and growing a LinkedIn network of Contacts * Finding and participating in Groups * Searching Jobs posted on LinkedIn and Simplyhired.com * Finding Company information and especially Company contacts * Searching News to find recent articles on business topics * Using Answers to find work-related information and to showcase your abilities * Learning to manage your LinkedIn account to balance privacy and accessibility issues

Improve Your Telephone Interview Skills

On Monday, August 6th, 2012 at 10am, the Monmouth County Library's Career Information Center will present a program on improving your telephone interview skills. Occasionally, a potential employer will want to interview you by telephone. This presentation will help you prepare for telephone interviews with preparation, company research and role-playing. The program will be presented by Patricia Koziol a consultant in the life sciences industry. The program will be at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County library at 1001 Broad St (Main St.) in Shrewsbury, NJ

Using Corfacts For Job Searching

Job-seekers come learn how to use Corfacts for finding potential employers. The Corfacts Online is a businss to business directory that just covers New Jersey Businesses. The producer of Corfacts, John Ford, will explain how to use Corfacts to find potential employers. This Career Information Center program will take place on Tuesday, July 17 at 10am-noon at the Monmouth County Library at 1001 Rt 35, Shrewsbury, NJ 07738 866-941-8188 Corfacts Online is accessible from the the Career Information Center website at www.monmouthcountylib.org/cic.htm in the directories section.

Library Resources For Job Seekers

Tuesday, July 3rd, 10am-noon Review of Library Resources for Job-seekers Monmouth County Library, 1001 Rt 35, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 866-941-8188 The Career Information Center Librarian will review online and print resourcs for job-seekers.

HOT JOBS 2010-2020 Latest Employment Projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

On Monday May 14th, 2012 at the Monmouth County Library from 10am to noon, the Career Information Center will give a presentation on using the BLS Employment Projections to help in your job hunt. The statistics are available online from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 3 sources. The Occupational Outlook Quarterly has the projections in their winter and spring issues at www.bls.gov/ooq . The National Occupational Matrix has the figures at www.bls.gov/emp/ and the statistics are also included in the Occupational Outlook Handbook at www.bls.gov/ooh/ . For assistance in accessing or using this information, contact the Monmouth County Library Career Information Center at 866-941-8188 or online at www.monmouthcountylib.org/cic.htm

www.MyNextMove.org

This blog is just a suggestion that you try www.mynextmove.org which is a career choice and job-searching website presented by the US Department of Labor.

The Career search part lets you search by knowledge, skills or abilities. The search results gives you occupational descriptions about the work and the people who are in that occupation. In the "Job Outlook" section you get links to local salary information, actual job ad listings and also a list of potential employers.

During the search for salaries and job listings, you are transferred to www.MySkillsMyFuture.com which is a companion site also presented by the US Department of Labor. MySkillsMyFuture is designed to help people move from one occupation to another based on transferable skills and experience.

Try these sites and let me know how you like them.

Charles Gross, Monmouth County Library Career Information Center
866-941-8188 www.monmouthcountylib.org/cic.htm

An Introduction To Careers in the Life Sciences Industry in New Jersey

Tuesday, April 24 10am-noon
Monmouth County Library
Career Information Center
1001 Rt 35 Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
866-941-8188

Patricia Koziol, a consultant in the Life Science's Industry, will explain the various career possiblities and occupations in New Jersey's Life Sciences Industries which include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.
In 2010, New Jersey Life Sciences Industries employed over 122,000 workers and paid over $14 Billion in wages. Industry growth ove the past years has been 13.2%.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has published a study of the Life Sciences Industry and you can read the study by clicking on following link http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/pub/lmv/LMV_6.pdf