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Career Development: Present Yourself

  • Emily Barber
  • Monday, May 10
When it comes to growing your career, self-presentation is key. Read on to learn about the marketing tools you can use to score your next job, cultivate your network, and develop your professional reputation.
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LinkedIn Learning

Expand your knowledge, or explore something new through LinkedIn Learning's 16,000+ web-based courses, covering technical, business, software, and creative topics.

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Putting Research into Your Job Search

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, February 18
One of the problems facing first-time job seekers, or those contemplating a career change, is that they may have a general idea of the kind of work they’d like to do but lack detailed knowledge about what this work involves.
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Fire Engine.
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Read All About It: Firefighters & Fire Trucks

  • Heather M.
  • Saturday, February 06
Firefighters work hard to keep us safe. Find out more about how they keep us safe, what they wear to keep them safe and the equipment they use (especially fire trucks) by reading these fiction and nonfiction titles about these first responder heroes. If you want to know how to keep yourself safe around fire, check out Read All About It: Fire Safety.
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2021 Career Makeover Tips!

  • Sylvie G.
  • Wednesday, February 03
A results oriented (and dare I say, fun) approach to addressing four key career development areas.
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Get Your News with U.S. Newsstream

  • Bland L.
  • Tuesday, January 05
If you have grown weary of paywalls impeding your access to reliable news (or of “free” subscriptions that offer only limited access, at the cost of surrendering some personal information), consider using U.S. Newsstream to essentially bypass paywalls and find the latest on US politics, COVID-19 vaccines, and world news.
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Career Development: Discover Yourself

  • Emily Barber
  • Thursday, December 10
Self-discovery is essential to making career decisions that will build a happy life. Here are four questions to help you discover yourself.
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The Virtual Job Interview

  • Bland L.
  • Tuesday, December 15
Job interviews conducted via videoconferencing programs such as Zoom and Skype were already in wide use before the coronavirus pandemic, but for understandable reasons they are now more popular than ever. Just as for an in-person interview, you should carefully prepare beforehand, but there are other considerations specific to virtual interviewing that you will need to keep in mind.
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The Globotics Upheaval
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Labor and Its Discontents

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, September 03
The world of work was being upended even before the coronavirus pandemic drove the US unemployment rate to record highs. The “gig economy,” robotics, and offshoring, to name but a few factors, have reshaped traditional employment in ways that are not yet fully understood. As we observe Labor Day, this is a good time to take a look at how we got here and what may be in store for us in the labor market. The books listed below offer a range of views on the subject, from critiques of Silicon Valley’s role in degrading work life to constructive advice on finding mea
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Support for Small Businesses

  • Sarah Shuster
  • Wednesday, December 15
Small and local businesses are working through COVID-19 with creativity. We've pulled together a list of assistance and resources for small business owners, and several ways the community can help during this time.
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Through His Lens

  • Kimberly Jones
  • Tuesday, February 19
In a sit-down interview with self-taught professional photographer Michael Dantzler I got to pick his brain...
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Data Axle Reference Solutions

Use Data Axle Reference Solutions to find addresses, telephone numbers, SIC codes, number of employees, sales volume data and other information for millions of public and private United St

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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

For adults and students from middle-school and up, a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning organized into three sections, Industries and Careers, Plan Your Education, and

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