Welcome to the Alvarado Public Library's Career Center

The Career Center page has been developed to provide on-line resources for careers and employment. 
Curious about what type of job might be best for you? Need to know the right questions to ask yourself when trying to decide on a career? The sites listed below can help you.

Careers: 
What career possibilities are out there? And how do you find out which occupations you will like? Researching a major or a career in which you are interested is a very important part of your life.
Not only can you help yourself to narrow and define your areas of interest,  you can also explore new options you might not have otherwise considered. In addition to researching a major or a career, you also should try to get hands-on experience to ensure your career satisfaction for the future.
The library has books you may check out about different careers and how to choose the right career for you.

• ADA Financial, Inc. - contract negotiation, capital preservation and career management for professional athletes.
  

• Canada Career Consortium - offering information, activities, and questionnaires to help you in your career search.
  

• Canada WorkInfoNet - presents learning and employment opportunities, labor market information, career resources and services, and financial supports.
  

• Career Consulting Corner
  

• CareerPath.com - posts more than a quarter million new jobs on the Internet every month, and is updated daily by newspapers across the U.S.
  

• careers.wsj.com - from the Wall Street Journal - listings of management and professional positions available in many industries, with emphasis on sales, marketing, finance and technology.
  
• CareerZone UK - provides advice and information about various aspects of career, employment and training in the UK.
  
• Industrialsourcebook.com is your gateway to a world of online industrial and safety information.
  
• www.quintcareers.com/teen_jobs.html  - Job and Career Resources for Teenagers
  
• Saludos Web - career, employment, and education resources for Hispanics.

Career Guidance and Self-assessment:
The websites listed below will help you discover your interests and abilities so that you can decide which career path you wish to follow.

One thing to always remember, when doing a quiz and looking at the result, is that a quiz done on the Internet will never replace the advice and help you can receive from career and employment advisors. For the really tough questions check with your school's student services or with your local Employment Services office for the names and locations of those who are trained to help

• Career Assessment Questionnaire - from CharityVillage.com - This is not an in-depth psychological assessment, but it is designed to start you thinking, and to point to certain factors that will be important for your job search and your career satisfaction
• Career Interests Game -Welcome to the Career Interests Game! This is a game designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers. Come play along and see what happens!
• Career Planning - Sponsored by NextSteps.org - a three-step process to help you choose a career.
• Career Planning Links 
• Career Paths Online - interactive career resource that helps youth to make relevant and informed career and education plans.
• CareerSource - Online Career Planning Resources - Online Career Planning Resources

• Planning Your Career

• Schoolfinder: Interest Quiz - What do you like doing? Good decisions about the future start with getting to know yourself. Important clues to what kind of career would suit you best can be: your hobbies; the subjects you like best in school; your favorite books, magazines and TV programs; and what you do in your spare time.
• WashingtonPost.com - teen jobs, advice, tips on filling out application forms, writing resumes, and doing well on interviews

Local Job Search:

• Texas Workforce Commission Job Listings: Search and browse for jobs, build a professional resume and  get real-time job matching. 

• Hire Texas  - Online applicant job search - Texas Workforce Commission collects personal information entered into electronic forms on this Internet site.

• The Governor's Job Bank -  A listing of state government job openings in Texas with online application forms. 

• Job Express - Search a list of private industry jobs by type of work, geographic area and salary 

• TWC Agency Jobs - Jobs within the Texas Workforce Commission Agency.
  

National Job Search:

Office Skills/Software: 

Résumé Writing:

• The Alvarado Public Library has computers available for résumé writing, other word processing and Internet searches. 

• If you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Word, which has a résumé writing fill-in-the-blanks template, Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentation construction we have tutorials for your use on two computers.

• The library also has easy-to-use books with sample resumes and instruction on improving your résumé.

*Note - If you're under seventeen (17) years of age you'll need to have one of your parents come to the library and sign a computer use agreement and if you're under thirteen (13) years of age you'll have to have one of your parents stay with you while you use a computer.

Please feel free to send comments, favorite websites and suggestions to us. 
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