I have discovered a spot of hope or dare I say a sign that not all our tax dollars are being frittered away on $2,000 dollar toilet seats and $80 dollar pens. I'm on the prowl for gainful meaningful employment in a particular career field and received a mailing announcing a Job Search Workshop at our local state run career center. I'm open to new avenues and people I can talk with to help me in my crusade for a steady way to pass my days, so I decided to attend. I'm pleased as punch I did.
There were a swath of backgrounds and professions being represented at our little forum. Most of the folks had been in their respective fields for many years, one of them had been in his field longer than I've been making laps around the sun. Some people voiced frustration with running into the silver shield, others were interested in learning how to use technology to search and apply for jobs online, what job search engines are reputable, even what search engines data mine. Luckily I know my way around a computer and the search engines pretty well and was just hoping to glean some more information on how to streamline what I do know and maybe find a couple more resources I can use in my hunt.
Our Facilitator was a strong positive woman that engaged everyone in the process and balanced her message to give a little bit of information to satiate all the needs in the room. She also introduced everyone to a couple state web pages we have at our disposal. One is designed to help you find information about the demands and quirky specifics of a particular occupation and the second one was a super nifty search engine that allows you to enter very specific criteria about your skill set (what search engines allow you to indicate active listener as search criteria?) It then combs the database of openings and spits out the closest match to your skill set and interest. Thankfully it doesn't spit out a list of jobs for you to sift through nor does it have a listing of job openings to scroll through. No no this puppy is designed to seek and destroy.
Our Facilitator was a strong positive woman that engaged everyone in the process and balanced her message to give a little bit of information to satiate all the needs in the room. She also introduced everyone to a couple state web pages we have at our disposal. One is designed to help you find information about the demands and quirky specifics of a particular occupation and the second one was a super nifty search engine that allows you to enter very specific criteria about your skill set (what search engines allow you to indicate active listener as search criteria?) It then combs the database of openings and spits out the closest match to your skill set and interest. Thankfully it doesn't spit out a list of jobs for you to sift through nor does it have a listing of job openings to scroll through. No no this puppy is designed to seek and destroy.
So our intrepid Facilitator also introduced us to the amenities the career center itself has to offer including free laser printing for resumes/cover letters, free business card printing, free phones to use for job interviews etc., free faxing and photocopying and a bank of computers to use for anything you need related to what you're looking for. I might utilize some of the services and I might not, even if I don't it warms my heart to see that our tax dollars are doing some real hard honest good for everyday people.
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