Careers
RECOMMENDED CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT
WEBSITES
CAREER RELATED DATABASES (you will need a library card to
log in)
- Career
Cruising
- Job & Career Accelerator
- Career assessment, job searching, college information, résumé and interviewing
guidance
- Learning Express
- Tests for EMT, teacher, police, nurse, and many more, test prep for professional
licensing, SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement, grad school admissions, CLEP, GED
and more
- Plunkett
Research Online
- UniversalClass
- High quality online courses, get feedback from instructors, earn certificates
and CEU's
CAREER COUNSELING AT THE LIBRARY - The Library
offers free career counseling and résumé/interviewing help by a professional
Career Counselor in the Library. Half Hollow Hills Community Library card holders only,
by appointment. To sign up, call Edna Susman at (631) 498-1260.
Patchogue-Medford Library has a bi-lingual career counselor. She
sees patrons on Monday evenings. Appointments are necessary and may be made
by calling (631) 654-4700 ext. 248. This service is available for anyone in Suffolk
County.
CAREER BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY - Civil Service test
booklets, occupational & career guides & pamphlets, study guides for
occupational & student exams such at EMT, stockbroker, teacher, nurse,
police, medical & business school entrance exams. Please see a Reference
Librarian if you would like help locating these and more.
CAREERS
AT THE LIBRARY
Check out these books and more in the Library's Career Section:
- 101 Successful Interviewing Strategies by Eric P. Kramer
650.14 KRA
- Criminal Justice Internships: Theory Into Practice by Gary R. Gordon
363.2023 GOR
- Job Hunting After 50 by Carol A. Silvis
650.14 SIL
- Gallery of Best Resumes: A Collection of Quality Resumes by Professional Resume Writers by David F. Noble
650.14 NOB
NEW AND USEFUL LINKS
- Becomeopedia.com
- Find information about hundreds of careers including educational requirements,
job descriptions, salary information, and future career paths.
- Disability.gov
- As the federal government website for information on disability programs
and services in communities nationwide, this site is a good place to start
for career planning, places to search for a job, where to look for job training,
and job information by state.
- Jobs
Express - Launched by the NYS Department of Labor, this
website is designed to help New Yorkers who are seeking employment. The
website makes it easier to learn about what jobs are available in the state
and to know where to find them.
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