New at the Career Center
Upcoming Career Center Seminar - Jobs with good pay and good benefits: federal government opportunities in South Louisiana
Are you interested in a career with the Federal Government right here in Louisiana? They are hiring for a variety of jobs, most with good pay and good benefits. Come and attend this free seminar and learn all about local employment opportunities, careers, application procedures, and benefits in federal civil service. This is an informational event, not a jobfair!
The seminar is presented by Bill Tyler, Administrative Officer at the Southern Regional Research Center, a federal agency based in New Orleans.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm at the Bluebonnet Regional Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd
For registration and more information call 225-381-8434 or email anowak@ebr.lib.la.us
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Easy and professional resume and cover letter creation
The Career Center and the East Baton Rouge Parish Library announce the availability of the new online Career Center powered by Optimalresume
Optimalresume is a database that will help you build your resume and cover letter. It offers styled templates and easy formatting along with dozens of samples for different positions, industries and levels. All samples were written by an accomplished and widely published professional resume writer. Finished documents can be saved in MS Word, PDF, or downloaded to Facebook, LinkedIn, etc and your own website.
In addition Optimalresume offers interview preparation tutorials/videos and (if you have a webcam) the opportunity to create and record your own practice interview. In addition the program offers the ability to create professional portfolios, websites, skills assessments, and the opportunity to record a video resume (if you have a webcam).
You can elect to have finished documents reviewed by a Certified Career Coach by clicking on Reviewcenter.
You can access Optimalresume at http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/onlinedatabases.htm , enter databases, choose Optimalresume
You will have to create an account, but the use of this database is free for library patrons.
It is best to view the brief video tutorials for each section before starting a documument
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