Another month, another Video Roundup for the Career Center’s YouTube page! While you were busy cooking for your (socially-distanced) Thanksgiving holiday, we were cooking up some helpful and delicious videos to help you in your career! Let’s have a look.
common job application tutorials playlist
How to apply for a job at circle k
Career Specialist Case Duckworth walks you through applying to the convenience store chain in this video.
how to apply for a job at whole foods
If you’d like to try your hand at organic grocery stocking, cashiering, or food preparation, this walkthrough, by Career Specialist Richard Wright, is for you.
how to apply for a job at popeye’s
If fast food is more your speed, Career Specialist Cynthia Payton has you covered. In this video, she’ll walk you through the steps of applying to a job at Popeye’s Chicken.
work-at-home job board reviews playlist
we work remotely: a Work-from-home website review
In this video, Career Coach Anne Nowak talks about the good and the not-so-good about working from home through We Work Remotely, a job board site that focuses on remote and work-from-home jobs.
resumes and cover letters playlist
Cover letters 2.0
In this follow-up video to her [Introduction to Cover Letters] video, our Resume Coach, Lynnette Lee, shows you advanced techniques that will really make your cover letter stand out to employers.
moocs (massive open online courses) playlist
coursera: an in-depth mooc review
In this first of his In-Depth Look at MOOCs series, Rick Wright walks you through Coursera, one of the more popular MOOCs on the Net.
udemy: an in-depth moc review
Udemy is a great online learning portal that’s free with your East Baton Rouge Parish Library card. Rick shows you how to sign up and what goodies await in this video.
job interview questions playlist
how to answer, “tell me about a time you went above expectations”
Job interviewers will routinely ask about your previous professional life, both the good and the bad, and you should be ready. In this short role-play video by Anne and Lynnette, they show you good and bad answers to this question.
job search basics playlist
how to file for unemployment in louisiana
During the pandemic, we at the Career Center have been seeing more and more people come into our office to apply for unemployment benefits. While that’s not *exactly* our mission, we’ve been doing our best to help, and Anne has made this video walking you through the basics of filing for unemployment in Louisiana.
Written by Case Duckworth