The Baldwinsville Public Library has been offering workshops for jobseekers since January of this year, and now we’re ramping up our offerings! Besides our Jobseekers’ Lifeline workshops, we’re starting a Job Club, and we’ll be expanding our computer services because of a federal grant!
The library has been awarded a BroadbandExpress Public Computer Center grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). We’re using the money to add computers and provide more training sessions and workshops for job hunters, senior citizens, and small business owners. Hopefully the new computers will be installed and available within the next few weeks, and eventually some computers will be set aside in a place specifically for jobseekers and small business owners, with no time limits on the computers and with books & dvds related to business and job hunting nearby.
Meanwhile, Baldwinsville’s Jobseekers’ Lifeline series will continue every other week, with a different job-related topic every other Friday morning at 10 am. On October 8, the topic will be Tips & Tricks for Online Applications. Many if not most workplaces now require online job applications, and we’ve been helping a lot of people with them! On October 26 the Jobseekers’ Lifeline topic will be Finding the Right Job Opening For You.
On Fridays when there is no formal Lifeline workshop, job-hunters can meet at a new Job Club to swap job tips, ask for advice on their resumes or cover letters, and generally support each other during the painful job hunt process. In October, the Job Club will meet on the 1st, 15th, and 29th at 10 am, usually in Baldwinsville Public Library’s Story Time Room.
So make the B’ville Library one of the tools in your job-hunting toolbox!
