Key Sites

Summer Jobs 2012

Connecticut Job Search Toolkit

CT Department of Labor

• Job Seeker Services

• Connecticut Career Fairs

• CTWorks Career Centers - Overview Presentation: (HTML) (PowerPoint) - Maps showing CTWorks Centers and Public Libraries in CT

• CT JOBcentral (Connecticut's Job Bank)

• Job & Career ConneCTion

• CTStemJobs (Connecticut's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Career Center)

• Labor Market Information

U. S. Department of Labor

• (a skills transferability tool) (webinar - brochure - poster (11 x 17))

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• Resume Tutorial - Web   PDF

• For help using CareerOneStop, call toll-free: 1-877-348-0502 or TTY 1-877-348-0501

• Worker ReEmployment: Employment, training, and financial help during job transition
  Worker ReEmployment Toll-free Helpline: 1-877-872-5627

• Veterans ReEmployment

• Tools for America's Job Seekers

• O*NET Online and O*NET Resource Center

• O*NET Academy

• Disability.gov

• Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resources (includes a webinar on CareerOneStop and O*NET)

Fairfield Public Library - Job and Career Resources and Jobs Series Podcasts

• Jobs: Back to Work (programs for job seekers)

internsushi ("a new way to find, apply to and manage internships in the hardest-to-break-into industries")

More Key Sites - for Librarians

Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resources (includes a webinar on CareerOneStop and O*NET)

Workforce3One (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

Workforce Resources (WebJunction)

Connecticut Jobs Conference: Your Library as a Community Resource for Economic Recovery (presentations)

Road to Recovery: Strategies for Re-Employment Summit (conference agenda) (U.S. Dept. of Labor)

Other Research Resources

Business & Company Resource Center (requires any Connecticut Public Library card to access)

CT Departrment of Labor - Office of Research

• State of Connecticut Labor Situation (CT Dept. of Labor Office of Research)

• Connecticut Labor Market Information for Job Seekers (CT Dept. of Labor Office of Research)

• Connecticut Labor Market Publications for Job Seekers

Other Useful Sites

Connecticut's Job Bank 

Connecticut's 100 Largest Companies (compiled annually by Connecticut Magazine)

CTjobs.com

EmploymentSpot - Connecticut

Green Careers

• Green Jobs Network

• Explore Green Careers (U.S. Dept. of Labor)

• Green Jobs - Governor's Executive Order No. 23 (15-point directive)

Indeed.com

NationJob Network - Connecticut

Next Generation Careers Resource Connections (CT Dept. of Economic and Community Development)

Top Connecticut Companies (ranked by market capitalization)

USAJOBS (federal government)

Web Resources for Job Seekers (nationwide) (WebJunction)