Career and Job Searching Information

Local Career News

To learn more about the latest local job fair events or to find out more about local job assistance tools available, please see a staff member or e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.

• PRL Career Transition Classes Segment - NBC12 3/25/09
• Center to help region's laid-off workers opens today in Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch (3/9/09)
  Capital Region Employment Transition Center
  (Serving Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent & Powhatan counties and the City of Richmond)
  4060 Innslake Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23060
  (804) 273-6260
  Operating Hours: Every weekday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Community colleges launch Web site for career planning, Richmond Times Dispatch (3/12/09)

Career Transitions and Resume Workshops
Our Career Transitions workshop, available at all PRL branch libraries, uses templates to begin a resume in Microsoft Word, covers searching online job sites, and shows you how to contact potential employers via e-mail. Please bring your own flash/USB drive to save your work. Attendees are required to have a Pamunkey Regional Library card in good standing. If you don't have a card, please contact us about signing up for a card before attending the class.  Call or visit your local library for more information on upcoming classes.

Our Resumé workshop teaches you tips & tricks from professional presenters to improve your resumé.  Bring an electronic copy of your resume if you would like to have it critiqued after class. Call your local branch library for locations and times or see our calendar.

If you have any questions about classes held at the library, e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org or call your local branch library.

Getting Started

• Career tools provided by monster.com
• E-mail Accounts
  Before applying for jobs online you will need an e-mail account. If you don't have one, you can sign up for one on a computer with internet access. You can get online for free using a public computer at any Pamunkey Regional Library. All you need is your library card. You can use a computer at your library for a maximum of two hours per day. Free, web-based e-mail addresses are available from Google's Gmail, MSN's Hotmail, and Yahoo.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  Describes jobs in terms of education and experience needed, earnings, working conditions.
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Pathfinder
• Testing and Education Reference Center
  Take on-line practice tests, use test prep eBooks, and search for degrees and programs to fit your needs.  Now featuring the Postal Worker online practice exams, ASVAB, several Real Estate broker, appraisal, & diagnostic exams, and more! Search for career colleges and professional development programs.  Watch webcast demo (may take a few minutes to load).
• Virginia Education Wizard

Resume Tips & Resources

• Create your resume using Microsoft Word using the resume wizard.
• Save your resume as a Word document onto your own flash drive. If you don't have one, you can buy one at the library for $10.
• Not great with computers? Bring a friend who can type for you. You can sign up for a basic computer class, too!
• Monster.com suggestions
• What goes in a resume
• Sample resumes - provided by JobStar Central
• Sample cover letters - provided by JobStar Central
• Keep record of jobs applied for, user names, and passwords created.

Finding Jobs

• Ashland Employment Opportunities
• CareerBuilder.com (formerly Headhunter.net)
• CATC-Capital Area Training Consortium
  A federally funded organization that provides workforce services to employers, youth, adults, and dislocated workers. Free.
• EmpoweringSites.com
• Federal job listings
• Hanover Career Student Resource, Inc.
• Goochland County Employment Opportunities
• Goodwill Workforce Development
• Greater Richmond Partnership
• Hanover County Employment Opportunities
• Indeed.com
• King William County Employment Opportunities
• RichmondJobNet
• Richmond Times Dispatch Jobs site
• SimplyHired
• United Way
  View Navigating Through Hard Times resource guide
• Virginia Career View
• Virginia Department of Human Resource Management
• Virginia Employment Commission
• Virginia Health Careers Manual
  The career information in this manual is arranged according to fields of study. If you have a particular interest, this "one-stop shopping" approach will help you learn about a variety of related career opportunities in one section.
• Virginia Jobs
  The Commonwealth of Virginia's Employment and Resource Center.
  Application
  Choose non-fillable PDF or Word document.
• Virginia Workforce Connection
• West Point Employment Opportunites
• 30+ websites to visit when you are laid off