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Skills Assessment and Career Counseling Centers
- Personality and Skills Tests
- Enhance your career potential by assessing your interests and abilities.
• California CareerZone
•
The Princeton Review Career Quiz
• Skills Profiler
by America's Career InfoNet
- Local Career Counseling Centers - Career counseling centers can provide assistance with your job search, résumé preparation,
career exploration, and job training skills.
• Jewish Vocational Services
• California
Career Centers by county (PDF)
• Career Development
Agencies from the Library's San Francisco Community Services Directory
Labor Market Information, Job Descriptions, and Vocational Training
- Employment Outlook Statistics - Find out which jobs are in demand or decline.
Get reports at the local, state, and national level.
• California
Employment Development Department
• Employment Projections from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics,
U.S. Department of Labor
- Job Descriptions - Job descriptions can further define
the skills involved, licensing information, or the training and education needed.
• California
Occupational Guides
• Licenses and
Licensing Boards in California from
America's Career InfoNet - Select California from the list of states
• Occupational
Outlook Handbook
- Vocational Training and Apprenticeships
- Learn a specific trade or occupation through vocational training programs or apprenticeships.
• California
Apprenticeship Programs
• California Job Corps Centers
• Alliance for California Traditional Arts
• Vocational
Education Agencies form the Library's San Francisco Community Services Directory
Help Wanted Postings
Networking
- Professional Associations - One of the best ways to find employment is through
networking.
• Ryze.com
• Linkedin.com
• Professional and trade
associations from America's Career
InfoNet
• QuintCareers.com
• Hidden Job Market from JobStar
• Find an association by accessing the San Francisco Public Library's subscription database,
Associations Unlimited. Available to SFPL card
holders only.
- Volunteer Organizations
• Volunteer Center
• VolunteerMatch
• Volunteer
Opportunities from the Library's San Francisco Community Services Directory
- Job Fair announcements from
JobStar
- Job Clubs in San Francisco – Job clubs provide free
job search help. Members participate by helping each other.
•
Experience Unlimited, a program of the EDD (State Employment
Development Department)
View San Francisco listing
• Graceworks – Established by Grace Cathedral in partnership with secular resources”
• Job Forum of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Cover Letters, Résumés, and Interview Tips
- Résumé Writing
• Tips for success from the EDD
• 50+
résumé examples
from The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Résumé
author Susan Ireland
• National Association
of Colleges and Employers
• Agencies
Offering Résumé Writing Assistance from the Library's San Francisco Community Services Directory
Researching Companies
It's a good idea to do some research about a company before you
go in for
an interview. Take a look at our Local Company Research page, a research
guide prepared by the staff of the
Business, Science & Technology Center.
Many of our subscription databases are also helpful in researching companies and more. View the Quick guide to using SFPL’s business databases (PDF). The databases are available in the library to all and remotely to SFPL card holders only.
Go to SFPL's database page.
You can build lists of companies by location (for example, San Francisco) and type of business (hotels, hospitals, real estate firms and so on) using our subscription database, Reference USA.
Click here to see how -- Using Reference USA in your Job Search (PDF)
Wages and Salary Negotiations
- Wages
• Wages by Area and Occupation - National
• California Wages by Area and Occupation- Scroll
down to San Francisco County and click on "Excel" under most recent quarter.
• Salary Surveys from JobStar
• Salaryexpert.com
• Salary.com
• Cost of living comparison by Homefair.com
Civil Service Exams
You will find Civil Service Exam books near the Business, Science & Technology
Center. They are in alphabetical order by job title. Ask a librarian
for help if you don't find what you're looking for.
- Learning
Express Library - online practice exams for jobs like firefighter,
postal worker, police officer, California real estate broker, and many more. Access to Learning Express
Library and other resources is provided by
SFPL Online. You must be a San Francisco Public Library cardholder to access this database.
- How to Prepare for a Civil Service Test When There's No Civil Service Test Book (PDF)
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