Description

This 4-hour hands-on course is designed to train Helpful Staff to use the Internet as a tool in assisting their clients seeking employment and career opportunities. The course assumes the counselors possess an intermediate level of computing skills including navigation, browser manipulation, subscribing to listservs, as well as basic computing tasks such as up/downloading, file management, FTP and security measures; a general familiarity with the Internet; and a knowledge of general employment trends both statewide and nationally.

Objectives

Counselors taking this course will:

• Have the ability to manage the available search tools to implement effective and timely Internet employment-related research.
• Integrate and utilize a variety of Internet and programming language terms commonly used in this field.
• Demonstrate an ability to locate job-related resources using the Website.
• Be able to guide their clients in conducting online customized job searches using the Internet.

I. Introduction

• Course overview
• Housekeeping - ergonomics, handouts, website
• Options for your clients
  • Back to school
  • Job hunting
  • New or continuing career choices
  • Professional networking
• General employment trends

II. On the Internet - Website Homebase

• Getting connected - library, work, home
• Using the Website as a guide

III. Searching the Internet

• Using search engines (Lycos, Infoseek, etc.)
  • Boolean searches AND/NOT/OR
  • Truncation *.*
  • Types of search engines
• Specific searches
  • Journals
  • Companies
  • Professional associations
  • Newspapers
  • Job banks
  • Career centers
  • Government employment
    • Local
    • State
    • Federal
• Online Career resources
  • For women
  • Resume building
  • Salary calculator
  • Accessing Deja News for listservs

IV. Technical Tips

• Communicating with e-mail
• Platform considerations

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