Revision to Jobs & Careers Recommended Websites page

With the help of Linda Eckersen and approval of the REVU committee, the Careers & Jobs page has been tweaked a bit to better display some of our occupation resources.

First, graphic buttons have been added for aesthetics which will hopefully attract customers' attention:

• Testing & Education Reference Center link
• Ed's Resume Maker
• A link to the Worksource program schedule

Next, even though these links may appear in other places on our site, we wanted to make sure that unemployment help was available under Careers & Jobs as well, especially given our current economic climate.

New headings were added also, hopefully giving a better description of the links that follow.  Under Find A Job,  links have been divided into three different categories:  local resources, national sites and niche sites.  Our old page had too many links which could sometimes be confusing for customers, so I tried to pare down the selection.  Of the local and national sites, most were already on the old page, though a few new ones have been added, including indeed.com and simplyhired.com.

The niche job sites was an entirely new segment, and gives some needed diversity to our recommended sites. These include job search sites targeted at women, seniors, teens and the non-profit sector among others.

Finally, the Job Search & Assessment Tools and Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviewing sections were beefed up, consolidating smaller groupings found on the previous edition of the page.  Especially interesting is VisualCV, which allows users to create a graphic, interactive representation of their education, work history and skills sets.

When you have a moment, take some time to familiarize yourself with the links and share them with our customers.

One final note:  Though Linkedin, Facebook and Craigslist (Jacksonville Job listings) didn't make the final cut, I still think they merit consideration.  Use your best judgement.