After candidates spend time perfecting their resumes, they should take the time to craft an effective cover letter. A good cover letter is more than just an introduction—it engages employers to explore the candidate’s resume. Cover letters are key to landing interviews.

Join Career Search Expert Alison Green as she demonstrates how to create winning cover letters, and learn how to help your students and patrons get a leg up in the job search process.
Attendees will learn:

• How to best highlight their assets
• Important points to include
• How to follow instructions and acknowledge what employers seek
• Opening and closing statements that stand apart from the rest
• How to avoid clichés
• And much more!

  Register here today:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/490964545Alison Green is the former chief of staff of a successful nonprofit organization, where she oversaw day-to-day staff management, hiring, and employee development. She’s the author of Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Leader’s Guide to Getting Results, and an e-book for job seekers How to Get a Job: Secrets of a Hiring Manager. Alison also writes the popular Ask a Manager blog.
Please send your questions, comments and feedback on the webinar series to:webinar@learningexpressllc.com.  

*After registering you will receive a confirmation email from gotowebinar@citrixonline.com containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

Space is limited! 
Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/490964545

The Job & Career Accelerator™ team at LearningExpress, LLC

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Job & Career Accelerator™ combines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use online application. With this innovative job-hunting system, you can:

• Explore detailed information on over 1,000 different occupations
• Match your interests and skills with the career that’s best for you
• Search over five million up-to-the-minute local and national job postings
• Create professional resumes and cover letters
• Practice and master interviewing skills
• Get invaluable tips and advice every step of the way—from your initial search to accepting an offer
• Conveniently organize and track your job-search progress all in one place

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Resumes Made Easy.

With Cypress Resume, you can effortlessly create professional resumes in minutes!

Speak the language.

Resumes need to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resume’s gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements are designed to do exactly that. Our database covers virtually all professions, grouping job types by core tasks.

No writing skill required.

With Cypress Resume, there is no need to compose anything, ever. Users simply type basic information about yourself and leave the difficult task of writing concise, descriptive statements detailing abilities to us.

Automatic, Dynamic Document Formatting

With Cypress Resume, finished documents will always be perfectly formatted. Our advanced algorithms dynamically adjust page layout and content volume based on the amount of information entered.

Supporting Documents

Cypress Resume’s custom cover letters are an excellent way for users to introduce themselves to prospective employers. Simply select a job title and then choose from among our expertly written letters specifically geared toward that profession.

Publish

Once a resume is created, it can be published online in order to maximize visibility. At the user’s option, we allow search engines to “spider” a resume, creating a professional Web presence that will get noticed.

Guided Video Tutorial:

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Help for adults writing resumes, job searching or preparing for an interview

The Tutor.com Career Center offers job seekers live, one-to-one help from professional career tutors online.   Any community member with a library card can access the service from the library or right from home from any computer or mobile device connected to the Internet. The live, online career tutoring and resume writing service is available 7 days a week from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.  It is completely free for library card holders in our community.

Job seekers work one-to-one with professional tutors in a supportive and encouraging environment for help with job searching, resume writing, interview preparation and much more.  The Tutor.com Career Center also includes 24/7 access to resources such as resume templates, cover letter samples, and online job search tools – even local open job listings.

To access the service please visit http://www.tutor.com/boydcountypl .

Tutor.com is an award-winning online homework help and learning service that connects students and adults to a professional tutor for one-to-one help.  Tutor.com is offered at over 1,800 public libraries across the country.  Our network of over 2,300 expert tutors has conducted over 7 million sessions.

Local Employment Resources:

3statejobs.com

Daily Independent

Herald Daily Dispatch

Bettertristatejobs.com

ACTC Workfoce Solutions

City of Ashland

Boyd County School System

Ashland Independent School System

The Ashland Alliance

Nation Jobs – Ashland

Craigslist – Huntington/Ashland

National Employment Resources:

Careerbuilder.com

Indeed.com

LinkUp.com

Monster.com

Free Online Help:

AskWhyKy.org

Career One Stop

Occupational Outlook Handbook (online)

Go Higher Kentucky Career Center

Suggested Resume Workbook Websites

Pat Criscito.com

Susan Ireland

JobStar: Job Search Guide

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
The Writing Process>Professional, Technical, and Job Search Writing
The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet

Educational Resources:

Ashland Community & Technical College Online Career Training

Ashland Community & Technical College Workforce Solutions

Online Resume Workshops:

From Purdue - OWL (Online Writing Lab)

Library Resources (Library Card Needed ):

Cypress Resume - Create a resume step-by-step with this great resource!

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