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Career & Business Center
Welcome to our Career & Business Center! Here you will find information and digital resources that will empower job seekers and small businesses to grow their digital skills. For more information, please call the library at 336-753-6030 or email Rachel at rnelson@daviecountync.gov.
The Davie County Public Library is thrilled to announce that we have been selected by the ALA and PLA to participate in their Libraries Lead with Digital Skills initiative. Through this initiative, we plan to empower Davie County's small businesses and job seekers with digital skills using #GrowWithGoogle. For more information, please email Rachel at rnelson@daviecountync.gov.
BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER
The library maintains a collection of books related to job searching, small business, and management. Consult our Business Resource Center for help with resumes, searching for jobs, interviewing, and more. For more information, email Rachel at rnelson@daviecountync.gov or call 336-753-6033.
DIGITAL SKILLS
- Applied Digital Skills - Teach and learn practical digital skills using Google's free project-based video curriculum
- Primer - Free five minute lessons curated by Grow with Google for finding jobs and advancing your career.
- Skillshop - Develop skills at your own pace through e-learning courses designed by Google product experts.
- Universal Class - Online learning platform that allows you to take courses at your own pace and receive continuing education units.
FINDING JOBS
- County of Davie Employment - Jobs with Davie County
- Davie County Blog - Job postings for Davie County area
- Employment Security Commission of NC - Search jobs in North Carolina by profession, location or job number
- Glassdoor - Search job listings, scan salary data, read employee reviews, and more.
- Indeed - Search for jobs by job title or location.
- Jobs search through Google - Use Google Search engine to search for jobs by profession and location.
- LinkedIn - The World's largest network of professionals. Search for jobs and network with professionals within your profession.
- NC Teaching Positions - NC Department of Public Instruction's Work in North Carolina Website.
- NCWorks - A one-stop online resource for job seekers and employers in North Carolina.
- Snagajob - Search for hourly or part-time work by zip code.
- Winston-Salem Journal Classified Marketplace - Search for jobs by categories, newspaper, or keyword.
- ZipRecruiter - Search for jobs by utilizing ZipRecruiter's AI-Driven matching technology.
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - a comprehensive resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and research best practices for resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits. The database includes articles, career advice blogs, and streaming videos.
- Gale Testing & Education Reference Center - A testing and education preparation resource that includes in-depth information on college, graduate, and professional programs, professional training, scholarships, and entrance tests alongside practice test for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing exams.
- Online Master's Programs - Considering a master's degree? Explore online options in a wide range of fields and the potential benefits of obtaining an advanced degree.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What they do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010-2020 decade.
- Salary Negotiation Guide - The Ultimate Guide to Negotiating Your Salary.
RESUME and COVER LETTER
- Canva is a web-based graphic design platform that allow users to create graphic, presentations, resumes, and other visual content
- Cypress Resume is a easy-to-use resume and cover letter building tool with a built-in writing process and automatic formatting.
- Google Docs is a free web-based word processor that is offered by Google. They provide free resume, letter, brochure, and many other templates.
- Military to Civilian Resume examples and help.
- Military to Civilian Cover Letter examples and help.
- How to write a Cover Letter.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Davie County Workforce Staff will work at the DCCC Davie Campus at 1205 S. Salisbury Street Mocksville NC 27028, at the Tech Building in Room 115 for direct and intensive WIA services on Tuesdays from 8 am - 12 pm,Thursdays and Fridays from 8 am - 5 pm. You can contact Davie County Workforce Staff member Toni Deal at (336) 934-3286.
DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING
- Applied Digital Skills - Teach and learn practical digital skills using Google's free project-based video curriculum.
- Primer - Free five minute lessons curated by Grow with Google for finding jobs and advancing your career.
- Skillshop - Develop skills at your own pace through e-learning courses designed by Google product experts.
- Universal Class - Online learning platform that allows you to take courses at your own pace and receive continuing education units.
NC LIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTER
NC Live Business Information Center - Tap into the many online business resources available to library patrons through NCLive. All you need is your library card. The NC Live Business Information Center links you to valuable business resources such as:
- ABI/Inform Collection - Find Industry trends, business journals, peer-reviewed publications & magazines.
- Proquest Entrepreneurship - Find information on starting a company, operations management, sales, and growing or rescuing a business.
- ReferenceUSA - Get in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. Find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, conduct market research and more.
- Simply Analytics - Generate maps and marketing reports using demographic, business, and consumer expenditure data.