Hi All,

Do you need to enhance your academic and workforce skills?  Are you looking for a better job or looking to get a better education?

Then LIEOC might be for you.  LIEOC is an acronym for 'Long Island Eucational Opportunity Center'.  The LIEOC offers free academic and workforce development .  They provide these services to elegible members of the community.

Specifically, LIEOC is sponsored by the the State University of New York and Farmingdale State College.  It helps eligible members of the community enhance the academic and workforce development skills they need to become self-sufficient, empowered and committed to excellent. LIEOC provides a range of programs and services adapted to the needs of adult learners and the demands of the private and public sectors.  

There are three LIEOC units on Long Island - Brentwood, Farmingdale and Hempstead.   LIEOC offers free Microsoft certification classes at the Brentwood and Hempstead locations. 

Hope the site is useful and helpful.

Regards,
Stu

Who's Hiring Locally?

Hi All,

Just found a neat section on the Farmingdale Patch website. The section is called 'Who's Hiring' and contains a list of local businesses that are hiring. Jobs are located in Farmingdale, Amityille, Massapequa and in other local towns.

Which brings me to a job resource that we have at the Farmingdale PL.

On Wednesday nights we have a career counselor from 5pm-9pm. The sessions are by appointment only and are one hour in length.

Our career counselor is professionally trained and can give advice on resumes, coverletters, career changing, career advice, interviewing techniques.

If you are looking for a new job or if you are considering changing jobs, our career counselor is the person you want to speak to. She is absolutely fantastic at helping career changers and movers finding new positions! Best thing about our service? It's free!!!!

Finally, click on this link for several excellent job resource websites that we've found at the Farmingdale Public Library.

Regards,
Stu

Career Advice and Career Help

Hi All,


The new year is coming up soon. Could it be the year that you find your dream job? Perhaps, but it will take work on your part to make that dream happen. Read on for more information on how to take the first step in the job search.


Click here for some Career Advice from About.com - the title of the article is Career Choice or Career Change. Good advice and succinctly put and it is only a click away!


Not sure if you want to even make a career change? Click on this link from - yes, again - About.com on '6 Reasons To Make a Career Change'


Click on this link to help you decide which - if any - career planning and career advice books to buy. Basically this is a 'what to look for type article' when 'buying career type' books. Helpful article but remember the library has many, many career advice and career resource books.


Click here to link to the search, 'career books' in the Farmingdale Public Library card catalog. Note also that we have a large complement of career and job resource books at the library - they are current, helpful, and free. Plus you can take them out for 4 weeks with your library card.


Finally, did you know that the Farmingdale Public Library has a professional Career Counselor at the library on Wednesday nights from 5pm-9pm?

Our Career Counselor can help you with your resume cover letter, start or begin a job search, and help with interviewing techniques. Appointments with Mrs. Dillon can be made by calling the Reference Desk at 516-249-9090. Appointments last an hour and can be made in advance.

Finally, the following link shows material (books mostly) from the online card catalog. The search that I used was 'job resources'. These are all materials that can be found in Nassau County. Note that the Farmingdale Public Library might not own some of these items. If that is the case, you can call the Reference Desk and a Reference Librarian would be more than happy to interlibrary loan the book from another library.

You can reach the reference desk by calling 516-249-9090.

Good luck job hunting!

Stu





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