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Career Advice

New Start Career Network

https://urise.njrise.org/new-start-career-network-free-support/

For NJ residents age 45 and over--Offers free personalized career services including virtual career coaching. Job seekers affected by COVID are also invited to join the New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community.

In Learning

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/finding-a-job?trk=learning-path&upsellOrderOrigin=default_guest_learning

LinkedIn presents a course for those who are job hunting. Good tips are offered that include building a job hunting plan, setting up your LinkedIn profile, making a cover letter that gets you noticed, writing a resume, preparing for your interview, and how to prepare for your start date. Whether you are new to the job market or a seasoned employee, these tips will be helpful and worth a listen.

Searching For a Job

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EBUolgMo0&list=PLpQQipWcxwt_1SQhsc2W_CbevZD2OaZBp

A set of tutorials with advice on how to be successful when searching for a job.

Workforce Atlas

https://www.workforceatlas.org

"Workforce Atlas is a free online career pathways platform that assesses your literacy, numeracy, workplace skills, and interests." Workforce Atlas then suggests potential career paths and resources that will help you bolster your skills.

Your Career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFEkZAvRHw&list=PLpQQipWcxwt8MKMN7IHs7LNAM05S520Id

Tutorials about your career from GCF LearnFree. They include how to dig yourself out of a career rut to what the value of failure is.

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