Learning Express, LLC

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LearningExpress, LLC is continuing aid for the unemployed through the Michigan eLibrary (“MeL”). Job and Career Accelerator, an online resource from LearningExpress, arrived as the unemployment in Michigan had risen to 12.9%. This new resource in MeL is made possible by a grant awarded to Michigan State University (MSU) in August 2010. Deb Biggs Thomas, Michigan eLibrary & library outreach coordinator at Library of Michigan, says, “Job & Career Accelerator was added in January 2011. It’s a wonderful resource that’s intuitive and available at no cost to all Michigan residents. Job & Career Accelerator lets users interested in changing career paths explore occupations and find potential jobs.”

Job & Career Accelerator integrates everything library patrons need to conduct a successful job search while enabling patrons to search millions of job listings, both locally and nationally. Interactive wizards guide patrons through each step of the process, from exploring occupations and finding jobs to preparing resumes, completing job applications, and improving job search skills. The personalized job search portfolio allows job seekers to plan, tailor, and track multiple job searches while providing easy access to all of their saved information. Users create professional resumes and letters using integrated tools, master interviewing and networking techniques, upgrade their current skills, and learn to use popular work-related software applications through the fully integrated interactive computer skills training.

Maureen Derenzy, director of Otsego County Library, commented on their library’s Job & Career Accelerator sessions, “I claim ‘highest use per capita in Michigan.’ We’ve been running ads on the radio and I think they have made a difference.” Michigan is one of six states partnering with LearningExpress, LLC, along with Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, and New Jersey, to provide Job and Career Accelerator’s career and job search solution for its residents. This online resource provides job seekers everything they need to find their next job.