Student Information—Jobs and Careers

Looking for a Job

Adult Learning Activities: Looking for a Job
This is an article, written specifically for new readers, about looking for a job. An audio version of the article is also available. The site is sponsored by the California Distance Learning Project.


Local Job Listings

Job Center of Lake County
Visit this site for many local job listings, opportunities for training and education, and much more.
You can also visit this site in person for career advice, job search help, local career events, and more!

College Central Network Services
The College of Lake County offers its new employment database to students, residents, alumni and employers in the Lake County area. You must register to use this site, bur registration is FREE. To register click on Community, then on Register Now. You must follow the directions on the screen.

Lake County Human Resources Department
If you are interested in getting a job with the county, check this web site to see what positions are available or to apply online.

Wisconsin Job Center
Job openings in Wisconsin. Be sure to choose the Northern Illinois or Southeastern Wisconsin area for your search.

USA Jobs
To find federal jobs in Lake County you will need to do a location search. In the first window arrow down to IL-North Chicago then click on Search for Jobs lcoated at the bottom of the page. You can also choose more than one location by holding down the Control Key (Ctrl) on the keyboard.

Chicago Tribune Career Builder
To search for local jobs type in a city name in the City box. Pick a job category. Click on Search. You can also just type in a city name and then click on search to find all the open jobs in a city. On this second screen to find jobs close to home change the 30 miles to a smaller number like 5.



Resume Resources

A Basic Resume
Learn abut the different parts of the resume.

Job Star Central
Learn how to write resumes and cover letters.

Resume Template
This is a basic resume template in Microsoft Word format. You can click on this link and download the template to your computer and then write your own resume.

Cover Letter Template
This is a basic cover letter template in Microsoft Word format. You can click on this link and download the template to your computer and then write your own cover letter.



Career Resources

After School What Next
This would be a helpful resource for teachers/tutors to use with learners who are looking for a job, making a career change, or working on discovering their interest in different careers. The job interview questions are a good resource. The cover letter, resume guide, and job application are also helpful and straightforward. Intermediate and advanced learners can use this resource if a teacher or tutor is available for follow-up. Beginning learners can use this resource with the help of a one-on-one or small group tutor.

America's Career Infonet
Helpful resource for learners to use to learn about requirements for different careers and jobs, job outlook, wages, and more.
Not to Be Missed: Under What it Takes, this site has 450 career videos visitors can watch in real video or Windows media player.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Use this site to learn about over 400 different types of careers and jobs. Find out job requirements, duties, average pay and much more.

Career Planning Guide for Adult Learners
Calvin Coish's Career Planning Guide for Adult Learners includes true stories about the world of work, goal setting tips, job search strategies as well as information on writing effective resumes and building better skills to succeed in the interview process.

Finding the Rigth Job
Topics include attitude, looking at yourself, learning about jobs, looking for jobs, keeping the job, group activities This is a helpful online book about jobs and learning about your skills. Adult learners will find the activities helpful in learning about their skills and the job search.

Pathways to Self-Sufficiency - Roadways to Future Career Possibilities
The Pathways to Self-Sufficiency book (56 pages) has short bios of adult learners and their careers. Information on each career is included in easy to read lists, charts, and graphs. Learn about pay, job requirements, skills, education, and more.



Job Interview Tips

Employment Interviewing - Seizing the Opportunity and the Job
Topics include preparation, how to dress, how to describe yourself, first impressions, references, job fair tips, and job interview follow-up.

Monster Interview Center
Job interviews, do's and don'ts, practice questions, how to dress, virtual job interviews for many types of jobs, interview follow-up, and much more.



Learning About your Paycheck

Online Collection of Paycheck Tools
This site has interactive calculators that help manage a paycheck. These include calculators for hourly pay, overtime, bonuses, taxes, stock options, and many more.