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This page has been created to help individuals who are looking for a job. On this page you will find ideas and suggested links to websites that may be helpful to you as resources for employment. Also available at the Library will be a notebook with other websites that may be beneficial. Ask the staff at the front desk and they can give you the notebook. It can ONLY be used in the Library. The Library hopes that this page will aid you in your job search process. Good luck! 

 

 

 

Resumes/Cover Letters:

 

One of the first things that you’ll need to do is get a resume together. The links below are for resume templates. These are word templates and will help you create one. You'll be able to insert your information and save the document. Also below are links for cover letters. These are word templates as well and will help you create one. You'll be able to do the same with these documents as well.

 

 

Resumes:

Contemporary Resume

Elegant Resume

Professional Resume

 

 

Letters:

Contemporary Letter

Elegant Letter

Professional Letter

 

 

 

Unemployment websites:

 

The websites below will help with questions regarding unemployment issues.

 

Unemployment Insurance Benefits Information

Texas Unemployment Insurance

 

 

Job search sites:

 

 

Newspaper resources:

 

One of the first places to look are the help wanted ads in the newspapers that the Library carries. The Cooke County Library subscribes to 6 of the papers below. However, there are links to other papers that might be helpful as well.

 

Coppell Gazette

Dallas Morning News

Denton Record Chronicle

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Gainesville Daily Register

Herald Democrat

Lindsay Letter

Muenster Enterprise 

The Weekly News of Coooke County

  

 

Local websites:

 

Employment news Online

Jobs 4 Texas

North Central Texas Council for Governments

North Central Texas Workforce Development Board, Inc.

State Jobs

Texas Dept. of Transportation

Texas Employment

Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.

Texas State Web Site

Texas Workforce Center

Texas Workskills Development in Libraries

Workforce Solutions Texoma

 

Employment Portals:

 

Career-Index

Career Resource Center

Employment Spot

FoundValue

Job Hunt

Job Source Network

World Wide Web Employment Office

 

Federal:

 

Dept. of Labor

Federal Jobs

Govt. Jobs

States News

USA Jobs

 

National Job Search Databases:

 

Best Jobs USA

Bilingual Job Search

Career Exchange

Get a Job

Go Jobs

Hire Ability

Hot Jobs

Job Bank USA

Job Find

Job.com

Jobs.com

Monster Board

Monster Trak

Nation Job

National Job Bank

Occupational Outlook

Saludos Web

State Jobs

Top Jobs USA

USA City Link Project

Wall Street Journal

 

 

Academia:

 

Academic Employment Network

Academic Positions Network

Chronicle of Higher Education

Educational Placement Service-jobs for teachers

Higher Education Jobs

National Association of Colleges & Employers

 

 

Relocation Info Sites, Cost of Living, and Salary Info:

 

In case the new job requires relocation the below websites can help you gather information on this issue.

 

America's Career InfoNet

HomeFair Power Tools

Map Quest

Monster Moving

Net-Temps Relocation Info

Texas Outside

USA City Link Project

Wage Web

Yahoo! Maps

 

 

 

 

The Cooke County Library is NOT responsible for the content on these outside websites.