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Choosing a Career | Improve Your Skills | Resume and Cover Letters | Search for Jobs Online | Unemployment Resources
Choosing a Career
- Career Center from Learning Express, opens a new window: Prepare for occupational entrance exams, explore career opportunities, and expand upon workplace skills.
- Glassdoor, opens a new window: Explore millions of company reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, interview reviews and questions, benefits reviews, office photos and more.
- Nebraska Department of Labor, opens a new window: Look for local jobs online.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), opens a new window: Find career information on duties, education and training, pay and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
- Online Courses for Job Seekers, opens a new window: LinkedIn Learning and Gale Courses offer free online courses for job seekers.
- ReferenceUSA, opens a new window: View detailed profiles for over 43 million businesses across the U.S.
- Resources for Job Seekers: Whether you're a first-time job seeker or someone looking for a career change, books on this list can help you on your job hunt.
Improve Your Skills
- Adult Core Skills Center from Learning Express, opens a new window: Explore LearningExpress Library's Adult Core Skills Center where you can improve skills in math, reading and writing. Access resources to help prepare for U.S. citizenship.
- DigitalLearn.org, opens a new window: DigitalLearn has self-paced tools to help those who are new to computers, haven't used them in a while or are unsure or uncomfortable with computers to tackle technology and gain the confidence you need to succeed.
- Great Courses on DVD: Professor-led college courses on a variety of subjects to help you further your lifelong learning goals.
- LearningExpress, opens a new window: Access online practice exams for various academic/professional tests including SAT, ACT, GED, GRE, GMAT, ASVAB, Civil Service, and more.
- LinkedIn Learning, opens a new window: Take online classes from experts at your own pace, for free! Topics available include software, business and design.
- Online Courses for Professional Development, opens a new window: Lynda.com and Gale Courses offer courses for personal and professional development.
Resume and Cover Letters
- NEworks, opens a new window: Create a resume using an easy online tool from the Nebraska Department of Labor.
- Resources for Job Seekers: Whether you're a first-time job seeker or someone looking for a career change, books on this list can help you on your job hunt.
- Resume templates, opens a new window: Simple formatted resume templates available are free to use in Microsoft Word
Search for Jobs Online
- CareerBuilder.com, opens a new window
- CareerLink.com, opens a new window
- Glassdoor.com, opens a new window
- Heartland Workforce Solutions, opens a new window
- Indeed.com, opens a new window
- OmahaHelpWanted.com, opens a new window
- Omaha World-Herald Jobs, opens a new window
- Nebraska Department of Labor, opens a new window
- LinkedIn.com, opens a new window
- ZipRecruiter.com, opens a new window
Unemployment Resources
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits | Nebraska Department of Labor, opens a new window - All information about unemployment insurance benefits in the state of Nebraska can be found here.
- NEworks, opens a new window - This is the website for filing an unemployment claim. You can also search and apply for jobs here. All users must create a free account.
- Employees and Unemployment | Legal Aid of Nebraska, opens a new window - Information about unemployment and workers' rights during the coronavirus pandemic from Legal Aid of Nebraska.
- JobFairsNebraska.com, opens a new window - This site features job listings and runs local job fairs.
- Unemployment Help | USAGov, opens a new window - Unemployment information from the federal government.
