Libguides: Job and Career Help: Job Skills and Learning

ASK A CAREER EXPERT

Call the Cora J. Belden Library today to schedule a FREE 30 -minute appointment with our Career Expert, Winifred Grimaldi. Fred offers personalized help with beginning or reviving your job search:

Practice interviews

Resume critiquing

Career planning and strategy

And much more!

Call 860-258-7623 or visit the library's event calendar at www.rockyhillct.gov/library to sign up.

Featured Library Databases

The library has so many resources available to brush up on your skills!

LinkedIn Learning - This database provides a huge variety of self-guided online tutorials to learn new computer skills like Photoshop, computer coding, and more.

Northstar Digital Literacy - Use the self-guided modules to learn and refresh your basic computer skills. Earn certificates to show employers your competency and knowledge.

JobNow - The Adult Learning Center has Microsoft Office training, live resume writing help, and more.

undefined Great Courses - Dozens of free video courses, taught by college professors. Available free through the Libby app.

EBSCO Learning Express - This powerful database has two useful tools available: A Job and Career Accelerator to help explore career options, find scholarships, create resumes, prepare for interviews, and search for jobs; and a Computer Skills Center to help refresh and update your computer knowledge.

Online Learning

Skill Up CT
An online learning management system that helps jobseekers upgrade their skills and gain certifications to secure employment.
Codeacademy
Computer coding classes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, Ruby, and PHP. Basic level courses are free.
Coursera
Courses, certificates, and degrees online from world-class universities and companies. Coursera offers both free and paid classes.
EdX
Free online courses - MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) from the best universities and institutions in the world — Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Microsoft, Tsinghua University, The Smithsonian and more.
Khan Academy
Includes practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard covering math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
GCF Learn Free
Provided by Goodwill Community Foundation, this site offers free classes on everyday skills such as using computer programs, filling out job applications, managing money, and more!
Digital Learn
DigitalLearn.org is a site devoted to helping everyone to effectively use digital technologies through simple online training modules. It is also a home for those who want to help others with digital literacy. You will need a headset to listen to classes.
MIT Open CourseWare
MIT's own MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) of virtually all of their course material.
Stanford Online
Offers more than 100 unique, free online courses for lifelong learning and self-enrichment.
TED-Ed
Includes a library of over 1,000 educational videos.
Open HPI
The MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platform of the German Hasso Plattner Institute. Subjects covered include: information and communications technology (ICT), computer science and IT systems engineering.
OpenupEd
A pan-European MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative. Learners can choose from over 200 MOOCs offered in 15+ languages.