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The Central Libraries > Mid-Manhattan Library > Job Information > About About the Job Information Center, cont'dHaving identified occupations that may be right for you, you can move on to the second step in acquiring information from the Occupational Information Collection to have a basic understanding of the characteristics of jobs of your interests. The Occupation Information Reference Collection includes major resources such as:
With some basic understanding of the characteristics of occupations and their outlook, you can further enhance your occupational knowledge by acquiring information from both the general reference and circulating collections that include titles such as:
If you are interested in Civil Service in New York City, New York State or Federal Government, you can acquire occupation and examination information from our Center. Our Civil Service Collection provides information for the preparation for the examination that is the initial step to secure employment in Civil Service. Our collection includes titles such as:
If you are interested in special professional occupations, you can acquire licensing and certification examination information from our center. Our collection includes titles such as:
The examination collection also includes LearnExpressLibrary, which is a computer-based practice test program that helps users to familiarize themselves with Civil Service examinations and professional licensing and certification exams in New York, California, Florida and Texas. Exams include:
New York City, New York State and Federal Civil Service examination and employment information can be obtained from the weekly periodical, The Chief Civil Service Leader, which is posted on the bulletin board in the Job Information Center. It is also available at the Library Periodical Desk. The Civil Service examination and employment information, as well as applications, can also be obtained from the on-line job search resources on the Internet Civil Service web pages that include: Fedworld -- http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html NY State Department of Labor-- http://www.labor.state.ny.us NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services -- http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/ If job training is the prerequisite for your occupation, you can acquire information from TRAIN, which is a computer-based program in The New York Public Library Electronic Resources. This program provides information on tuition-free and tuition-based job training programs for all populations. Our core reference collection also provides information on job training and internships. Titles in this collection include:
If you are interested in working in the private sector, especially the business sector, you can acquire information from the core Reference Directory Collections which include:
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