The library has many print and online job resources available to patrons. Here are just a few of your choices...and remember, you can access most of the databases from your home computer 24/7! Let us know what you think.

Databases

Go to the "Business Resources" page under the Suffern Free Library's list of databases by clicking this link: 

http://www.rcls.org/db/suf/maggen.htm#busi

These databases will assist you in your search for information:

Reference USA – conduct job searches and company research, find

                        new business opportunities as well as locate

                        addresses and phone numbers – can be accessed

                        from home 24/7

Learning Express Library - Practice exams, based on official tests

                        that will help you improve your scores on

                        academic, civil service, military, and professional

                        licensing and certification exams - can be

                        accessed from home 24/7     

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online - More than 6,500

                        foundation and public charity programs that fund

                        students, artists, researchers, and other

                        individual grant seekers –

                        You can also find help with emergency housing

                        costs, medical bills or personal debt to help pay

                        for education or to support artistic or research

                        projects – available within the library

Print Resources

You’ll find information about jobs and careers (including Civil Service) in 331.7+

Here are just a few of the books you’ll find:

Jobs & Careers

 331.702 ONE – 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs

                               by the Editors at JIST and Laurence Shatkin

 331.702 ONE – 100 Fastest Growing Careers: Your Complete

                               Guidebook to Major Jobs with the Most

                               Growth and Openings by Michael J. Farr

 331.702 ONE – 120 Jobs That Won’t Chain You To Your Desk

                      by The Staff of The Princeton Review

You’ll find resume and interview help as well as advice on how to find the perfect job in 650.14 – Here are just a few of the books you’ll find:

Resumes:

 650.142 KAR – How To Say It On Your Resume: a Top

                              Recruiting Director’s guide to Writing the

                              Perfect Resume for Every Job by Brad Karsh

 650.14 LAN – Land Your Dream Job: High-Performance Techniques

                   to Get Noticed, Get Hired and Get Ahead by John

                   Middleton, Ken Langdon and Nikki Cartwright

Interviewing:

 650.14 ADL -  Sell Yourself In Any Interview: Use Proven Sales

                    Techniques To Land Your Dream Job by Oscar Adler

 650.14 DOR – The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Job

                     Interview by Marc Dorio

 Find the Perfect Job:

 (NEW!)650.14 DEB - Get Hired in a Tough Market: Insider Secrets

                               to Find and Land the Job You Need Now

 (NEW!)650.14 LEV  - New Job, New You: A Guide to Reinventing

                                Yourself in a Bright New Career Light

 (NEW!)650.14 MIT  - 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential

                                Survival Skills for Any Economy

 (NEW!)650.14 MAR  - Thank You for Firing Me! How to Catch the

                                 Next Wave of Success After You Lose 

                                 Your Job