Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) has opened Brainfuse JobNow/VetNow as part of its Vets Connect @ the Library resources. The online service supports job seekers, veterans, and their families with all stages of job searching, employment transition assistance, navigating the VA, preparing for standardized tests, and building marketable academic skills.
JobNow/VetNow is currently available to all library patrons and can be accessed via SBPL’s website. JobNow/VetNow includes the following features:
· Live Online Navigators trained to help veterans and families connect with benefits and resources, answer questions related to benefits eligibility, and refer patrons to applicable community resources for housing, healthcare, and education benefits.
· Job tools designed to help with all stages of the job-hunting process, including career coaching, expert resume and cover letter templates and assistance, and live interview preparation.
· Learning tools to build academic skills and prepare for college, including a library of lessons, video tutorials, and practice tests covering GED, SAT, ACT, TEAS, HESI, GRE and GMAT.
In conjunction with this release, SBPL will be hosting a workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 for veterans who are transitioning to a civilian job or looking for a new one. The workshop, led in partnership with county Veterans Service officer Joseph Fletcher, a veteran himself, will help individuals explain their military experience in a way that shows their leadership, skills, and experience in ways a civilian workforce can understand.
Workshop topics will include: translating military skills to civilian/corporate speak; tips on avoiding or best conversions for acronyms; and figuring out how to articulate what you did in the military and how it can relate to the job for which you are applying.
Registration for the Feb. 20 workshop is required. To receive the link to join, click here.
Brainfuse is an online tutoring provider, serving a client base of libraries, school districts, and colleges/universities for some 20 years. Brainfuse users receive real-time tutoring from instructors via its proprietary online classroom.
The workshop and resource were supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Visit the Santa Barbara Public Library online at SBPLibrary.org for information about programs and services. All library programs are free and open to the public.