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Health Occupations | Books |
Periodicals and Newspapers
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Scholarships | Basic
Skills and Career Testing
Health Occupations
CAHEC
This is the Web site for Central Connecticut Area Health Education. Links are
provided to H.O.T. Health Occupations & Technology an online version of
the H.O.T. Careers in Connecticut publication for middle and high school
students in CT.
Connecticut's Job Bank allows you to create an account in which to
search for jobs and post your resume.
Connecticut
Department of Labor has a very informative site with a large section
devoted to
youth employment. That section provides help with resume and
cover letter writing, self assessment, interviewing skills, rules for
working and links to other sites.
Connecticut Nursing Careers from the CT Department of
Administrative Services lists nursing job opportunities in the state.
Department of
Administrative Services,
State of Connecticut has state exams listed as well as open job
postings for the state.
Healthcare Career Profiles - Jobs of the future is published by the
Connecticut Hospital
Association. You will find description of healthcare jobs
and links to more information.
Occupational Outlook Handbook This is a Federal resource that can be
accessed online or the hard copy is available at most libraries. The
handbook tells about the particular job, education needed, projected
salaries and has contacts for more information.
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Basic Skills and Career Testing
Learning
Express provides sample tests for careers as Nurse Aide or Nursing
Assistant. You can improve your basic writing, practical math,
reading comprehension, vocabulary and spelling skills. Use
Learning Express in the Library or from your home. Create a free
account with your Hartford Public Library Barcode as your user name and
create your own password.
Books
The Hartford Public Library has many books containing sample resumes and
cover letters. Search our
Catalog using
the words: resumes, cover letters, job search, or careers. The
books are located in our Central Library and/or our branches.
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Periodicals
and Newspapers
Use the Library's
iConn
Database for
Health & Wellness Resource Locator to find current articles on
careers in healthcare fields. Simple using the term careers brings up
over 1000 articles. You can narrow your search by adding other
terms such as, nursing, acupuncture, etc
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Resume and Cover Letter Samples
Résumés, applications, and cover letters provides hints and
tips for the first time resume writer.
Sample Resumes and Cover letters are shown that the consumer may use
as a guide in preparing his own.
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Scholarships
Hartford Foundation has an online college scholarship directory that
lists opportunities for local students.
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