Career Resources
Career Collection
The Career Collection is located between the periodical and reference sections. The collection includes all the classic job and career titles such as What Color is Your Parachute and The Occupational Outlook Handbook as well as books on:
- Resumes and cover letters
- Civil service exams
- Interviewing
- Specific careers and specialties
- Internet job seeking
- Career change
- many other related topics.
The reference collection also includes all the local newspapers as well as many business resources that can be used for company and industry research.
Electronic Resources
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 48,000 resource entries, and much more! Includes resume and cover letter aids and career assessment tools.
ReferenceUSA
Detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households. This database is provided by the Medford Public Library.
LearningExpressLibrary.com
through the Boston Public Library
Online test practice service includes civil service, law enforcement, nursing, TOEFL, citizenship, real estate, college entrance and many other exams.
Massachusetts state residents can sign up for a Boston Public Library card via the web. BPL E-cards allow users immediate remote access to all of the Boston Public Library's electronic resources, including magazine databases, downloadable audio, video and music.
You can apply for a BPL card at any Boston online here or in person at any Boston library branch.
