[Publib] re: online job application

[Judy Anderson]

The Oregon Employment Department does offer classes. It provides computers 
with helpers for job searching and completing applications.

Before someone offers a class, they might want to see if it's already 
available. That's assuming there's an office nearby. Rural areas don't often 
have access.

Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "Sara Weissman" <weissman at main.morris.org>
>Reply-To: weissman at main.morris.org
>To: "PubLib" <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [Publib] re: online job application
>Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:13:40 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >>We are thinking of putting together a class for our patrons on how to
>apply for jobs online.
>
>1) Talk to my colleague Lynne Olver, whose careeer seminar series has
>drawn thousands of people   http://www.mclib.info/jobclass.html
>about why this might be a good/bad idea.
>
>2) Cautionary tale [aka, how far will you go for the patron?]
>Patron came in Thursday to apply, online, for a maintenance position with
>a major retail chain which is opening new store in our area in October.
>S/he's a self sufficient as can be.. had tried the telephone tree, had
>resume prepared by someone else who IS computer literate, on a floppy.
>    I found the app screen ..buried three levels down...and got him/her
>started. S/he came to me to ask why? what? did the error screen when
>s/he hit Submit! button meant? (Oh, what a good question?!)
>
>Because person did this on a library computer, I feel some responsibilty.
>So, faxxed to corporate HQ (half a continent away from us) alerting them
>to error message and asking if they could confirm receipt of application
>from XX.  This morning? still no reply from corporate HQ ...what am I to
>tell the patron Monday morning?
>   Guess I'm saying? if they need your class, may also need your Internet
>connection and support. Can you do all of it?
>
>Good luck...it's an important service.  And if you don't feel your library
>can deliver the whole ball of wax? Talk to state Labor Dept and tell them
>they need to pick up the slack.
>
>
>--
>Reference Dept
>Morris County Library
>http://www.mclib.info

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