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Looking for a volunteer opportunity? - The Longview Public Library is always looking for volunteers, age 13-18, to help in the Youth Department. Students may help with shelving materials, tidying the department, or help with programs for younger children. No experience is necessary and we are more than happy to train volunteers. We offer flexible hours and can work with the student’s schedule. Also, we are happy to prepare recommendations for jobs, colleges or scholarships for our volunteers. If you are interested, contact Monica Wood, the Youth Services Supervisor at (903)237-1027.
Labor Market and Career Information (LMCI) for HB5: For the 28th consecutive year, LMCI will be operating a bilingual toll-free career information Hotline at 1-800-822-PLAN. As an alternative to on-line career information resources, a student call to the Hotline will result in career information for up to three occupations or colleges of their choice; in addition to a handful of useful brochures on financial aid, finding the right job, and a pocket resume. On-Line Reality Check: There is nothing more motivational than seeing the relevance between educational attainment and your earnings power. Reality Check, www.texasrealitycheck.com, is designed to help you understand the connection between lifestyle aspirations and the importance of postsecondary education. Reality Check allows students to make lifestyle choices, create a budget, and then view the occupations and preferred education levels that support those choices. There is also an APP for That! Reality Check is available FREE in the iTunes store.
Texas CARES (www.texascaresonline.com): This a multi-media career information system, designed to help students interactively address education and career exploration questions. Texas CARES Online is a comprehensive career information system to guide your students through the college and career decision-making process, available to every student free of charge.
Texas Work Prep (www.texasworkprep.com): This is an on-line job search tutorial product. A visit to this site will allow a student to take an on-line course on tips for finding a job (Texas Job Hunters Guide) or being successful on the job (Succeed At Work). Each course takes less than two hours and can be used as an excellent exercise as part of a Career Orientation course.
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