Friday, February 12, 2010

Job & Career Accelerator by Learning Express (trial)

With the current state of the economy, I thought it might be worthwhile to look into this addition to Learning Express. I had a quick overview from the database rep this morning and it looked very promising.

I realize there is some overlap with our new Brainfuse product JobNow from Youth Services (including resume help, Micorosoft help, and some tests, but competition is always good!

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4 comments:

  1. OTTOFebruary 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    Positives: It’s a one-stop shop for:
    job & career information
    up-to-date job searches
    resume help
    career tips and assessments
    directly links to Learning Express tests for various different careers and occupations
    incorporates various job sites/listings (http://www.simplyhired.com/, http://www.monster.com, etc.)

    Negatives:
    Doesn’t have a typing program 
    Costs money
    Is dependent upon institutions to update their job listings
    Offers only Chronological Resume examples

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  2. jojoFebruary 13, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    I found this message as I went to explore this site "Brainfuse will be closed for the holidays on Saturday February 13 2010 10:00 AM till Monday February 15 2010. We will resume normal operations on Tuesday February 16 2010."

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  3. OTTOFebruary 14, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    Hi JoJo. Thanks for trying the site. You clicked on the early link for Brainfuse, but this won't work. Please see further below on the e-mail you received, and that will give you access information and the link.

    Thanks!

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  4. OTTOFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    I am posting the following comment made by another ACLD staff member:

    Hi, All. This is Meredith P. in Outreach. I logged onto Career Accelerator by Learning Express using one of the trial accounts and found the whole thing very involved. I took the career aptitude test, which was simple enough (although it had no examples whatsoever of library-related tasks). My results returned 35 possible careers for which I might have an aptitude. This seemed like a ridiculously high number to me. Still, I chose one of those 35 careers that seemed most apt and began exploring job postings. The whole process struck me as quite complex. Lots to read. Time-consuming. I can see desperate, unemployed patrons with low skill levels getting frustrated pretty fast. This is a product for the college educated and people with oodles of time on their hands. Not a criticism. Just an observation. I think a fair number of our patrons will need a lot more hand-holding than this product provides.

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