Taking Care of Business

Gale Presents: Peterson’s Career Prep accommodates job seekers at all levels with career assessments for personalized career recommendations and guidance based on program and skills.  Search for open jobs opportunities and create visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be shared with prospective employers using pre-built templates.

Great for job seeking and career exploration! Take the skills assessment to identify potential career fields; create a professional résumé for downloading and emailing; view webinars on interview skills, and search for available jobs near you with an instant connection to the Indeed™ database.

Note:  This product will expire on September 30th.  A new product will be released on September 30th with enhanced features.  Please download any resumes before then so you will not lose them. 

The GCFLearnFree.org program is designed to help you learn the essential skills needed to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 180 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons and 800+ videos, completely free.

Organized into targeted learning centers, this e-resource supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass the GED^®, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.

Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code. Leases, sales contracts, powers of attorney, etc. [Legal Forms, its publisher, Gale Cengage, The Library of Virginia, Virginia public libraries and their funding bodies assume no liability for actions resulting in the use of these forms.]

Winchester Virginia's volunteer adult literacy
 organization. They teach reading, math, English language, computer, financial and citizenship skills to adults.

An online language learning tool that offers courses in Spanish, Polish, English, Mandarin, and more.

Niche Academy is a digital literacy and skill building resource offering instructional videos on many common digital library tools.

(Formerly Reference USA), Reference Solutions provides access to accurate & complete business and consumer data for job seekers, small business owners, marketing professionals, and researchers.  Find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, read news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research, and much more.

Perfect for the business or traveler learner, as well as extra practice for students. Has 12 languages to choose from, including American Sign Language.

Practice for SAT & other college/graduate school admissions exams, civil service exams, ASVAB & other military entrance exams, plus the G.E.D. Includes eBook study guides. Login with your library card number, then make your own free account.

Learn something new or update your existing skills! Choose from over 500 online courses, from photography to physics, computers to calligraphy.