College, Careers & Job Search

Test Preparation, Careers, Job Search, Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Entrepreneurship, Layoffs, Career Change, Career Testing.

Resources for applying to and paying for college coming soon.

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Online Resources

Authoritative sources of articles and reference information, brought to you by the Ridgefield Library unless otherwise noted. Have your library card handy for log-in.

PrepMe
JobNowBusiness & Company Resource CenteriCONN
Encyclopedia of Small BusinessiCONN
Learning Express
JobNow
Reference USA
iCONN Newsstand
Hartford CourantiCONN
New York TimesiCONN
Academic OneFileiCONN
General Reference Center GoldiCONN



Websites

Tested and recommended by our librarians.

College

College Board
College.gov
CollegeNET
Connecticut Mentor
FastWeb
Federal Student Aid
FinAid
Go College
New England Board of Higher Education
U. S. News and World Report Best Colleges
U. S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools


Careers

Job & Career ConneCTion
Career Guide to Industries
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Riley Guide

Job Hunting in Connecticut

CT Department of Labor
Fairfieldcountyjobs.com
CT Jobs
Jobs In Connecticut
State of CT Job Openings

Job Hunting Nationwide

About Jobs.com
Career One Stop
Federal Jobs Digest
Healthcare & Medical Employment
LinkUp
O*net Online
The Riley Guide


Library Materials

Circulating materials, most reference books and non-fiction video shelved together in the stacks. Print magazines and newspapers on display or ask at the Reference Desk. Audiobooks on cassette & CD in the Fiction Room.

Books/DVD/Video

Directories of Colleges and Universities - 378.7
College Entrance Test Preparation - 378.1
Careers – 650.14 and 331-332
Job Search – 650.14
Entrepreneurship – 658
Career Change – 650.1

Magazines/Newspapers

Business Week
Crain’s New York Business
Fairfield County Business Journal
Forbes
Fortune
New York Times
U.S. News & World Report   
Wall Street Journal
See also: General Periodical Indexes online


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