Job Resources

Looking for work?
Here are some websites that will assist you in your job hunt!

All Nursing Schools
A wonderful website dedicated to helping aspiring nurses find everything from how to pay for nursing school to the different types of nurses and nursing degrees. 

Career Builder
The United States’ largest and leading job site that offers its services for both employers, as well as employees.

Career Services
A great site sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor and New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The site provides links to job fairs and listings, as well as providing unemployment information, college and graduate school information, and job search tools. Its aim is to “enable workers, students, and those seeking employment, as well as the employer community, to access a rich variety of information including: education, employment opportunities, training opportunities, labor market information, job search tools, and social services.”

Craigslist
A great resource for anything from lawn furniture to a job! This website posts job opportunities in every field, at every experience level.

Equal Opportunity Publications
Founded in 1968, this website provides great career guidance for diverse backgrounds. Helping underrepresented groups such as minorities, women, and people with disabilities find jobs and ensure that they are aware of their rights in the workplace.

Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Create a resume and cover letter, research careers, and find additional job resources.

Glassdoor
Glassdoor includes information about salaries, along with actual interview questions and information about employers’ hiring processes. It also includes reviews of employers written by their employees. By following the link on the Collingswood Public Library website, you can choose not to “Sign Up by Posting a Salary or Review.”

Indeed
A great website for job searching, Indeed offers 1.7 million job postings for every field and experience level, as well as offering insight into the best places to work, common salaries, and trends in the current job market.

Insurance Benefits
Another site put forth by the State of New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, this site provides links to everything unemployment related, from filing your claim to viewing and printing your tax claim.

New Jersey Civil Service Commission
A great site for employment seekers and employers alike, this government site will provide you with all you need to know about Civil Service Employment, including open positions for State, County, and Municipal jobs.

Northstar Digitial Literacy Training
An online program designed to help individuals improve their computer skills. 

Philly.com Jobs (powered by Monster.com) 
Search for local (and non-local) jobs through Monster.com.  This page also includes articles about employment in our region.

Unemployment Claims  File a new unemployment claim or file for an extension of current benefits.

Volunteering in Collingswood  Get work experience helping with a local nonprofit.  Click here for information on Hearts and Hands for the Homeless Volunteer opportunities in Camden County.

Volunteering Online
Looking for a volunteer gig you can do online, at any time, from anywhere?  Consider helping the folks at LibriVox, an organization of volunteers who read and record chapters of books in the public domain (books no longer under copyright) in the USA*, and make them available for free on the Internet. 

Youth Employment
Under eighteen and looking for work? Get working papers & find information about employment at this government site.