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Career Transitions: Gale’s Online Career Resource for Libraries

Career Transitions helps users of all backgrounds plot a course to a new career. It provides immediate support by:

• giving simple, step-by-step guidance to displaced workers looking for a new job;


• providing an online, turnkey career guidance center to overwhelmed librarians who previously had to act as career counselors; and


• helping community and government organizations partner with public libraries to achieve workforce development goals.

Regardless of users’ comfort level with technology, Career Transitions offers a practical, personalized, and guided experience that integrates all the tools needed in the job-search process, including:

• résumé builder, job application wizard, and a personal profile that stores a user’s references, action plan and more;


• assessment engine that identifies career interests and transferable skills;


• career explorer, industry explorer and geography explorer;


• ability to target specific careers, industries, and locations and see projected growth;


• interviewing tips;


• networking help;


• adult education and low-fee distance learning classes to enhance employment prospects;


• access to unemployment services, health benefits, and other social services; and


• comprehensive job search that incorporates a user’s career, industry, and location targets.