Hi, this is Jeanne from the Cary Area Public Library and I wanted to share one
of our digital resources with any job seekers out there, whether you're
currently working and just want to clean up your job seeking documents and brush
up on your interviewing skills or your auto currently out of work and you need
to start finding a position as quickly as you can. So, one of the things you will
need is your library card number. If you don't know it or you need to get your
get a new library card number I will explain how to do that at the end of
this recording. But let's assume you have your library card, you would go and the
black banner here go to Resources and go to the Databases and the one that I want
to talk about right now is right here under Business and DIY. That is the A
to Z Database. This is a demographic research and marketing, job search
database so it's the way to find people, businesses, job openings anywhere in the
United States. So, you would just click on this it will take you to that page and
you would put in your library card number. I'm just going to flip over to
mine because I've already signed in and this is what the opening page looks like.
Right here in the in the middle of the screen you have Find a Business or
Executive then there right next to it is Find a Job. Now I could explain how to
use this little function but I think it's probably quicker for this moment to
go to the top toolbar and there's an Intro Videos that they've already done
and it's on really all the different parts of this database. So, I think the
fourth one down is How To Do a Job Search, it takes two minutes, they show you
exactly like put in you know the title, what kind of job, full-time,
part-time, etc. If you wanted to be in a certain geographic area, it's very quick.
Once you've done that, it'll bring up a whole list of job possibilities and you
would go look at the listings and see what the qualifications are and how to
apply. One of the things that I recommend is
that you go directly to the company's website and just double check of, you
know, what the date due is or if there's additional information but then you can
also use this database to find out more information about that business. So, for
instance here in the very first box on the left hand side, Find a Business or
Executive, you can put in that business and it brings up all sorts of
information. So, right here you can do business name and let's just say like
Swiss Automation, which is close I think, it's right over the Fox River Grove line into
Barrington and you just type in the name of the business and then we're gonna do
Illinois and then you hit search and here you go. Here is the business, where
it's located, the phone number and then you can just click on the blue link and
it brings up all sorts of information about Swiss Automation. How much money
they make a year, who's the executives and you can scroll
down and it'll tell you what open positions here on the right side. That's
where I like to kind of like just double check because they source all these from
different places on the internet and you just want to make sure the information
is accurate. Scrolling down: the hours of operation, area competitors. So if you're
interested in working for Swiss Automation there might be other companies
that do similar work that you may also want to check for job openings with. And
then the other handy thing way down here is the executive directory, so you could
you know the names of the people that actually work for the company. Again, I
want to caution you, that while this information is the most current they
have, sometimes it's best to double check that on the company website or just make
a quick phone call and make sure that the HR person is still the person that's
listed here before addressing any letters or anything to them.
But it does give you, you know, additional internet presence. You can check out more
information about what the company does, you know what kind of social media they
have out there. So that's a really good additional piece
in your job search to find out about those things as you're deciding whether
to apply or not or you're prepping for an interview. Again I wanted to mention,
back here on the library website, on how to get that library card number. Right
here in the middle on the right hand screen Get a Library Card if you don't
have a library card number just click on that it'll take you, just read the
directions and we will send you a temporary card number even though the
library's closed. And then down here at the very very bottom on the lower left
hand corner there's a Contact Us and at the very bottom Email Us.
So, if you don't know your card number, you don't know your password, you have a
question about this database, just send the question there and we'll do our best
to answer you during this time. So good luck and I hope this was helpful.