April 5 @ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
April 14 @ 11 a.m.: Get Organized! @ Carleton Branch Library
April 18 @ 7:00 p.m.: An Evening with an Antiques Appraiser @ Carleton Branch Library
April 19 @ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
May 3 @ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
May 17@ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
May 31@ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
June 14@ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
June 28@ 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Employment Services with Michigan Works! @ Bedford Branch Library
Everyday Money Matters
Guide to Avoiding Foreclosure – This site provides help for those facing foreclosure. Created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Kiplinger.com – Find budget worksheets, buying guides, investment tips, retirement planning, plus more money basics.
Money 101 – A step-by-step guide to gaining control of your finances. 23 interactive lessons.
MortgageLoan.com - Provides calculators for mortgages, home equity loans, debt consolidation, and more. Financial articles and blogs are also available.
Personal Financial Education– Learn about banking, mortgages, loans, credit, and more. Created by the Federal Reserve.
Practical Money Skills - Advice for creating a budget and saving for the future. The financial guides are designed to give you the power to take control of your financial situation. After all, the most powerful financial tool that you can have is knowledge.
Career: Job Searching in Michigan
Michigan Career Portal - A government site that allows you to search government job listings, find Michigan temporary work agencies, discover job and career fairs, and more.
Michigan Works! - Search for Michigan jobs and post your resume for potential employers
MLive Jobs – Allows for job searching and resume posting.
JobWeb - A site directed at new college graduates. Find information on jobs, job searching, and industry information, plus career planning resources.
Monster.com - A site for job seekers and recruiters; seekers may search for jobs, post resumes, and find career assistance; recruiters may search resumes and post job ads.
Career: General
Homefair.com - For those who are looking to relocate, this site can help you check the cost of living, quality of life, schools, and other factors with a variety of easy to use calculators.
Job and Career Accelerator - Use this amazing site to create your resume, cover letter, track your applications, and more. This excellent resource may be used from home, but you must first create your account at one of the 16 Monroe County Library System facilities.
My Future – This site offers career and personality tests, resume help, budget planning, and more.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Locate career information and the outlook for specific occupations, as well as projections of industry and occupational employment.
Resume-Help.org – Improve your resume, cover letter, interviews, and job searching.
Michigan Business One Stop - Everything you need to do business in Michigan is right here in this one stop shop -- from information about licensing and permits, to tax registration and unemployment insurance.
General Business File ASAP - This database provides company and industry trends and reports from national journals, newspapers, and periodicals. To use this resource from your home computer, you will need a password. Please contact your local branch of the Monroe County Library System for the password or pick up our online resources brochure with all of our database passwords the next time you are in the library.
National Small Business Development Center - Information for the potential or ongoing entrepreneur, links to industry specific information, tax and legal information, and resources covering patents, trademarks and copyright.
New York Stock Exchange - This is the official site of the NYSE. Check your stocks and the market here.
Reference USA - This database is the No. 1 source of information on businesses and people for researchers, students, job seekers and government agencies. To use this database you will need the barcode on your Monroe County Library System library card.
U.S. Small Business Administration - Useful site for information on starting, financing and expanding a business, local SBA resources, and links to other business-related topics.
