Jobs & Work

Job Interview Tips
Two Week Notice
A New Job Skill
Helping a New Worker
 

Here are some Marshall Education readings about safety:

Safety Gear

Lawn Mower Safety

Gloves, a Must for Foodworkers

Safety in the Workplace

Cell Phone Safety

New Driving Laws May Be Passed

Here is a page with many kinds of interview questions.

The California Distance Learning Project has stories about jobs and work.

Here are some websites connected to Bruce Moon's presentation on Google job searches:

www.google.com

Google Job Search Directory

Job Search Engines

• SimplyHired.com
• Indeed.com
• Jobster

Jobseeker Resources

• Job-hunt.org
  • Job-hunt.org-California

Maps.google.com

 Here are some job-related activities from the Manythings.org site:

Jobs Concentration game

Jobs Matching Exercise

Scrambled Jobs Words 

Jobs Anagrams

Jobs Video (view at home)

Jobs Vocabulary- Use the pull-down list to do many activities

VOA Special English- Economic story on job losses

Foreign Workers in the US- VOA story from 2001

A Job Interview

Job Goals

Job Skills

Job Application

Resume

Occupations: What's My Job?

Job Duties

Job Announcements

Walking In

Networking

Want Ads

Personal Qualities

Jobs

Jobs Quiz

Beehive has: 

• personal stories about people and their careers. It's interesting to learn how people got the careers they have. (Click on "Browse by Personal Story" in the right hand upper corner
• a section on applying for a job, including a video on the job interview

There's lots more. Explore it and prepare for a job.

Here are some links to help you write a cover letter:

How to Write a Cover Letter (Trinity College)

OWL on cover letters:

• Cover letter presentation
• Cover leter workshop
• Cover Letter Tips #1
• Cover Letter Tips #2
• Cover Letter Tips #3