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FEL Business Resources
Wednesday, June 12
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Eastern
This webinar will provide an overview of Gale's business resources available to libraries for free through the Florida Electronic Library. These resources will help entrepreneurs and small business owners build and develop their businesses.
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Support Patron Learning in Small Spaces With Small Budgets
Wednesday, June 12
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Eastern
This WebJunction webinar is hosted by TechSoup for Libaries and the Association for Rural and Small Libraries. The program will showcase how small and rural libraries can provide effective training to patrons even with limited staff, resources, or space.
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FEL and Career Transitions
Tuesday, June 18
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Eastern
This one-hour webinar will introduce our new FEL resource. Career Transitions helps library patrons find jobs, create resumes, and prepare for interviews.
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20 Questions: Resources for Consumers
Monday, June 24
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Eastern
Tough economic times require that consumers educate themselves on the best deals and take measures to avoid being taking advantage of.
Join Lyrasis' Russell Palmer for this online class where students will explore 20 of the best consumer action, protection, and help resources that librarians can use.
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E-Government in Florida Public Libraries: Overview of
GCFLearnFree.org
Online Learning Resources
Wednesday, June 26
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Eastern
GCFLearnFree.org creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities your patrons can use to improve the technology, literacy, and math skills needed to be successful in both work and life.
Join GCFLearnFree's Jessica Meadows and Pam Thompson for a tour of this free programming resource
from Goodwill Industries.
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Trends and Issues in
E-Government Services
Tuesday, July 9
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Eastern
Join Pam Thompson and the E-Government Workgroup to discuss delivery of E-Government services in Florida libraries.
Register here.
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Greetings!
Teens looking to make some money this summer could have an easier time than in recent years, if the economic momentum of the last few months holds up.
Libraries can provide their job-seeking teens with resources and alternatives that can give them an advantage in their hunt for employment this summer.
Providing information on volunteering, internships, tips for young entrepreneurs starting their own businesses, and financial literacy programs are just a few of the ways libraries can help their teen patrons beyond the usual job board searches. This month's newsletter focuses on some of those resources.
Pam Thompson
850.245.6633
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 Summer Jobs for Teens
Employ Florida Marketplace allows job-seekers to customize their job searches. The advanced search allows you to add criteria such as Summer Youth, Internship, or On the Job Training to narrow your focus.
Teens can use Florida Electronic Library's (FEL) Career Transitions to search for different types of jobs, create a résumé, write a cover letter, and prepare for interviews with an interview simulation.
Traditional job boards like CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com also feature advanced searches that allow teens to narrow their search to Part-time or Seasonal listings.
Florida Ready to Work is an employee credentialing program that tests and scores job skills. Earning the Ready to Work Credential can help a teen highlight his or her skills and initiative and stand out from other applicants.
Pathways for Students and Recent Graduates to Federal Careers is a new program designed to provide students from high school to graduate level with opportunities to work in Federal agencies while still in school and while getting paid for the work performed. Students who successfully complete the program may be eligible for conversion to a permanent job in the civil service.
Quintessential Careers is an online collection of links to summer, seasonal and camp job boards as well as links to tips and resources to help teens find good summer jobs.
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Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs
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Financial Literacy for Youth
The flipside of earning money is knowing how to use it properly. These programming resources provide support for teen's financial skills.
Money Smart for Young Adults is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) program to help ages 12-20 learn the basics of handling money and finances. The goal is to provide the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to manage finances in the real world.
MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching all Americans financial education basics. The Resources for Youth page provides links to resources from 20 Federal agencies and Bureaus specifically for young adults.
GCFLearnFree.org provides online learning opportunities to improve financial literacy. The tutorials and learning interactives range from basic money skills, like checking or paying bills, to useful tips for budgeting and saving.
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 Volunteering Helps Build Experience
While searching for a job, here is one strategy that your patrons may have overlooked: volunteering. Volunteering isn't just about doing good. It is also a way of keeping skills and résumés up-to-date, networking and possibly even getting a paying job.
For teens, volunteering can be a great way to gain valuable work experience as well as to give back to the community.
Volunteer Florida helps to develop, promote and implement volunteerism and service throughout the state by matching volunteers with need.
United We Serve is an online resource for finding community volunteer opportunities to help with economic recovery.
Volunteer.gov is a first-of-its-kind service that provides applicants with everything needed to find volunteer opportunities, and then helps make the best match possible between personal requirements and volunteer work choices throughout America.
VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer, and business leaders committed to civic engagement. The Learning Center offers a series of trainings libraries can use to better recruit and engage volunteers.
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Sequester Forces Cut in ECU Tier III Benefits
As a result of sequestration, the U.S. Department of Labor is requiring a reduction of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) payments between May 26 and September 28, 2013.
EUC is the federal benefits extension available after regular Florida re-employment assistance benefits run out. EUC benefits are broken into four tiers or levels with EUC Tier III providing up to 13 additional weeks of benefits.
In order to comply with this federal mandate, Florida is required to reduce the EUC remaining entitlement for all EUC Tier III claimants to three weeks or 15.79 percent of their regular state claim entitlement, whichever is less.
- Individuals who have already received at least three weeks or 15.79 percent of their regular state claim entitlement, whichever is less, of EUC Tier III by May 26, 2013, will not be entitled to additional benefits unless they qualify for a new regular claim or have eligibility in another state.
- Individuals currently claiming EUC Tier III benefits on or after the week ending June 1, 2013, will be mailed a recalculation of the initial EUC Tier III monetary determination.
- Individuals who have not yet established entitlement to EUC Tier III benefits but who do so between the week ending June 1, 2013, and the week ending September 28, 2013, will be mailed a determination of entitlement reflecting the amount of benefits payable through the week ending September 28, 2013.
Your patrons receiving EUC Tier III assistance can find complete information at the Department of Economic Opportunity's Hot Topics site. For questions, they can email a re-employment assistance agent or call 1.800.204.2418.
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Can You Help?
 Does your library offer programs for your teenage job seekers? What worked and what did not work? Share your experiences with other libraries by emailing Pam Thompson at pam.thompson@dos.myflorida.com or calling 850.245.6633. |
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This program is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services. |
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