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Truax Campus
3550 Anderson St.
Madison, WI

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US Department of Labor: Dislocated workers

US Department of Labor: Rapid Response Services for Laid Off Workers

"With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment.  But community colleges provide lifetime employability."

-President Barack Obama

Looking for a job? Updating your skills? Switching careers? Maximize all your options by becoming information smart in the real world. The guide contains the latest news, helpful video clips, reliable web sites, useful library resources and more to help you during your transition.  Your librarians are here to help. 

Read more about the President's Plan for technical and community colleges

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With Madison College Career Counselor
Alfonso Studesville

To reserve a spot call:
[608] 246-6076 or [608] 243-4271
Truax Campus

11:00-12:30 on Mondays

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Free basic computer training is available at the Central Branch.  Learn computer basics, how to set up an email account, how to search the Internet, Word Processing for resumes and cover letters, and how to use the library’s catalog, magazine and newspaper searching, including our Genealogy and other databases.  Training is offered all year long on Saturdays, at 9:00 and 10:00.  Call 266-6350 to register for a 45-minute, one-on-one appointment, or for additional information.

From the Wisconsin Department of Commerce comes resources for those communities facing plant closing or layoffs.

Plant Closings and Employee Layoffs: Resources For Communities

This site details resources available to assist communities and impacted workers, both for mitigating immediate consequences but also to foster long-term recovery.

Checklist of warning signs, what to do first, state programs and services, community analysis tools, and more.

Job Booms Typically Follow Recessions, May 8, 2009, Wall Street Journal video
History shows that job booms typically follow recessions. What will be the next boom industry? Stacey Delo reports.

Work Shift: Video profiles of people changing jobs in a dynamic economy. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel video, Jan 25, 2009

State's Unemployment Claim Hotline Jammed Channel 3000 video Jan. 23, 2009 VIDEO: Watch The Report

Search for thousands of more articles like these through Badgerlink.  Badgerlink is free to all State residents.  It's loaded with helpful information.  Check it out.

Blue Collar Jobs in Demand in 2010
February 8, 2010
Michelle Goodman, PayScale.com
Yahoo!hotjobs

Even in Recovery, Some Jobs Won't Come Back
January 12, 2010
Justin Lahart, Wall Street Journal

When Play Means Pay:  Video Game Jobs on the Rise
January 7, 2010
Joshua Brockman, NPR

Landing a Job of the Future Takes a Two Track Mind
December 28, 2009
Diana Middleton, Wall Street Journal

Campus Connection:  MATC Lands Grant to Help Disclocated Workers
October 12, 2009
Todd Finkelmeyer, The Capital Times

Weathering the jobless storm, some emerge as winners
July 25, 2009
by Joel Dresang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

Need a job?  Join the club.
July 5, 2009
by Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin State Journal

Rebooting a Career at a Technical School
April 25, 2009
by Conrad De Aenlle, New York Times

Community Colleges Play Key Role in Tough Economic Times
April 11, 2009
by Stacy Teuchner Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor

Displaced Workers Find the Courage to Start Over
April 2, 2009
by Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Art of Your Story
March 30, 2009
by Alexandra Levit, Wall Street Journal

Laid Off? No New Job? How Bad Can It Get?
Feb 22, 2009
by Anna Prior, Wall Street Journal