Get Back to Work @ Your Library

Computer Skills Training Center

March & April 2009

Course:  Ohio Career Information Systems Computer Lab

Prerequisite: Must have a valid Newton Falls Public Library Card and PIN to access database prior to start of lab

Ohio Career Information System (OCIS) is an Internet-based delivery system for accurate, comprehensive, current, and relevant occupational, post-secondary school and financial aid information. OCIS contains the latest national, Ohio and local labor market data and projections.
OCIS also includes information on:

Job interview preparation
Resume and cover letter creation
How to keep a job
Self-employment
Military occupations
OCIS is designed to support lifelong career exploration, and career planning and decision-making through easy to use, straightforward search and sorting utilities, and an online portfolio for saving information from all system components.
Each lab has a maximum time limit of two hours.  The OCIS lab instructor will be available to assist participants in creating a user account and assisting the participants navigate the extensive database.  Participants may sign up for more than one lab if they need additional time to use the OCIS resources.

Date                                        Time                                                   Maximum Class Size
May 7, 2009                           2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.                          10 Participants
May 19, 2009                          2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.                          10 Participants
May 28, 2009                          5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.                          10 Participants
June 4, 2009                          2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.                           10 Participants
June 25, 2009                         5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.                          10 Participants