Career Prep


Library Resources


Free and easy to access from home with your library card and PIN, or from any of our libraries' computer stations.


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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center

Assess your career goals, plan your education, learn workplace skills, find internships, conduct a job search, and more with Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center.

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Tutor.com

Tutor.com provides resume and cover letter review, live help, career coaching, and other career resources.

City and State Resources


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WorkSource

WorkSource offers a wide range of employment services from the City of Los Angeles including services specifically for adult (ages 24+) and youth (ages 16-24) job-seekers.

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CalJobs

CalJobs is a county-by-county jobs database for job hunters and employers. Job seekers can create, store, and send resumes to any job opening.



Suggested Reading

  • 100 side hustles : unexpected ideas for making extra money without quitting your day job

    100 side hustles : unexpected ideas for making extra money without quitting your day job

    Guillebeau, Chris
  • ABA consumer guide to employee rights : understanding and asserting your rights on the job

    ABA consumer guide to employee rights : understanding and asserting your rights on the job

    Freking, Randy
  • Ask the Right Questions; Get the Right Job

    Ask the Right Questions; Get the Right Job

    Barr, Edward
  • Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work

    Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work

  • Burnout for Dummies

    Burnout for Dummies

    Selhub, Eva M.
  • Career development : all-in-one

    Career development : all-in-one

    Alidina, Shamash
  • Careers : the graphic guide to finding the perfect job for you

    Careers : the graphic guide to finding the perfect job for you

  • Do This. Not That. Career: What to Do (and Not Do) in 75+ Difficult Workplace Situations

    Do This. Not That. Career: What to Do (and Not Do) in 75+ Difficult Workplace Situations

    Foss, Jenny
  • Finding Your Way in the Nonprofit Sector

    Finding Your Way in the Nonprofit Sector

    Bruton, Sonya
  • Getting your first job

    Getting your first job

    Angulo, Roberto
  • Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work

    Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work

    Diehl, Amy
  • Great jobs for everyone 50+ : finding work that keeps you happy and healthy...and pays the bills

    Great jobs for everyone 50+ : finding work that keeps you happy and healthy...and pays the bills

    Hannon, Kerry
  • HBR guide to changing your career

    HBR guide to changing your career

  • How to Write an Impressive CV & Cover Letter

    How to Write an Impressive CV & Cover Letter

    Whitmore, Tracey
  • Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Land Your Dream Job. Own Your Future

    Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Land Your Dream Job. Own Your Future

    Garriott, Omar
  • Passbooks for Civil Service Exams

    Passbooks for Civil Service Exams

  • Planning Your Career Through Intense Interests

    Planning Your Career Through Intense Interests

    Purkis, Yenn
  • Resumes for dummies

    Resumes for dummies

    DeCarlo, Laura
  • Student's Federal Career Guide

    Student's Federal Career Guide

    Troutman, Kathryn K
  • The 2-hour job search : using technology to get the right job faster

    The 2-hour job search : using technology to get the right job faster

    Dalton, Steve
  • The Ex-offender's New Job Finding & Survival Guide

    The Ex-offender's New Job Finding & Survival Guide

    Krannich, Ronald L.
  • The Portfolio Life

    The Portfolio Life

    Wallace, Christina
  • The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color

    The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color

    Pierre, Errol
  • What color is your parachute?

    What color is your parachute?

    Bolles, Richard Nelson
  • Why You, Why Me, Why Now

    Why You, Why Me, Why Now

    Toor, Rachel

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