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The Skills Training & Employment Project (STEP), funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant, has expanded the library's job and educational resources to better serve the people of Brooklyn.
Sign up today and a career advisor will contact you in about two business days!
Here's what STEP can do for you:
- Meet one-on-one with friendly career advisors
- Assess your needs
- Develop a personalized career plan
- Get ready to work!
- Attend workshops in resume writing, interviewing and more
- Prepare for career placement tests
- Improve your English
- Explore materials, programs and services en Español
- Learn to use the library's job-related books and computer databases, including:
- Career Cruising: An interactive career guidance resource in English and in Spanish. Users can find help with occupational assessment, career exploration, educational planning, and portfolio development. (Available for use at the following locations: Central Library, Business Library, and the Marcy Branch.)
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center: A comprehensive career research database, organized by industry providing profiles of today's most popular jobs. It covers careers and career resources, as well as career preparation information, including scholarships, academic programs, non-academic programs, Web resources, and an employability skills checklist. (Available anywhere with an Internet connection and a library card.)
- Learning Express Library: Test prep material and practice exams for the GRE, SAT, graduate school, civil service, technical and professional exams. (Available anywhere with an Internet connection and a library card.)
- Our community partners can help!
- Connect with outside agencies who offer training and job placement
- Learn more about the industries in which you want to work
- Special needs services too, including visual and physical disabilities
Take the next STEP! The Skills Training & Employment Project is free and open to all Brooklynites age 16 or older.
Beginning May 1st you can sign up for STEP in the following ways:
- Click here to register online
- Call a STEP representative at 718.623.7000 ext. 1241
- Visit any neighborhood library and sign up in person
- Send an email with your contact information to
After you sign up, a career advisor will contact you in about two business days to set up a free career planning session.
Your one-on-one session, as well as all STEP-sponsored workshops, will take place at one of these neighborhood libraries:
Education & Job Information Center
Grand Army Plaza
t. 718.230.2177
280 Cadman Plaza West
t. 718.623.7100
617 DeKalb Avenue
t. 718.935.0032
5108 4th Ave. at 51st St.
t. 718.567.2806
After your consultation, you may be referred to one of our Brooklyn-based partners for more specialized training and/or job placement:
111 Livingston Street
t. 718.488.9840
http://www.bklyn.eoc.cuny.edu/
2211 Church Avenue
t. 718.282.0108
www.camba.org
Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
85 South Oxford Street, Second Floor
t. 718.624.9115
www.bocnet.org
25 Elm Place, Suite 200
t. 718.875.1000
www.ibrooklyn.com
175 Remsen Street, Suite 350
t. 718.522.4600
www.bedc.org
9 Bond Street, Fifth Floor
t. 718.246.5219 ext. 2060
www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/wf1/html/jobseekers/brooklyn.shtml
Your future is waiting. Sign up for STEP today!
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This project is made possible with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
Signing up for The Skills Training & Employment Project (STEP) is not an application for employment at Brooklyn Public Library. Job openings at Brooklyn Public Library are available on our website.
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