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ONLINE DATABASES

Ferguson’s Career Guide Center

  • This database is now broken down into three main sections: Industries and Careers, Industries and Careers, and Launch Your Career for ease and speed of use.

WEBSITES

Free E-mail Addresses:

Gmail

Yahoo! Mail

Windows Live Mail

Internet, Fax and Phone Messaging:

eFax – Receive faxes for free and pay $17 per month to send faxes.

MyFax – Free 30 day trial of this internet-based faxing service. Also allows you to retrieve voice messages online. Pay $10 per month after the first 30 days.

RapidFAX –  Sign up for a 30 day trial to send and receive faxes from your email for free. $13.99 after the first month.

Resumes and Cover Letter Generators:

 

Career Zone: Write Your Resume – Online resume generator for people who don’t want to struggle with layouts.

Cover Letter Maker – Fill in the blanks to get a well-organized cover letter.

Hloom – Free resume templates: 275 professional samples in Word.

NIEFS Cover Letter Generator – This cover letter generator features helpful hints about what type of information to enter into each blank space.

Professional Teaching Resume Generator – Specifically designed for educators, this resume generator can be adapted for almost any position.

Resume Banking – Free top quality templates that meet specific resume-writing needs with style.

Store files online:

Box.net – Free, easy to use online storage site.

Dropbox.com – Free online storage where you can upload videos, photos, files and presentations from any computer.

Google Docs – Create documents online that can be downloaded for conversion into Microsoft Office formats.

Sosius – Store up to 25MB of files online, create folders, and share with other users.

ThinkFree – Allows the creation, uploading, storage, and sharing of documents.

– Store up to 1GB of data for free. Other features offered for free on a limited-use basis.

Tutorial for Newcomers to Computers:

New User Tutorial

SEE ALSO

Job Interview Preparation

Jobs and Careers 

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