jobs

  • Lose your job, not your mind

    Laid off. Terminated. Made redundant. Let go. Separated. You may feel like burying your face into the nearest cat and sobbing uncontrollably while consuming an entire pint of cookie dough ice cream. (No? Just me?) Trust me, all that gets you is a wet cat and a midnight stomachache. Fear not, you’re not the only… Continue reading

  • Books for the Employed, or Un-

    Have you been laid off or fired?  Are you unemployed or underemployed?  Generally in a bluish funk job-wise?  Get over it with help from these books and videos that offer advice that’s both practical and entertaining.  You can do it. Working: A Graphic adaptation  by Harvey Pekar (2009) A loving adaptation of Studs Terkel’s original Working: people… Continue reading

  • Staff Favorites: Starbucks and Animal Ignorance

    Looking for a summer read? Here are two suggestions from librarians at our Fremont Branch and downtown at the Central Library:  How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill This goes down like a Mocha Frappuccino on a chilly day. Gill grew up in… Continue reading

  • Job Search Resources: Creating a Resume

    Need work? Need a career change? Need help? The Seattle Public Library has you covered. We’ve an entire page on our website devoted to resources for job seekers. And because some of them are a bit intimidating we’ve prepared a series of short videos to help you get the most out of these sites. Let… Continue reading

  • Job Search Resources: Career Discovery

    Need work?  Need a career change?  Need help?  The Seattle Public Library has you covered.  We’ve an entire page on our website devoted to resources for job seekers.  And because some of them are a bit intimidating we’ve prepared a series of short videos to help you get the most out of these sites.  Let… Continue reading

  • Will Work 4 $$$$

    Back in May 2008, we posted an article on how to find a job using resources available at The Seattle Public Library. Well, that was nine months ago, and a lot has changed!  The economy has tanked. Unemployment is at the highest point since the dot com crash. Now, more than ever, the good folks… Continue reading

  • Odd Jobs: Someone’s got to do it . . .

    Ah, just another day outside of the Central Library: Beautiful maybe-sunny-maybe-rainy-probably-cloudy weather, roving gangs of Greenpeace canvassers hunting down unsuspecting pedestrians for their signature, the occasional person shouting obscenities at an imaginary friend/hands-free cell phone, and, of course, men in climbing gear rappelling down the glass on the side of the library. These climbers are,… Continue reading

  • GET a J-O-B!

    With unemployment in Washington on the rise and inflation in the news, you might be thinking about how you can brighten your job situation. I bet these women, working in a shoe factory, would have loved a better job. You’re in Luck! We’ve compiled a collection of resources to help you search for a job… Continue reading