Jobs and
Careers
Jobs and Careers
Career Online High School
Career Online High School
Earn an accredited high school diploma while gaining real-world career skills.
Career Online High School (COHS) offers adults the opportunity to earn their high school diploma. Gain the skills to advance your career or go on to college. Earn your accredited high school diploma online, on your schedule. You’ll get 1-on-1 support to help you succeed.
• Accredited: Earn a valid high school diploma.
• Flexibility: Take your courses 100% online, from anywhere, any time.
• Support: Get 1-on-1 help from an academic coach.
• Transfer Credits: Graduate faster with credit for past courses or the GED.
• Job Skills: Learn valuable interview skills, create a resume, and write a cover letter.
Book a Librarian
Book a librarian
Need personalized help?
Make a free appointment with an expert, at any of our locations.
Book a Librarian Services can help you with:
Computer basics or internet basics
Online resources for business
Downloading eBooks, audiobooks, movies, magazines
Email
Google Docs (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms),
Help with smartphone or tablet
Job & career services
Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Research assistance and reference questions
And more!
Job Seekers
Job Seekers
CareerOneStop
Provides tools and information for job seekers, students, and career professionals as well as career exploration resources, including assessments, to match interests and skills with potential careers, as well as information on education and training programs, job search strategies, and salary data. Also provides links to job postings, apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities.
Colorado Career Advising
Offers personalized career advice through a self-assessment tool, as well as real-time job listings, education and training programs, and guidance on making informed career decisions.
Connecting Colorado
Post your résumé, apply for a specific job, or do a self-directed job search through this job database.
Cypress Resume
Effortlessly create professional resumes in minutes!
My Colorado Journey
Connects job seekers, students, and professionals to career, education, and support resources through a personalized, guided process. Map out steps to achieve your career and educational goals and use provided tools to explore training opportunities, track progress, and access state resources.
O*NetOnline
Gives detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, developers, researchers, and more! Find, search, or browse across 900+ occupations based on your goals and needs. Learn about requirements, characteristics, and available opportunities for your selected occupation.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a publication of the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The OOH includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations. The OOH is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.
Skill Building
Skill Building
Driving-Tests.org
Practice for your DMV written permit or driver’s license test, including automobile, motorcycle, and CDL tests.
LinkedIn Learning
Formerly known as Lynda.com, Linkedin Learning is an online learning resource offering thousands of video courses in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. Experts create and deliver all courses as well as provide supplemental materials like exercise files and relevant work samples.
If using the LinkedIn Learning app, use the Library ID: highplains
Niche Academy
Makes it easy for you to learn via online tutorials. Niche Academy includes a set of ready-to-use tutorials for common services like OverDrive, and Hoopla.
O’Reilly For Public Libraries
More than 43,000 books and 30,000 hours of video on information technology and software; business; digital media; professional and personal development; and desktop and web applications for those working to advance their careers, tune into business and technology trends, or explore new software. In-library use only.
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Prep for a college-entrance exam, find a school, find scholarships, prep for vocational exams, review basic math, reading, and writing, explore career options, and prep for U.S. Citizenship exams.
Digital Literacy
Skills
Digital Literacy
Skills
DigitalLearn
An online hub for digital literacy support and training. Includes a collection of self-directed tutorials on the most basic skills, such as using a computer, navigating a web site, and searching.
GCFGlobal
Over 2,000 tutorials on more than 200 different essential skills.
GCF Typing Tutorial
In this free, interactive course, learn the basics of touch typing, then practice the skills you’ve learned.
Mousercise
Practice your mousing skills.
State
Resources
State Resources
Colorado Division of Labor and Employment
Connects job seekers with great jobs, provides an up-to-date and accurate picture of the economy to help decision making, assists workers who have been injured on the job, ensures fair labor practices, helps those who have lost their jobs by providing temporary wage replacement through unemployment benefits, and protects the workplace – and Colorado communities – with a variety of consumer protection and safety programs.
Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Services designed to help Coloradans with disabilities find or keep a job, advance in a current job or find a new one.
Local Workforce
Centers
Local Workforce
Centers
Colorado Department of Labor Workforce Center Listings
Find your local workforce center. Workforce centers connect job seekers with resources for employment, education, and training services.
Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development
Connects people to meaningful work and businesses to talent and resources.
Employment Services of Weld County
A comprehensive workforce center which connects resources for employment, education, and training services.
Workforce Boulder County
Offers a wide variety of services to job seekers and businesses.
Small Businesses
and Entrepreneurs
Small Businesses
and Entrepreneurs
Data Axle (formerly Reference USA)
Provides access to over 45 million US Businesses and over 198 million US Historical Businesses. Information includes company name, address, phone, executive contact names, titles and bios, employee size (location and corporate), sales volume, SIC codes, NAICS codes, credit rating, square footage, location type, business type, company news, 10-K’s, Annual reports, and much more. Residential data includes information on over 271 million residents: name, address, phone, home value, income level, housing type, lifestyle information. Databases give users the ability to download, print, create customize charts, heat maps and summary reports.
East Colorado Small Business Development Center
Business consulting and training that maximizes the economic potential of entrepreneurs within East Colorado.
Gale Business: Plan Builder
This intuitive resource is a step-by-step online planning tool designed for people who want to learn how to start, manage, and optimize a business or non-profit organization.
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
Mapped to four key business stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—this resource covers all major areas of starting and operating a business.
Exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. Includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.