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Job skills
Subject guide
This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DEC username and password. Don’t know your DEC username and password? Contact your Campus Student Administration or your teacher.
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Job search sites
Australian JobSearch
An Australian Government initiative
Careerone
MyCareer
Seek
NSW government jobs
Recruitment agencies
Byron Employment
Part Time Online
Recruitment agencies in Sydney
Skilled
Job search skills
Job guide (Australian Government)
Job applications
How to apply for a job (Australian Government)
ACPeople: resumé
How to write selection criteria (Australian Government)
How to write a cover letter (youthcentral)
Job interviews (youthcentral)
Professional networks
LinkedIn
Allows you to stay connected with colleagues, find jobs or get expert advise.
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TAFE NSW
Careers
TAFE Studylinks
CareersConnect@nsi
Job vacancy and employment information service for NSI students and prospective employers. Current students log in with their DEC username and password.
Government information and legislation
Australia's Fair Work System
Provides information about the Fair Work Act and access to the Fair Work Factsheets
Centrelink has been incorporated into the Department of Human Resources website.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
Fair Work Ombudsman
NSW Fair Trading
Protects the rights of all consumers and advises business and traders on fair and ethical practice (Factsheets in other languages are available).
NSW Industrial relations
JobAccess
Help and workplace solutions for the employment of people with disability.
Job Services Australia
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board
Modern award lists (Australian Government)
Award Finder
Awards set out the minimum pay and conditions of employment for an industry or workplace.
Work, Health and Safety laws provided by WorkCover NSW
Refers to the legislation, policies, procedures and activities that aim to protect the health, safety and welfare of all people at the workplace.
Qualifications and skills recognition
Provides you with links to regrading bodies, for example, Qualification recognition, Trades Recognition Australia, Skills recognition - valuing prior learning and more.
Related subject guides
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eJournals, eBooks & other eResources |
eJournals
Freely available journals
For the entire list of free journals go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which provides access to over 3,000 free online journals.
EBSCOhost
Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DEC username and password.
ANZRC
Business Source Complete
Gale Cengage Learning
Click the link to the Gale databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DEC username and password.
ProQuest Central
Click the link to the ProQuest or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DEC username and password.
Training toolboxes (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)
14.05 English at work
424 Basic skills in the Cybercentre
420 The world of work
These training packages contain tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. Log in using your DEC username and password. You can view or download these resources. A CD-ROM of the packages may be available at your TAFE library.
eReference
Log in using your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of your username. Once you have logged into the database, submit a keyword search or search for the book title using quotation marks.
Oxford Reference Online
- A dictionary of human resource management
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eBooks
eBooks
Log in to one of the databases or provided examples using your DEC username and password.
eBooks on Ebscohost
Business Source Complete (eBooks)
ProQuest
Contains 39 eBooks on occupations and careers.
Online videos
lynda.com
Login to the Student Portal using your DEC username and password. Then go to the My Learning tab and click the More option. You can search for a course by keyword or access them by subject or software.
- Learning Word 2010
- PowerPoint 2010 essential training
- Gmail essential training
vLearn
Login to vLearn via Equella or the listed videos using your DEC username and password. Over 50 videos are currently available on job skills e.g.
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Databases covering job skills subjects
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
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Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.The database is updated daily. |
DEC username and password required. |
ANZRC |
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered. It also contains Australian newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph etc. |
DEC username and password required. |
Business Source Complete
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Business Source Complete (BSC) is a business research database, providing full text a large number of journals. Coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
DEC username and password required. |
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Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription is the 'General Reference Centre Gold'. |
DEC username and password required. |
eBooks on EBSCOhost
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eBooks on EBSCOhost provides full-text access to a wide range of online books, including books on job hunting and job skills. |
DEC username and password required. |
lynda.com
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Student Portal
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Staff Portal |
Contains over 1,500 high quality online courses teaching creative and business skills on about 1,600 subject areas such as MS Office, Adobe programs, digital media, social media, web development, programming, design, smart phones, tablets and computers. These comprehensive courses are available in all levels from beginners to advanced. |
Only for NSI students & staff.
Students: log in to the Student Portal with their DEC username and password. Then go to the My Learning tab and click the More option.
Staff: log in to the Staff Portal with their DEC username and password and click the My training tab.
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MarketLine Advantage offers a comprehensive collection of business profiles such as:
- 33,000+ company profiles incl. 2,500+ SWOT
- 3,500+ industry profiles incl. Porters Five Forces scorecards
- 110+ country profiles
- 150+ up-to-date case studies
It also gives you access to country statistics, market data analytics, financial deals (monthly) and company financials & top ten industry players guide as well as news and opinions (live feed). |
Only for NSI students & staff.
Students: use your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of the username (e.g. john.smith@edu).
Staff: use your DEC username and password with @det at the end of the username (e.g. john.smith@det). |
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ProQuest Central provides access to a set of databases containing more than 125 billion digital pages covering arts, literature, social science, general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive including ANZ Newsstand and periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles. |
DEC username and password required. |
TVNews via Equella |
TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline and all the major news broadcasts. |
Only for NSI students & staff.
DEC username and password required.
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vLearn via Equella
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200+ vLearn videos are now available via Equella.
Subject areas covered are business, career development, hospitality & food services, anatomy, beauty services, child studies, customer service, English language, health & safety, history, HRM, nursing, nutrition, sport & recreation, tourism and more. |
Only for NSI students & staff.
DEC username and password required. |
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Library catalogues
The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific campus libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.
Subject headings
Catalogue links to some job skills subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the job skills area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.
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Last updated: 02.05.2013
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