Job skills

Subject guide

This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.

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Subject web links

 

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 search guide (Dep for Education and Training)

 

Job applications

How to apply for a job (Australian Government)

ACPeople: resumé

Understanding and confidently addressing selection criteria (Australian Government)

How to write a cover letter (youthcentral)

Job interviews (youthcentral)

 

Related subject guides

Human resources management

 

TAFE Studylinks

Careers


Government information and legislation

      Australian Fair Pay Commission

Australian workplace
Provides you with information about finding a job, starting work and workplace issues.

Awards online

Awards set out the minimum pay and conditions of employment for an industry or workplace.

Centrelink

Employment legislation

JobAccess

Help and workplace solutions for the employment of people with disability.

NSW Anti-Discrimination Board

OHS (provided by WorkCover NSW)

Occupational health and safety (OHS) refers to the legislation, policies, procedures and activities that aim to protect the health, safety and welfare of all people at the workplace.

Qualifications recognition

Australian Education International (AEI) provides guidance to professionals trained outside Australia and have permanent residence in Australia.

Trades Recognition Australia

Skills assessment service for migrants and Australian residents

Skills recognition - valuing prior learning

Skills assessment of your informally acquired skills and work experience that may count towards a nationally recognised qualification.

Workplace Ombudsman

Legal information for workers and employees

workplace.gov.au

Provides job seekers, employees and employers with information about finding a job, starting work and workplace issues.

 

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   eJournals, eBooks & other eResources

   

eJournals

Freely available journals

• Occupational outlook quarterly online

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 DET Username and password.

ANZRC

• Australia career guide

• Business week online

• Career world


Business Source Premier

• Career development quarterly

• Certification magazine

• e.learning age

• HRMagazine

• Leadership excellence

• Negotiation

• People management

• Women in business

 

Gale Cengage Learning

Click the link to the Gale databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET Username and password.


• Black enterprise

• HR focus

• JobWatch

• Personnel today

     

eBooks

Click the link of any of the examples and then click on "URL". Log in using your DET Username and password.

NetLibrary

• Absolute beginner's guide to winning

   presentations

• Be prepared!: getting ready for job interviews

• Practise now! : how to prepare for recruitment

   and selection tests

• Resumes for first-time job hunters: with sample

   cover letters

 

eReference

Log in using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to Economics & business.

Oxford Reference Online

• A dictionary of human resource

   management

 

Training toolboxes (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)

      Basic skills in the cybercentre

The world of work

Click on 'URL' at the end of the description to access these training packages which contain tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. From home log in using your DET username and password. You can view or download these resources.

A CD-ROM of the packages may be available at your TAFE library.

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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.

Name Description Access
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.

DET username and password required.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier (BSP)is one of the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

DET username and password required.

Gale databases 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'.

DET username and password required.

Kompass

Kompass worldwide contains 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name.This freely available version does not include advanced search features and only provides brief company profiles.

http://www.kompass.com

Freely available
(Register to get access to the full list of companies)
MarketLine

MarketLine offers a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information. MarketLine also includes detailed information about mayor companies in Australia.

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).

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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 college 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.

  Ability -- Testing Employment interviewing
  Applications for positions Employment tests
  Business communication Job hunting
  Career changes Occupations
  Career development Resumes (Employment)
  Cover letters Self-employed
  Employment agencies Vocational guidance -- Australia

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: 12.10.2009

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