Today, I just want to highlight an amazing collection of e-resources available to us at BC, the Learning Express Library. LearningExpress, which is made available to us through NCLive, provides help with graduate school and job search skills and tests (as well as a variety of other services for learners and job seekers at all levels.)
In LearningExpress, you'll set up your own personal account so that you can keep track of the tests you've taken, what you've read, and what your scores have been on practice tests.
For those of you aiming for graduate school, there are practice exams and information about the GRE, LSAT, MAT, MCAT, and PCAT exams. If English is your second (or third, or fourth) language, many of the practice tests are available in Spanish, as well, and practice for the TOEFL test is also available.
For job seekers, there is career information and occupational exam preparation tools. For example, future teachers can prepare for the Praxis or for individual state tests (TExES, for example). Other tests are included for careers in areas like Allied Health, Civil Service, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Postal Work, and the military.
Another section of LearningExpress that I find exciting is the Job Search section. I find it particularly awesome right now because I've been having a conversation on Facebook with friends who hire folks fresh out of college or graduate school. We we find that many people don't write acceptable cover letters and don't tailor the cover letter (or, even better, both cover letter and resume) to the job for which they are applying. As a person making a hire, I find it troubling that many don't make the effort to sell themselves for this job, not for a generic job that doesn't exist anywhere but in the applicant's imagination.
Remember that this is just another resource that you have available--but one of your best tools at BC is Nacole in the Office of Career Exploration & Development. She can give you great assistance as you make your plans for the future.
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