Job searching tips and tricks to help you get the job you’ve been looking for

Thursday 25th February, 6 – 7.30pm – Margaret River Library via Zoom or on your own device at home

  • Provides a solid foundation on how and where to begin your modern job searching
  • Identifies ways of securing employment in a tough job market.
  • Offers you an insight into areas you may not have considered.
  • Helps you understand the role of digital profiles & job alerts.
  • Shows you how to automate your job searching strategies.
  • Gives you an understanding of what the hidden job market is
  • Shows you simple ideas when creating a great LinkedIn profile
  • Suggests ways to ‘Get Ahead of the Game’
    * RSVP to reserve a seat at the event or to receive log in details if you are zooming from home. Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
    Aly Bannister is the author of ‘Get Your Rear into Gear’ Job Searching Tips for Career Success (Packed with over 60 tips on how to find and secure employment) and specialises in career coaching

10 tips for writing a great CV – and how to write an EPIC cover letter!

Looking for a new job in 2021?

Studiosity offers some great tips for putting your best foot forward. You can also upload your CV and cover letter, and get free, personalised feedback to help you give it that final polish.

Step 1

Read 10 tips for writing a great CV

Step 2

Read How to write an epic cover letter

Step 3

Get writing!

Step 4

Have your library card handy and go to Studiosity

Step 5

Select Writing Feedback – Submit your document, and follow the instructions that follow…

 

Best of luck!

 

Approaching the New Year…

After the year we’ve just had, nobody will judge us for not setting the bar too high with New Year Resolutions! Who needs that extra pressure?

But if you’re approaching 2021 with some enthusiasm for change, you may like to know that your library membership gives you free access to all kinds of learning platforms.

From arts and crafts or pet care, through to computer skills and even touch-typing, we have online courses to guide you. You can learn a new language, get help with your resume, even learn how to use Facebook, and all in the comfort of your own home.

Click here to visit our Lifelong Learning page, and check out the list of resources available to you.

And… Happy New Year! We wish all our community a healthy and peaceful 2021.

Writing workshops with Annabel Smith

 Session 1. How to Read Like a Writer

1 – 4pm Thursday 5th November, Margaret River Library

RSVP as places are limited. Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

An interactive workshop packed with tools, strategies & frameworks which will empower participants to continue to develop their expertise and confidence. Suited to writers at any career stage or skill level.

  • Read extracts from some of the world’s best writers
  • Analyse their techniques
  • Apply them to your own writing to develop new approaches

Session 2.  Overcoming self-doubt and procrastination

9.30am—12.30pm Friday 6th November at the Lesser Hall, adjacent to the Augusta Library

Light refreshments provided. RSVP by 5th November as places are limited. Email: auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au  Ph: 9780 5670

This is an interactive workshop packed with tools, strategies and frameworks which will empower participants to develop their writing confidence

  • Understand the beliefs which hold you back from achieving your potential as a writer
  • Become familiar with strategies for overcoming self-limiting beliefs and behaviours
  • Practice with tools which will empower you to continue to build confidence

All writing abilities welcome. Participants can attend one or both workshops and the sessions are free. Both venues are easily accessible.

WA author, Annabel Smith, presents writing workshops in Augusta and Margaret River in November

Margaret River Writers Group

The Margaret River Writers Group is a community group that meets regularly at the Library to exchange ideas, write together, and motivate each other with constructive feedback.

If you are an aspiring writer, need some motivation to write, or enjoy creative writing as a hobby, come and join their casual catch up. The next meeting is today at 10.30am at the Margaret River Library.

For information on their future meetings, please contact Ana on abrawls@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Celebrating eSmart week with some timely tips

It’s eSmart week, that time of the year when we pause for a moment to reflect on our online interactions. We want all our community to be enjoying the digital world in safe and respectful ways, especially now that so many events are taking place online.

Here are some handy little reminders, to help maintain everyone’s online security and dignity. Have fun, stay safe and play nice!

 

Cocktails with Kathy Lette

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Join Public Libraries WA for a state wide author talk via Zoom. Best selling author Kathy Lette will be speaking about her new book HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy. Kathy will chat about her life, her writing and shares her immense wisdom in an exclusive tete-a-tete across the state. Join Kathy from the comfort of your own home and bring your own drinks and nibbles.

Join in for this FREE event via the magic of Zoom by registering with the link below on Eventbrite.

Presented by Glenn Swift. Thursday 27th August at 7pm

To join go to: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cocktails-with-kathy-lette-tickets-114243559562

 

Learn a new skill – touch typing with KAZ!

Touch typing is the ability to type quickly and accurately without having to look down at the keyboard – a valuable skill for anybody who uses a keyboard to study, work or play. Your library membership gives you free access to KAZ Online, a learning tool that helps you to train your brain so that touch typing becomes automatic. No more having to ‘hunt and peck’ for each letter!

KAZ uses a unique ‘accelerated learning’ teaching method, engaging sight, sound and touch simultaneously, to enhance memory retention and recall.

The course is presented in a structured but light-hearted manner in order to make learning fun and enjoyable.

The program offers both spoken and written instruction. Developed with guidance from the British Dyslexia Research Trust, KAZ is suitable for everyone, but also offers dyslexia-friendly functionalities, minimising visual stress by allowing each individual to set preferences for visibility comfort.

Users can choose between the Junior and Adult versions. Links to KAZ can be found on the library Lifelong Learning page, and also on the E-resources for parents and children page.

Learn how to use myGov!

Link to Be Connected mygov courses

Be Connected has launched a new topic to help older Australians learn how to access government services and information online.

The new training module teaches learners how to set up a myGov account, make Medicare claims and link to other critical government services.

In addition to this, learners will gain a better understanding of how two-factor authentication works, and how to retrieve information through the myGov inbox.

This resource is free for all the community, and there is no need to create a Be Connected account to access it (although you can create an account if you want to track your progress).

There are 5 courses to work through under this topic. Start with All About MyGov and work your way through at your own pace.

Click here to get started.

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Margaret River Library

Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au