Learning Express Library -- Week 2 Challenge

Wow, another powerful resource on the state database...Learning Express Library! There are a lot of people out there who could make great use of the tools available here.

I chose to take the GED practice test and found the process very simple and self-explanatory. I answered the first several questions in the first section on Reading Comprehension and was pleased with my score. This morning there was quite a hilarious eruption here at the library when my co-worker and I discovered that we had both chosen the same test, however I had been under the very mistaken assumption that I was doing the GRE (not GED!) prep test! But, that led me to go back in search of GRE preparation skills and practice tests and didn't find them anywhere. This seems to be a big missing component of the Learning Express, unless the GRE is represented somewhere that I'm not aware of.

The second exercise involved exploring the Job Search and Workplace Skills. This section also includes a wealth of information for college students entering the workplace, as well as career changers later in life....and everyone in between. Resume writing, professional practices, business writing (including grammar and spelling instruction) are all presented in clear and easy to read sections. I downloaded a whole 200+ page e-book on resume writing.....how could you not have a stellar resume with all that help?!

I looked through the e-book Career Changer's Manual which seemed very helpful. As someone who has sought new career and workplace possibilities throughout my life, I can identify with some of the reasons people seek a change in career, along with all of the fears that go along with it. This book provides down-to-earth and practical ways to evaluate your situation and provides tools to move forward.

Over all, I found the Learning Express a very helpful site with a great deal of very practical help!