
Something for all Career Stages
Whether you’re searching for your very first job, are looking to find a new position, or are ready to advance in your career, the Library has a range of services, resources, and programs to help you succeed. From resume writing to job search assistance to career training and more!
Learn & Earn
Find online and in-person learning resources to build job skills, prepare for professional certifications, earn a high school diploma, and more.
Partner Programs & Resources
Our partners can help you learn or grow your digital skills, start your job search, get training and credentials, and much more.
Job Search Guides
Resumes and Cover Letters
Not sure what to write in your cover letter? Find out what to include in your cover letter and access an example of a great cover letter from the Larimer County Workforce Center.
Optimal Resume offers 529 samples of resumes from industries across the board. Download a resume and edit with your own information.
Browse resume samples and brush-up on resume basics through GCF LearnFree.org.
Find resume samples from the Larimer County Workforce Center.
Download samples of resumes to use as a template.
Capture the right words for your resume with this handout from the Larimer County Workforce Center.
Local Job Searching
The CDC hires professionals from science, technology, medicine, healthcare and business fields.
View full-time, part-time, hourly and seasonal job openings available through the City of Fort Collins.
Look for job possibilities with the City of Loveland. Click on the I Want To tab. Select Apply For. Choose City Employment.
Get local salary information, labor market facts, and search for a job through the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment website.
Search for administrative, state classified, research, faculty, and student jobs available at CSU.
Connecting Colorado is part of a state and county-run system. Post your resume or search for a job through their database.
The Health District of Northern Larimer County provides dental, mental health, and preventive health screening.
View a wide range of employment opportunities with Larimer County.
A wide variety of jobs in the power industry.
Find teaching and staffing jobs available in the Poudre School District.
Find jobs in the Thompson School District.
Search for job openings at UCHealth in nursing, information technology, patient care support and more.
Interviewing
Workshop packet with tips to help you prepare for the interview phase of your job search.
On the Glassdoor website, you will find interview questions shared by job seekers. Search by field for relevant questions for your industry or search by company to find interview questions for a particular company.
Find common interview questions and tips on how to answer them.
Practice interviewing and video your answers with JobNow. Set up your account and select interview prep.
Monster.com (100 Top Interview Questions ) The top 100 Monster.com interview questions start with basic interview questions and veer off to more challenging questions such as: “Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?” “What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?”
General Job Searching
From Fortune.com, the "100 Best Companies to Work For" list is updated annually.
Career Builder provides easy searching by industry, career, and state.
Search for jobs nationwide.
Find company reviews, salary reports, interview reviews, and job openings.
Search for nonprofits, jobs, and volunteer opportunties.
Searches job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
Articles on common job search topics.
Search for jobs from jobs boards, company sites, and the web. Search by keyword, category, and browse job listings.
Featured Research & Databases
Careers @ the Library
If you’re searching for an employer with an inclusive culture that provides opportunities to make a real difference in your community – consider a job with us!
Career Development Guides
Explore resource guides built to fit your career needs.
Networking Resources
Business After Hours is a networking event sponsored by the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce. Usually 150-250 people attend these events.
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce offers members Leads Groups to provide networking, exchange leads, and establish business connections.
LinkedIn is a social networking site for business. Connect with people in your industry for career development or use it as a networking tool for job searching.
Find a group of people who share some of your same interests. Have fun and build your network. Meetups range from coding to marathon running.
Northern Colorado Networking Group (NoCoNet) is a networking and job skills building group for professionals.
Career Research
Take a career interest assessment, explore different careers, and find information on colleges.
Determine career interests and explore careers and industries. Sponsored by the State of Colorado.
Find employment, industry and state-by-state labor market conditions. In the career resource library, there are links for the fastest growing jobs, jobs that have the most openings, and jobs that are paying the highest.
Find reviews from current and past employees for different companies. Access salary ranges for positions in companies.
Find career and salary information and take an interest test.
Search for a job and a get a list of alternative careers that have a similar skillset.
Find detailed information about the tasks and skills associated with occupations.
Research occupations and learn about key job responsibilities, pay, job outlook and similar occupations.
Explore select companies and learn about their employees, culture, and offices.
Explore common job possibilities for different college majors.
Community Resources
Career counseling is available to community members for a fee.
Free resume help is available for FRCC students and the general public. Appointments only. Mount Antero Building, Room 103 4616 S. Shields Fort Collins, CO 80526 Phone: (970) 204-8332
Job Search Experts are available Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Career Consultants are also availabe for 30-minute phone or video conferences Mondays and Thursdays from 1pm-3:30pm. The Workforce Center offers training, workshops and a variety of other tools to help with all areas of your career search or transition.
Professional Development
Courses are available from top institutions open to anyone to take.
Take courses on a variety of subjects. Certificates may be purchased if desired.
The Poudre River Public Library District offers free computer classes ranging from Microsoft offices classes to coding.
Training video courses to learn technology, creative and business skills. It contains thousands of courses including web development, video and audio production, presentation skills, leadership and management strategies, animation, photography and technology skills for teachers. Courses can be taken on any desktop, laptop or tablet.