The Cottrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Center at West Chester University keeps a webpage current on COVID-19 information, upcoming business webinars, and other entrepreneurship resources, including:
In conjunction with the United Way Financial Stability Center, Chester County Library will resume our monthly Resume Writing and the Job Search workshop in a virtual format starting May 12. This workshop reviews fundamentals of writing a resume: format, content, tips and tricks, required and optional sections, etc. We’ll review example resumes and discuss online and print resume resources.
For more information and to register, click here.
For more upcoming virtual programs, click here for Chester County Library’s calendar and here for the United Way’s calendar.
PHEAA will offer Financial Aid Webinars in May on the following dates from 6-7 pm: May 7, 14 and 21 as well as offering one on one virtual application assistance.
Representatives from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Agency (PHEAA) will be providing an overview of how to apply for all types of financial aid, including completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is required to determine eligibility for most student aid programs such as the Pennsylvania State Grant, Federal Pell Grant, institutional offers, and federal student and parent loans. This will also be a great opportunity to have PHEAA representatives answer questions you may have.
Click Here to register for the May 7 webinar from 6-7 pm
Click Here to register for the May 14 webinar from 6-7 pm
Click Here to register for the May 21 webinar from 6-7 pm
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act created new temporary paid sick leave and paid Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) programs that are 100% reimbursable by the federal government. The effective date of both programs is April 1 and they expire on December 31, 2020.
SCORE of Chester and Delaware Counties has rescheduled two of their previously planned programs, now to be delivered virtually. Click the links below for more information and to register.
5/6, 2-3:30pm – How to Create “Killer Content” for Social Media and Your Website
5/11, 1-2:30pm – Blogging for Business
For more virtual programs being offered by Chester County Libraries, visit our calendar.
PUA provides up to 39 weeks of benefits to qualifying individuals who are otherwise able to work and available for work within the meaning of applicable state law, except that they are unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work due to COVID-19 related reasons, as defined in the CARES Act. Benefit payments under PUA are retroactive, for weeks of unemployment, partial employment, or inability to work due to COVID-19 reasons starting on or after January 27, 2020. The CARES Act specifies that PUA benefits cannot be paid for weeks of unemployment ending after December 31, 2020.
For more information and to file a regular unemployment claim, click here.
Codecademy is offering a free webinar on Interviewing from Home tomorrow, Friday, April 24 at 10:00 am. Register here.
Chester County Library now has online instructions for Basic Microsoft Word and Excel available for you.
While the library cannot currently provide our popular in-house classes and 1-1 tutoring sessions, we can provide you with our Basic Microsoft Word and Basic Microsoft Excel instructions. These are instructional documents only. You will need Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Excel available on your computer to follow the instructions.
We miss you and we hope to be back soon with in-house workshops. We are in the process of developing virtual computer training. Please stay tuned. We hope these instructional documents will help with brushing up your skills or help you learn something new!
If you have questions related to Microsoft Office, staff from John W Jacobs Technology can try to help you. Please email us your questions to ccljtc@ccls.org. We will respond your emails.
Also, check the following resources:
With the current pandemic, most of the workforce across the globe are working from home. This brings a whole new set of challenges for organizations to mitigate, from productivity issues to information security, and business continuity is becoming the primary problem for many organizations.
Tesseract Learning wants to help in any way they can. They are releasing free eLearning modules to help you maintain employee wellbeing, productivity, and business continuity.
Pennsylvanians looking for work can now find life-sustaining businesses that are hiring through a new online tool known as the COVID-19 Hiring Now Job Portal.
People seeking employment can visit PA CareerLink Website and select the green “PA COVID-19 Jobs – Hiring Immediately” job portal banner to see active job openings.
Selecting the “Apply Now” button for a listed position will redirect individuals to the employer’s website or email where they can apply directly with the employer and speed up the hiring process.
Life-sustaining businesses can feature their job openings on the portal through an easy to use online form. Businesses must meet the criteria of a life-sustaining business and must have more than 10 job openings .
The PA COVID-19 job portal is updated daily so businesses in need are spotlighted and people searching for employment have the latest job information.
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