Jobs and
Careers
Jobs and Careers
Career Online High School
Career Online High School
Earn an accredited high school diploma online, on your schedule. Advance your career or go on to college, all while learning real-world skills.
• Accredited: Earn a valid high school diploma.
• Flexibility: Take your courses 100% online, from anywhere, any time.
• Support: Get 1-on-1 help from an academic coach.
• Transfer Credits: Graduate faster with credit for past courses or the GED.
• Job Skills: Learn valuable interview skills, create a resume, and write a cover letter.
Book a Librarian
Book a librarian
Need personalized help?
Make a free appointment with an expert, at any of our locations.
Book a Librarian Services can help you with:
Computer basics or internet basics
Online resources for business
Downloading eBooks, audiobooks, movies, magazines
Email
Google Docs (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms),
Help with smartphone or tablet
Job & career services
Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Research assistance and reference questions
And more!
Job Seekers
Job Seekers
Tools and information for job seekers, students, and career professionals as well as career exploration resources, including assessments, to match interests and skills with potential careers, as well as information on education and training programs, job search strategies, and salary data. Also provides links to job postings, apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities.
Personalized career advice through a self-assessment tool, as well as real-time job listings, education and training programs, and guidance on making informed career decisions.
Post your résumé, apply for a specific job, or do a self-directed job search through this job database.
Connects job seekers, students, and professionals to career, education, and support resources through a personalized, guided process. Map out steps to achieve your career and educational goals and use provided tools to explore training opportunities, track progress, and access state resources.
Gives detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, developers, researchers, and more! Find, search, or browse across 900+ occupations based on your goals and needs. Learn about requirements, characteristics, and available opportunities for your selected occupation.
Includes information about work: working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations, designed to provide help for people making decisions about their work.
Skill Building
Skill Building
Practice for your DMV test, includes permit or driver’s license, motorcycle, and CDL tests.
Offering thousands of video courses in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. Experts create and deliver all courses as well as provide supplemental materials like exercise files and relevant work samples.
If using the LinkedIn Learning app, use the Library ID: highplains
Makes it easy for you to learn via online tutorials. Niche Academy includes a set of ready-to-use tutorials for HPLD services like OverDrive, and Hoopla.
More than 43,000 books and 30,000 hours of video on information technology and software, business, digital media, professional and personal development, and desktop and web applications. In-library use only.
Prep for a college-entrance exam, vocational exams, U.S. Citizenship exams, find a school, find scholarships, review basic math, reading, and writing, and explore career options.
Digital Literacy
Skills
Digital Literacy
Skills
An online hub for digital literacy support and training. Includes a collection of self-directed tutorials on the most basic skills, such as using a computer, navigating a web site, and searching.
State
Resources
State Resources
Find a job, get assistance if you’ve been injured on the job, get help with unemployment benefits.
Help for Coloradans with disabilities. Find or keep a job, or advance in a current job.
Local Workforce
Centers
Local Workforce
Centers
Find your local workforce center, get connected to resources for employment, education, training, and services for job seekers.
Connects people to meaningful work and businesses to talent and resources.
Resources for jobs, employment, education, and training services.
Offers a wide variety of services to job seekers and businesses.
Small Businesses
and Entrepreneurs
Small Businesses
and Entrepreneurs
Information for over 45 million US Businesses including company name, address, phone, executive contact names, titles and bios, employee size (location and corporate), sales volume, SIC codes, NAICS codes, credit rating, square footage, location type, business type, company news, 10-K’s, Annual reports, and more. Residential data includes information on over 271 million residents: name, address, phone, home value, income level, housing type, lifestyle information.
Business consulting and training for entrepreneurs and small businesses within East Colorado.
Step-by-step online planning tool designed for people who want to learn how to start, manage, and optimize a business or non-profit.
Step-by-step guide to planing, funding, starting, and managing your business.
Full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. Includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.