Are you re-entering the workforce or looking for a new career? Do you want to improve your computer skills so you can qualify for more jobs? Would practice tests for college-entrance exams or occupational-certification exams be helpful?
Fort Bend County Libraries’ LearningExpress Library is a free online computer resource that helps people improve their computer skills, explore careers, prepare for civil-service certification exams for jobs such as firefighters, EMTs, postal workers, and police officers, and much more.
The LearningExpress Computer Skills Center offers dynamic online multimedia tutorials that help users learn the fundamentals of the computer, the internet, and popular software applications. Self-paced tutorials include Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, as well as Computer Graphics/Illustration and Understanding Your Operating System.
LearningExpress Library’s Job & Career Accelerator feature helps job-hunters create professional resumés and cover letters, get detailed and current information on a variety of occupations, match personal interests and skills with a desired career, improve interviewing skills, and much more.
LearningExpress Library also has practice tests for exams such as the GED, ASVAB, SAT, ACT, TASP, and occupational certifications. The practice tests can be taken multiple times, which helps individuals who experience test anxiety become more confident while becoming familiar with the test format.
Individuals may access this resource from any computer by going to the library’s website, www.fortbend.lib.tx.us, clicking on the “Research” tab on the main webpage, selecting “Databases,” and choosing the “Education, Tutoring and Testing” option on the left-hand side. A Fort Bend County Libraries library card is required for access outside the library.
For more information, see the Fort Bend County Libraries website (www.fortbend.lib.tx.us). While the libraries are closed, questions can be directed to the CONTACT US BY EMAIL option at the bottom of the website. Delays in response may be possible.