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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April, 2016 was 4.8%.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>While good progress has been made and we are actually below the national rate of 5%, there will always be individuals seeking first time jobs or their next opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>A resource that may be useful is found in the <a href="http://mel.org/jobs">
<span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MeL Jobs Gateway</span></a> under Job Posting Sites: National.
<a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Glassdoor.com</span></a> is a “…free inside look at jobs and companies. Salary details, company reviews, and
 interview questions — all posted anonymously by employees and job seekers.” Available for “…library patrons without having to post information of their own.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>Statewide Michigan access via MeL is made possible through the library partnership program that 700+ U.S. libraries participate in. A link to their product flyer (to print locally) is included in the description and explains the five steps to find the
 right job and get hired. <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan.  Want more information on MeL?  Stay tuned
 for next week’s MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact<a href="mailto:contact@mel.org"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">@mel.org</span></a> or visit <a href="http://mel.org/"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">mel.org</span></a>. 
 We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333F50">Registration is now open for the next MCLS/MeL free training webinar, “Bridging the summer reading gap using MeL Resources” on May 25, 3:30 - 4pm.
<a href="http://www.mcls.org/training-events/training-events-list/training-event/?ref_cID=198&bID=0&dd_asId=4640">
<span style="color:#044A91">Information and registration</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#022F78;mso-no-proof:yes">Eunice C. Borrelli<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#022F78;mso-no-proof:yes">Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian
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 collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years!  Here are the goals and strategies:
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