Grant To Allow Hyattsville Library To Help Job Seekers

The Hyattsville branch will launch a pilot program this summer to offer computer, interview training in English and Spanish.

Thanks to a $5,000 grant, the Hyattsville library branch will be able to better equip area jobseekers with the computer and interviewing skills needed to find gainful employment.

The Hyattsville branch will use the grant to launch a pilot program this summer, which will train area residents in resume writing, basic computer skills and interviewing. The training will be offered in both English and Spanish.

The program is one of 70 grants awarded last month to public libraries in 21 states from The Dollar General Foundation. Hyattsville’s pilot program could expand to other branches said Robin Jacobsen, senior administrator for public services at the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System.

Jacobsen said the Hyattsville branch was chosen, in part, because it has the most number of computers in the county — more than 50 — and because many residents use them to apply for jobs online because they do not have home computers.



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