If you feel like your job skills need some brushing up or if you want to see what skills are required in a brand new career, the web is an unparalleled resource for independent learning. Take an active role in your career development by utilizing the free educational resources throughout the internet for all sorts of vocational skills.

Featured online education resources

Online exercises for improving mouse skills

• Mousercise! - Computer fundamentals and how to use a computer mouse.
• Mouse Program - Computer mouse practice and tutorials.
• Mouse exercises - Computer mouse drawing tutorial.
• JigZone - Online jigsaw puzzles to use as practice for click and drag.

Online education resources

• ETV South Carolina - ETV is South Carolina's statewide network with 11 television stations, eight radio stations and a closed-circuit educational telecommunications system in more than 2000 schools, colleges, businesses, and government agencies.
• Career Aisle - These resources have been created to enhance the career guidance and counseling efforts in grades K-12 and young adults. The resources are provided to assist with career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation of students with the objective of facilitating a successful transition into post-secondary opportunities and the 21st century global workplace.
• Microsoft Office Online Training - Free, self-paced training courses for Microsoft Office programs, including Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and more.
• MIT Open Courseware - A free, web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
• iTunes U - A variety of online educational opportunities from lectures to films to tours. Content is provided by well known institutions such as Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, and UC Berkeley. Direct link to iTunes U if you already have iTunes installed. Free iTunes Program download required.
• Goodwill Community Foundation - free online learning community. Practice sessions such as job applications, tutorials on job searching, and becoming work ready.

WorkKeys from ACT

WorkKeys provides a broad array of assessment, research, information, and program management solutions in the areas of education and workforce development.

To use WorkKeys' online practice tests:

1. Register and obtain your login and password from a SC Dept. of Employment and Workforce Centers, One Stop Center, or in some cases Adult Education Centers. Your librarian can also help you find out where to register.
2. Log in with your username and password through WorkReadySC.

Teach yourself how to type

• TypingWeb - Free, online typing course runs from your web browser, so you will always have the latest features accessible from anywhere. Free registration required to track your progress.
• Free Typing Tutorial - A free online typing tutorial for learning and practicing touch typing in qwerty layout of keyboard. Registration required.
• Touch Typing Study - Free, user-friendly learning Website that helps every person learn, practice and improve their typing speed and accuracy.
• Rapid Typing Tutor 3.0 - A free software tool to improve one's typing skills. Free program download required.
• TypingMaster Typing Test 6.3 - A free, full-featured typing tester for Windows. Free program download required.
• typeracer - Increase your typing speed while racing against others
• Typedown - Type as fast as possible to prevent the column of rising words from reaching the top
• Die by the Word - Type words to defeat an invading ninja army.
• Typing Karaoke

Practice Job Application

• Online Practice Application - Online Practice employment application