Department of Labor Launches Jobs4Jersey, a One-Stop Website that Connects Job-seekers and Employers

New Jersey's Department of Labor and Workforce Development launched the “www.Jobs4Jersey.com” website this week. The ambitious goal? to link New Jersey job-seekers and employers.

Employers and job-seekers will find the new website to be a quick and easy portal to the vast and previously scattered assortment of state and federal data, weblinks and programs designed to assist them both with training, financial assistance and advice.

The one downside the web-site has is that to get any information at all, you have to register as a job seeker or employer. And yes they do provide an email address if you have questions Contact the department of labor at Jobs4JerseyJobSeeker@dol.state.nj.us.

 Christie\'s administration deserves credit for this initiative which connects the businesses that are creating these jobs to the New Jerseyans who want them. thereby bringing the same one-stop approach that have been used at more than 30 One-Stop Centers throughout the state.”

Described by the administration as an easy-to-use navigation site, www.Jobs4Jersey.com apparently guides people to some of New Jersey’s best online tools for finding work, finding skilled employees and connecting to the many programs established to aid businesses and workers alike.

Features found at www.Jobs4Jersey.com include:

FOR JOB-SEEKERS

- An interactive Job Bank with over 165,000 jobs inside the state and another 410,000 jobs within a 50 mile radius of New Jersey
- Career Assessment: a government link that guides people in assessing their skills, job interests, educational needs and the likelihood of finding a job in the fields they explore
- Talent Networks: workforce programs provided through employers and educational institutions that help transition workers from disappearing job sectors into potential careers in such growing areas as life sciences and green industries
- Training: Presents information on educational opportunities, financial aid, training grants, apprenticeships and the state\'s Consumer Report Card to evaluate training providers

FOR EMPLOYERS

- Interactive job bank: a data bank where businesses may instantaneously post job opportunities and search resumes posted by job-seekers
- Expert advice: a portal to the state’s Business Representatives who help companies with needs consultation, employee recruitment services, new and incumbent worker training grants, hiring incentives and government navigation
- Grants: information on Customized Training Grants and Literacy Grants that help companies remain competitive by improving the workplace skills of their existing workers and open the possibility of expanding their operations by training new workers
- Incentive programs: from tax credits to funding through several On-the-Job training programs that give employers financial assistance to expand their staff and ultimately their business operations

“We know more than half of the people involved in a job search in our state are surfing the Internet for positions, whether it is from home, at our many One Stop Career Centers or at a local library,” said Harold J. Wirths, commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in a recent press release. Thanks to Governor Christie and his adminstration!