-News Release-

NEWARK, Jan. 19, 2012 _ Commissioner Harold J. Wirths continued his visit to New Jersey One-Stop Career Centers today to demonstrate a new job-search engine available through the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Jobs4Jersey.com website.

“We are developing tools to link people to jobs in New Jersey as Governor Chris Christie improves our state’s economy and creates more private sector employment. Jobs4Jersey.com was created last year to better link job-seekers with employers, and the new search engine we call OnRamp will greatly enhance that effort,” said Commissioner Wirths.

Jobs4Jersey.com is part of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s comprehensive emphasis on job assistance. The free website, created to guide both job-seekers and employers through the maze of state and federal services, now offers a unique tool called OnRamp to help people find new careers.

OnRamp allows job-seekers to go online to quickly upload a resume or create a customized resume, even for industries where resumes were traditionally not used. Visitors to Jobs4Jersey.com can use OnRamp to have their skills showcased to thousands of employers and access job opportunities listed on 2,400 websites with one search.

Through OnRamp, New Jersey job-seekers may:

Receive e-mail alerts on job matches, and customize how those alerts are received when employers post new jobs matching a job-seeker’s skills and experience

Move their search beyond job titles by having the search engine list skills and knowledge outside a work history, such as experiences from volunteer work

Learn how to improve the chances of being noticed by employers by following on-screen guidelines on improving a resume and a job search

Jobs4Jersey.com’s OnRamp tool is an interactive system that permits job-seekers to regularly update their resume and job searches. The system allows customers to create a profile for employers to review, and it allows them to create multiple job searches – customizing each one by geography, salary, industry or keywords that will attract prospective employers.

Today’s OnRamp demonstration at the One-Stop Career Center on Broad Street in Newark is one of several stops Commissioner Wirths and his staff  are making to show jobs seekers how to use the new features of Jobs4Jersey.com. The Department will further enhance the Jobs4Jersey.com system in the coming weeks to allow New Jersey’s employers to have an equally robust search-engine in which to upload their talent needs.

New Jersey has 34 One-Stop Career Centers throughout the state to assist people looking for work with a wide variety of services ranging from training to public assistance.

“Jobs4Jersey.com is one more example this Administration’s dedication to helping both businesses and job-seekers in New Jersey,” said Commissioner Wirths.

More than 30,000 people already have loaded resumes on the job-search engine.