Feb-16-12 CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO HELPING NEW JERSEYANS FIND WORK
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“Governor Chris Christie is committed to helping people in New Jersey find work, and our Jobs4Jersey.com website has already begun to improve the links between job-seekers and employers who need new talent. The addition of the new job-search engine we call OnRamp has greatly enhanced our efforts,” said Commissioner Wirths.
Jobs4Jersey.com is part of the Christie administration’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.
OnRamp uses a “skills-based” matching system, allowing the job-seeker’s profile of skills to be showcased, not just the job-seeker’s last job title. 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.
Through OnRamp, New Jersey job-seekers may:
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Today’s OnRamp demonstration at the One-Stop Career Center on Mount Ephraim Avenue in Camden is one of several stops Commissioner Wirths and his staff are making to show job-seekers how to use the new features of Jobs4Jersey.com. The Department will further enhance the Jobs4Jersey.com system by April 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 47,000 people already have registered with Jobs4Jersey.com.
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