Feb-23-12 CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES TOOLS TO SUCCEED TO NEW JERSEY JOB-SEEKERS
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“Governor Chris Christie is committed to providing opportunities in New Jersey for people to find jobs, and our Jobs4Jersey.com website has been doing just that. Since the recent addition of a new job-search engine we call OnRamp, the website has greatly enhanced our efforts to link job-seekers and employers,” 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 Taylor Avenue in Neptune 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 soon enhanced the Jobs4Jersey.com system to allow New Jersey’s employers to have an equally robust search-engine in which to upload their talent needs.
“Jobs4Jersey.com not only helps job-seekers, but also helps employers and will soon enable employers to better broadcast their talent searches to find the prospective employees who can keep them competitive in an ever-changing market,” said Commissioner Wirths.
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.
More than 47,000 people already have registered with Jobs4Jersey.com.
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