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Career Assistance

New Jersey's Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) is an Internet-based delivery system for accurate, comprehensive, current, and relevant occupational, post-secondary school and financial aid information. NJCAN contains the latest national, New Jersey and local labor market data and projections.

Career Related Information

The NJ Career Assistance Navigator is designed to support lifelong career exploration, career planning and decision-making through easy to use, straightforward search and sorting utilities, and an online portfolio for saving information from all system components.

NJCAN includes information on:

Over 500 Occupations and Related Videos
Licensed Occupations
Military occupations
Vocational/Technical Training programs
Financial Aid
Child Care Centers
Employers by Industry and County
Resume and cover letter creation
Job interview preparation
How to keep a job
Self-employment More

Media

Career Video Library
The career videos are designed to provide a brief, visual introduction to careers and the world of work and to supplement more detailed sources of career information.
Free Video downloads are available in various formats.

Handouts
Pocket Resumes and Bookmarks are available free of charge to students and jobseekers. These items provide convenience for recording your essential personal information needed for conducting a job search, as well as giving tips on interviewing techniques. More