Job Seekers' Help

Job Placement Counseling

Offered at no fee to Jewish residents of MetroWest and on a fee basis to others, counseling services provide assistance in organizing a job search, writing resumes and cover letters, improving interview techniques, and developing networking contacts. For more information, contact:

      Dr. Meryl Kanner 
      Supervisor, Career Counseling & Placement
      (973) 674-6330 ext. 271

      mkanner@jvsnj.org

 

Career Counseling Provides the following services:

  • Resume and cover letter preparation

  • Job search strategies

  • Interview Preparation

  • Strategies for Effective Networking

  • Career Assessment and Planning

  • Transferable Skills for Career Transition

  • Individual Counseling/Group Workshops

  • Access to job postings on MWJobs.org

  • Work with experienced career counselors

     

Click here if you are newly unemployed or afraid you are going to be laid off.

If you are the parent of a recent college graduate looking for employment, click here.

Join our LinkedIn Group for information about upcoming job seminars and job postings.

 

Job Development Resources and Internet Access

Professional job development staff locate job openings and provide leads to agency clients. Internet access is provided as well as instruction in using the Internet to conduct a job search. JVS is part of the Workforce New Jersey One-Stop Career Center System. Click here for information about the Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network (WNJPIN).

Visit our LinkedIn Group for a list of current job openings developed by JVS and a broad coalition of MetroWest synagogues. For further information about listed jobs or to post a job opening, contact:

Beverly Feldman
Job Developer
(973) 674-6330 ext. 308
bfeldman@jvsnj.org

Looking for support from others? Seeking help with resume writing, interviewing skills, networking or college selection? Are you conducting a job search? Read one of our JVS Works for Job Seekers columns.

Individualized Career Counseling & Testing

Experienced, professional counselors help clients examine needs and expectations, assess options, establish short-and long-term career goals, identify transferable skills for career transition, and develop a career plan. Services are offered on a sliding fee scale.

Free Bi-Weekly Job Seekers' Support Group and Community Seminars

Half-day seminars are offered throughout the year on current topics of interest to job seekers. Recent topics include: "Successful Career Change;" "Starting a Small Business or Franchise;" and "Where the Jobs Are and How to Get Them." Click here for information about the job seekers' group.  Click here for information about the current seminar offering. 

Jewish Employment Network and Mentoring Program

This outreach program provides job placement counseling and job development assistance to unemployed members of MetroWest synogogues and temples. Mentors from a wide variety of fields of employment are matched with unemployed members to provide advice, suggestions and networking contacts in mentors' areas of expertise.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Meryl Kanner
Supervisor, Career Counseling & Placement
(973) 674-6330 ext. 271
mkanner@jvsnj.org