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Throughout
the IAJVS network, agency staff can assist you with making
and re-evaluating career decisions, setting realistic goals
and developing strategies to fulfill your dreams. Services
at various agencies include career counseling, employment
counseling, job and employer listings, skills and career development
workshops and programs, resume review and development, and
computer training, among others.
IAJVS is proud to
present a number of innvoative and successful employment programs
being operated in member agencies around North America.
- F.E.G.S
New York initiated ParnossahWorks.org
in 2004, an innovative program run in cooperation with New
York synagogues, which aims to offer job networking through
the use of technology for unemployed Jewish adult workers.
The Orthodox community's partnership in publicizing and
using the program has helped participation grow from a pilot
project with 4 synagogues to currently more than 195 mostly
Orthodox synagogues. More than 3,000 individuals have
contacted ParnossahWorks.org and more than 1035 individuals
have accessed direct services in less than a year and a
half of operations.
- JEM
Montreal offers
the popular, JEM Networking Club, which is designed
to motivate, energize and support those who are job searching.
The Networking Club ensures that job searchers remain connected
and productive while providing opportunities to network.
Guest speakers address pertinent subjects from self-marketing
strategies, staying motivated, tactics to overcoming the
over-qualified label, conquering procrastination, etc. Every
Tuesday morning between 9:30 and 12p.m. an average of 25
- 35 job seekers from ages 18 - 45+ meet at JEM for coffee,
cookies and networking.
This program has been overwhelmingly successful and
has quadrupled in size since its creation.
- JVS
San Francisco offers
the Back-to-Work program to dislocated workers.
The program is designed to provide multiple paths to employment
for participants. A range of employment and training strategies
is critical to assist the target population in identifying
and attaining their employment goals, appropriate to their
skills and aspirations. JVS works with participants to develop
a customized employment and training plan tailored to their
skills, work readiness and employment goals. All participants
have the benefit of intensive, family-centered case management
and peer support through APA, which help participants address
issues that affect their ability to find and retain jobs.
The success of the Back-to-Work program is due in part to
the ongoing assistance that JVS provides to laid-off garment
workers in completing and submitting petitions for training.
This service has become crucial for assisting limited-English
workers navigate the bureaucracy, red tape and paperwork
involved.
- JVS
MetroWest
created an innovative, technology-based, workplace skills
training program that could be offered "anytime/anywhere"
to enable multiple client populations to learn relevant
course content, improve essential literacy skills, and obtain
employment or job upgrade. The JVS Learning Solutions
distance/blended learning program provides training in literacy,
English as a Second Language, retail and healthcare customer
service and job seeking skills for diverse client populations
through an innovative multi-media CD-ROM/ internet based
platform. The program is suitable for non-traditional learners,
people with limited English or low literacy skills, individuals
with disabilities, public assistance recipients, emigres,
dislocated workers, incumbent workers, and at-risk youth.
Over 1,325 individuals have been served to date. The program
has been extremely successful in teaching course content
to a wide variety of client populations, engaging students
and retaining them until the end of the program, and in
securing job placements and upgrades.
For some tips to
help you with your job search, read some of the following
articles:
Meeting
with the Hire Authority
Handling Those Tough Interview Questions
and Salary Negotiations
Prepared by: Peggy Geissler, Placement Counselor
Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, NJ
Writing
That Winning Resume
Prepared by: Marian Lowenfish, Placement Counselor
Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, NJ
Schmooze
or Lose
Networking For Your Next Job
Prepared by: Linda Zamer,
Director, Career Counseling & Placement
Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, NJ
Get
Motivated With Your Job Search
Prepared by: Larry Jacobs,
Career Services Counselor
Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County,
NJ
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