Jan-12-12 JOBS4JERSEY.COM DEMONSTRATED IN SUSSEX COUNTY; “ONRAMP” SEARCH-ENGINE LINKS JOB-SEEKERS TO JOBS
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“As Governor Christie’s administration improves our state’s economy and creates jobs for New Jersey families, we have been actively developing tools to put people back to work. Jobs4Jersey.com was created last year to better link job-seekers with employers, and this new search engine called OnRamp will greatly enhance that effort,” said Commissioner Wirths.
Jobs4Jersey.com is part of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’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.
Through OnRamp, New Jersey job-seekers may:
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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.
Today’s OnRamp demonstration at the Sussex County One-Stop Career Center on the Newton/Hampton border is one of several stops Commissioner Wirths and his staff are making to show jobs seekers how to use the new features of Jobs4Jersey.com. The Department will further enhance the Jobs4Jersey.com system in the coming weeks 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 of how this Administration has been helping both businesses and job-seekers in New Jersey,” said Commissioner Wirths. “This service is open to everyone, even if you are already employed and want to find a better job. We believe this will further our efforts to link job-seekers to the employers who are searching the state for new talent.”
More than 30,000 people already have loaded resumes on the job-search engine.
