Career Fair Aids Job Seekers

In addition to discussing job openings with area employers, attendees at Wednesday’s Career & Job Fair at Project Self-Sufficiency were invited to practice their interviewing techniques with professional recruiters and attend a seminar about the hiring process. “This Career & Job Fair offers those who are currently seeking work the opportunity to fine tune their interviewing skills, learn about the hiring process and gain the confidence necessary to land their next job,” noted Project Self-Sufficiency Career Center Coordinator Kyersten Rozanski.

Employers on hand to promote job openings and educational opportunities included Abilities Solutions; Accountemps; Barn Hill Care Center; Center for Humanistic Change; Compassionate Care Hospice; DAWN Center for Independent Living; Dental & Medical Career Training Institute; Devereux, New Jersey; Enable, Inc.; Express Employment Pros; First Student; From the Heart Elder Care; Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice; Lakeland Bank; Lantek Corporation; Lowe’s; Macy’s; Mountain Creek; New Jersey Courts; New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Perona Farms; ResCare Home Care; SCARC; Selective Insurance Company of America; Staples; Sussex County Community College; Telesearch Staffing Solutions; Thomas & Betts, Corporation; Thorlabs, Inc.; Valley View Care Center; Walgreens; Willowglen Academy; and others.

Project Self-Sufficiency is a private non-profit community-based organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income families residing in northwestern New Jersey. The agency’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of holistic, respectful, and comprehensive services enabling low-income single parents, teen parents, two-parent families, and displaced homemakers to improve their lives and the lives of their children through the achievement of personal and economic self-sufficiency and family stability. Since 1986 Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 20,000 families, including over 30,000 children.

For more information about the Career & Job Fair, or to find out more about the programs and services offered by Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500, or visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org.