Career Counseling and Employment Services
JFS SV offers a range of employment related counseling and English language training programs to assist recently arrived refugees and Israeli immigrants in finding jobs with local employers.
- Skills assessment to identify your strengths
- Job referrals to match you to employers who can use your skills
- Resumé writing and interview preparation to put your best foot forward
- On-line job search to give you access to Silicon Valley employers
- Vocational ESL classes and support
JFS SV Needs Your Help To Place Our Clients In Jobs
Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley is expanding its employment services and needs your help. The economic crisis has broadened the face of unemployment. We serve several groups of underemployed people. Community clients, particularly laid off high-tech professionals, now find themselves facing situations they never thought they would.
If you own or know of businesses that are looking for self-motivated and hard working professionals, please contact Marcia Stein, PHR, our new Job Developer, who is now available to provide job search assistance to underemployed members of our community.
Marcia Stein, PHR
Job Developer
marcias@jfssv.org
(408) 556-0600
Connections to Work
JFS SV offers a range of employment related counseling and English language training programs to assist recently arrived refugees and Israeli immigrants in finding jobs with local employers.
- Skills assessment to identify your strengths
- Job referrals to match you to employers who can use your skills
- Resumé writing and interview preparation to put your best foot forward
- On-line job search to give you access to Silicon Valley employers
- Vocational ESL classes and support
JFS SV seeks job openings for resettlement clients... For more information, contact:
Zoya Lazer
MLS Director of Vocational and Career Services
zoyal@jfssv.org
(408) 357-7452
Community Volunteers can also be helpful as Career Mentors. We need mentors from many industries. Are you willing to serve?
Jobs for Refugee Clients
JFS SV is always on the lookout for job openings for our resettlement clients. These people are often highly qualified, but are looking for their first jobs in the U.S. and don’t have extensive experience in our job market. Others are seeking entry level jobs to restart their lives in their new country. English skills vary, but most are fluent enough English speakers to interview and follow instructions.
JFS SV’s refugee clients have given much and worked hard to come to the United States. They are here to succeed, and want to become fully integrated into American society and give back to their new home. In order to do this, they need to find jobs commensurate with their experience.
JFS SV refugee clients are eligible to bring their employer Work Opportunity Tax credits and Federal Job Tax Credits up to $2500 for each hired individual. These clients are looking for entry-level through advanced positions.
If you own or know of of any job openings at your company, or businesses anywhere in the S.J. metro area that are looking for workers who are success-oriented, please refer them to Helen Sappa.
Helen Sappa
Career Counselor
helens@jfssv.org
(408) 357-7459
JFS SV Employment Network
The JFS SV Employment Network is a networking group for professionals displaced from employment by the current economic downturn in Silicon Valley. These groups offer a way for job seekers to share information, ideas, and leads.
The Employment Network Group meets
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
1:30 pm
Addison Penzac Jewish Community Center
(14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos)
Thanks to the Addison Penzak JCC for graciously donating meeting space for our networking groups. [See flyer.]
These meetings offer a way for job seekers to share information, ideas, and leads. The network workshops often feature guest speakers and cover a variety of topics including:
- Boolean Internet Search Skills for Job Search
- How to Relate To and Use Search Firms
- Interview Skills
- Self Employment
- Starting Your Own Business Using SCORE