The unemployment offices of the state of New Jersey are scattered around the state, offering you one which is convenient to your location, essentially regardless of where you are in New Jersey.

The offices offer you a great deal more than just the ability to apply for unemployment, and in fact they aren’t the best method to use for unemployment application. The online sites will offer you a good bit more with regard to that purpose and prevent long lines and waiting times when you fill out your applications.

The New Jersey Unemployment offices do however offer you a bank of computers that you may use to file for your unemployment if you don’t have a computer or internet access at home. They will offer you the use of theirs free of charge in order to place resumes in the databases, file for your New Jersey unemployment compensation, appeals or other necessities. In addition you may browse the New Jersey websites for  new employment positions. Your use of the computer is limited of course to unemployment or employment purposes.

In addition to the online services that you can avail yourself of while visiting the new Jersey Unemployment offices, you may also find other services to be of interest to you such as the career counseling.

Career counselors which are free of charge to New Jersey residents are available to advise you on the best jobs to apply for now, as well as jobs which you may not have considered that are open to you due to your skills or experience.

You might consider the use of the resume writing training, as well as advice on where to go to find training, and methods that you can use to pay for that training.

Aside from these services there are multiple referral services that can be offered giving you the help that you need to make ends meet and to find services to assist you in mortgage payment help as well as utility payments.

New Jersey government brings you several web sites from which to find new employment positions.

The first is the New Jersey State unemployment website, which houses employment positions but does require that you register first and submit an online resume to their pool for job matching. The main site offers you opportunities for posting resumes, matching job skills as well as resume and cover letter tutorials.

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/ui/ui_index.html

Registration is free of charge and open to anyone, regardless of residency.Job searches are easily accomplished using the online search tool that is located here:

http://jobsearch2.jobinthebox.com/gig2/basicsearch.asp?

The New Jersey Public Information Network

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wnjpin/content/PostedJobFairs.html

brings you information regarding job fairs in the state of New Jersey. Offering you the dates and times that you need to get where you want to be with regard to the New Jersey employment you will find job fairs from all career paths listed here that may help you to find that next great job.

The Garden State Employment and Training Commission

http://www.gseta.org/

Offers not only jobs and job links but also training and funding information that can put you on the right path to a new more secure employment position as well as motivational posters and training information. Well laid out and easy to navigate, while you won’t find actual job postings here, you do find links and the site is well worth your time to visit. Offering links to webinars as well as to job seminars the New Jersey state governments Garden State employment and training association web site is well worth a few minutes of your time.

The unemployment rates being higher mean that the best method of filing for your unemployment will be the New Jersey Unemployment web site but that isn’t all that the New Jersey Unemployment web site can be used for. In fact it is perfect for many other purposes as well.

To file extensions in the state of New Jersey for Tier I and other federal unemployment extensions, you may use the New Jersey Unemployment web site, with the following url useful to you:

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/ui/ui_index.html

Other things for which you may find the New Jersey unemployment website helpful will be seeking out a new job position, as well s filing for your federal extensions for your New Jersey unemployment compensation.

You may also file an appeal for your New jersey unemployment denial from the New Jersey unemployment web site, by using this address:

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/at/appeals_index.html

To submit a resume to be entered into the job matching banks with a view toward finding a new and more secure job in the state of New Jersey, the URL below will be helpful. It contains jobs as well as a resume wizard that will walk you through the process of building a resume. These are then entered into a database that are matched up with the needs of employers who post jobs on the site, and the employer and prospective employee are notified regarding job positions that may have like experience and requirements.

https://webos.dol.state.nj.us:444/seeker/registration.asp

For help with career planning and guidance there is also a place for you on the New Jersey Unemployment website. Getting the help you need to find a new job that is more secure and will better help you plan a bright future is possible using the career counseling sections of the New Jersey Website

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wnjpin/findjob/onestop/CareerGuidance.html

The New Jersey Unemployment website isn’t just for those who are filing unemployment although you may also do that, but it has a wide range of services, information and assistance for those who are out of work or may be.

As of August 19 of this year the unemployment rate in New Jersey is about 9.6 percent. This is continuously rising, giving great concern to the residents of New Jersey as it is for other states as well.

New Jersey jobs which are picking up steam as opposed to losing it seem to be in the IT fields as well as financial fields. For all that banking has had its own share of losses, the financial consultant and advisory fields are offering new positions daily based on what we’re seeing in such online hiring sites as Monster.com and others.

Accounting and administrative jobs in the financial field are plentiful, with companies and even schools hiring or these positions regularly.

Additional fields that you might want to take a look at are the technology related fields. LInux and Unix system administrators seem to be in great demand, wtih more than 200 jobs available immediately for those who qualify for them.

Even the companies who have laid off workers from their other points are hiring for some of these areas. With greater automation of systems and new software coming out daily the IT fields appear to be booming in New Jersey as manufacturing and other venues move toward more automated methods of business.

Customer services jobs available across New Jersey numbered in the thousands, with literally every company or field offering some type of customer service postion open for application. Due to the larger number of computerized fields, customer service positions are becoming necessary for more and more companies. These positions seem to be opening daily,with a mid-range salary of between 9 and 11 dollars per hour for the openings.

Jobs in New Jersey are projected to grow, and overall, particularly in comparison to other states in that area, the economy is not suffering as much as some others are. Hang in there folks, because as the saying goes, there is no where to go but up.

In order to file for New Jersey Unemployment there are certain criteria that you must meet.

You must have been working and meet certain income guidelines. Those guidelines are spelled out for you on the New Jersey unemployment website which is located at http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/ui/aftrfile/exbenefits.html

Each state has its own method of filing for Unemployment compensation. Primarily in New Jersey, the best method of filing will be via the web site, where you may open a new claim, as well as file for your extensions.

You may also file by telephone, however given the higher unemployment and the higher call volumes the unemployment offices warn that you will be likely to experience wait times in excess of 15-20 minutes at times and that filing via their web site is preferable. If you are unable to access the web site from home, the unemployment office does offer you computers to use that will permit you to file from there.

Filing for New Jersey unemployment by telephone is done by using one of the numbers provided for you below:

Reemployment Call Center at (732) 761-2020.
Reemployment Call Center at (201) 601-4100.
Reemployment Call Center at (856) 507-2340

Due to higher recent call volumes the New Jersey unemployment office has restricted calls for Monday through Wednesday as follows:

The days to file or reopen a claim for benefits are based on the last digit of your Social Security Number (SSN).

Last digit of SSN is 0 – 3 call on Monday.
Last digit of SSN is 4 – 6 call on Tuesday.
Last digit of SSN is 7 – 9 call on Wednesday.

When you telephone or if you file via the internet at the url listed below:

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/ui/fileui/apponline.html

Please have the information necessary for filing available to you. Examples of this will be information such as

Employment dates
Employer name and address
Total wages earned
Full name and SSn
Legal Address

This will greatly speed the process of application for New Jersey Unemployment.

With the unemployment continuing to rise in areas such as New Jersey, the questions continue to flow about what to do once you’ve become unemployed. In consideration of the fact that a lot of people are now losing their regular unemployment and beginning to depend on the unemployment extensions that the federal government has allocated, there is legitimate concern about what to do next, how to continue paying your bills and where there is other help available to those who remain on the rolls of the unemployed.

As more and more people in New Jersey and across the nation become unemployed, unemployment applications continue to rise and questions regarding the process become more urgent.

Getting unemployment is a matter of eligibility and filing for the most part. Both of those things are covered in the items you will find below. While we are not affiliated with the unemployment process in any state, we are concerned and have been where you are.

Federally funded unemployment extensions are available in New Jersey at this point.  Also called Tier I unemployment it offers twenty additional weeks of benefits for those who are currently available for work and filed a claim after May 7 of 2006 or later than this. They must also have already used their regular unemployment weeks to qualify for this level of extension.

If you meet these qualifications, set down by New Jersey Unemployment, then you may qualify for the Federal Tier I unemployment extension.

* You are unemployed(or working only part time)

* You are not eligible for a new  unemployment  claim;

* You filed a new unemployment  claim dated May 7, 2006 or later;

* You exhausted your unemployment insurance benefits or the benefit year on your claim has expired; and

* You had 20  weeks or more of work or meet the dollar income guidelines.

Getting the unemployment that you need is your responsibility. You also have other rights and responsibilities under the New jersey unemployment legislation. Know them, and use them. Being unemployed isn’t a picnic, as we all know but there are programs out there to help you with your bills and other payments until you’re back on your feet again.