Transitioning veterans in skilled trades often face the burden of having the technical experience, but not the financial means to afford career-specific tool sets which can often run $5,000 or more. To help address this problem, the VFW has created a pilot program, the Veteran Employment Tools (VET) Program, which will award up to 20 veterans interested in an automotive technician career with a custom Snap-on tool kit, worth an estimated $5,000. We're working with UPS who is currently hiring automotive technicians in markets across the nation, to help ensure transitioning veterans fill some of those positions. Once a selected veteran is hired, UPS will ship the tool kits directly to the veteran so they're ready for their first day of work. 

To apply, submit your DD-214 and a brief 250-500 word statement of what this type of opportunity would mean in your pursuit of a career to lrolf@vfw.org. Qualified applicants will then be contacted by a VFW staff member with instructions on potential employment opportunities in the automotive technician career field.

NJ Department of Labor Openings

Variety of Job Openings are available directly on the Department of Labor website. 

NJ TRANSIT is hiring!

The NJ TRANSIT Government & Community Relations team would like to make you and your constituents aware of a wide variety of open positions we are recruiting for throughout the state.

Please share the following essential details with your constituents:

Bus Operator & Operations Roles – Our Surface Transit group operates hundreds of bus lines across the state and seeks applicants for various bus driver, bus mechanic, and serviceperson positions. We are currently offering up to a $6,000 signing bonus for CDL license holders (and $3,000 for CDL permit holders).

 Please visit https://www.njtransit.com/drive for more details. A flyer is available upon request.

 Mechanics & Facilities Positions – We are always recruiting and hiring qualified talent to maintain, repair, and manage our vehicles and facilities. There are many available positions across our rail, bus, light rail, and paratransit business lines listed on www.njtransit.com/careers.

 Corporate Positions – We are actively recruiting for a wide variety of corporate and office positions in our Newark headquarters and other locations, including careers in Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Customer Service, Engineering, Capital Projects, and Procurement. These positions can be found on www.njtransit.com/careers.