Nefesh BNefesh

Nefesh B'Nefesh provides comprehensive employment services, including:

• Providing you with information about the Israeli job market.
• Assisting you in rewriting your resume, to meet the expectations of Israeli employers.
• Giving you contacts in Israel in your field.
• Offering consultations prior to your Aliyah, in North America, the UK and Israel.
• Identifying job opportunities.
• Providing job placement services.
• Running career-oriented workshops, seminars and training programs.
• Assisting with professional licensing.
• Offering general career guidance.
• Speaking with students who are planning on making Aliyah.

For additional information email employment@nbn.org.il.

In addition to the services that Nefesh B'Nefesh provides, the following Aliyah organizations and government offices also provide employment assistance for Olim:

• AACI: For American and Canadians only. AACI provides career counseling, resume writing assistance, information about networking contacts, details of licensing requirements and training programs, job leads, employment seminars & workshops, etc. For more information, phone: 972-2-566-1181 or email: info@aaci.org.il.
• Merkaz Magshimim: Merkaz Magshimim career counselors help you prepare a resume in Hebrew, search for jobs, and prepare for job interviews. Sign up for an appointment at meida@themerkaz.org. For additional information, call 02 561 9165 or check their web site at www.themerkaz.org.
• Tzeirim B'Merkaz: Provides career counseling and employment direction for young adults in Israel (in Hebrew). For further information, click here.
• Lishkat Taasuka (Unemployment Office): Provides information about job openings in your field. In Jerusalem contact: Lishkat Taasuka, 5th Floor of (new) Central Bus Station, Jerusalem. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 – 11:30 AM and 12:30 – 2:00 PM; or Monday and Wednesday, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Phone: 02 501 3111 (Etti and Bilha speak English). For a full listing of Lishkat Taasuka locations throughout Israel, see http://www.taasuka.gov.il/Taasuka/Employee+Services/General+Info/SearchBureau.htm. Note: Lishkat HaTaasuka maintains two different sections, one that assists individuals who have a post-high school academic degree ("Academa'im" in Hebrew), and one that assists everyone else. If you do have an academic degree, bring a copy of your diploma to your first meeting with Lishkat HaTaasuka.
• Gvahim: The Gavahim project's mission is to encourage a growing number of talented professionals to make Aliyah by assisting graduates from foreign universities with the job hunt. Gvahim charges a fee for some of their services. For more information see:
  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=5756782887&ref=mf
  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1213827
  http://gvahim.org.il/
• Jerusalem Municipal Employment Center For Olim: Placement of job seekers of all types; no academic degree necessary Service is provided to Olim who meet the following criteria: You live in Jerusalem or would consider moving to Jerusalem if you found a job there (if you want to work in Jerusalem but are not interested in living in Jerusalem, you do not qualify for assistance); and you are an Oleh for less than 5 years or you are here more than 5 years but do not speak fluent Hebrew. For details speak to Nitsana Reznik at 02-629-5388/89 or email olimtech@netvision.net.il. The office is openedSunday, Monday and Wednesday 9 am – 3 pm.
• JAFI: The Jewish Agency has 5 regional employment counselors who are available for consulations with Olim who are within 1 year of their date of Aliyah. Olim within the first year of Aliyah can also subscribe to the Israel Job Center's online list of job openings. For information, please see: www.jewishagency.org/jobcenter