The New York Public Library Employment Pop-Up Recruitment Events

• Belmont Library, December 20, 11 am - 2 pm
• Eastchester Library, January 8, 11 am - 2 pm

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is recruiting for its Spring 10 week paid training program in stone-masonry, restoration and construction.  Participants  will complete a 10-hour OSHA certification course, 4-hour scaffording and swing scaffolding certificate courses, and will work on landmark restoration and preservation projects.  Application deadline: February 14, 2018.  Attend the Open Houses at OBT:  783 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232.  To register, call 718-369-0303.

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp. (NMIC) offers 3 week free training for job seekers: ServSafe Food Handling Certificate, NYC Food Protection License, Customer Service Certificate, Employment Readiness Training and Job Placement Assistance. Open registration: Monday  -Thursday 9 am - 12 pm or call 212-453-5397.   NMIC is located at 45 Wadsworth Ave., NY, NY 10033.  Take A Train to 175 Street or 1 Train to 181 Street.

Platform by Per Scholas trains local talent using custom curriculum designed by Cognizant Technology Solutions to ensure students are equiped with the tech skills they need to get hired by the Fortune 500 company.  Over the course of 8 - 12 weeks,  Platform classes, Quality Engineering  and Application Support Management, will introduce  students to advanced computational thinking, business competencies, programming languages and related topics necessary to fill IT positions at Cognizant.  All eligible graduates will have the opportunity to interview with Cognizant.  Classes begin monthly.  Apply now. 

Sign Up to be an Emergency Snow Laborer and help to remove snow and ice from bus stops, step streets, and other locations throughout the city this winter.  Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, be eligible to work in the United States, and capable of performing heavy physical labor.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts , at historic Flushing Town Hall , is pleased to offer the following opportunities:  Community Outreach - Chinese Project Director, Box Office & Customer Service Support, Volunteer.  All positions open until removed from the website.

Introduction to Social Media workshop on Monday, December 18, 2017, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm at  Brooklyn Workforce 1 Career Center, 250 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.  This workshop is for all interested jobseekers.

Upgrade a Resume  workshop on Monday, December 18, 2017, 1 - 3 pm at Bronx Workforce  1 Career Center, 400 East Fordham Rd, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458.  This workshop  walks jobseekers through the steps for upgrading their resumes and provides intensive one-on-one feedback on each participant's resume.  customers must have an electronic version of their resume  available either in their email or on a flash drive.  (Duration : two hours).

Introduction to Services information session on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 8:30 - 9:30 am at  Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center, 400 East Fordham Rd, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458.

Introduction to Services information Session in  Spanish on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 1 - 2 pm, at Bronx  Workforce  1  Career Center, 400 East Fordham Rd, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458.

Safewatch Security Group, Inc. will present a recruitment on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 1 1 am - 2 pm at Bronx  Workforce 1 Career Center at 400 East Fordham Road, 7th floor, Bronx, NY 10458.  

Benefits of Exploring Job Zone on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 2:15 - 4:15 pm at Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center, 400 East  Fordham Rd, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458.  Participants will learn and explore how to use Job Zone an interactive  resource to help manage their careers.

Individual Resume Review/Career Advisement  workshop on Thursday, December 21, 2017,  12:30 - 2:30 pm  at Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center, 400 East Fordham Rd, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458.  This session  provides jobseekers the opportunity to meet individually with a Career Adviser to discuss employment and training  opportunities, next  steps, and to review resume for potential  updates. 

Acing the Intervieew workshop on Thursday, December 21, 2017, 1:30 - 4 pm at Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center, 400 East Fordham Rd, 8th floor, Bronx, NY 10458.

Job Postings at New York City Workforce 1.  

Apprenticeship Opportunities in New York City.

Brooklyn Community  Board 14: Available jobs

The New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCE&TC) is an association of 200 community-based organizations, educational institutions, and labor unions that annually provide job training and employment services to over 750,000 New Yorkers, including welfare recipients, unemployed workers, low-wage workers, at-risk youth, the formerly incarcerated, immigrants and the mentally and physically disabled. View NYCE&TC Job Listings.

Digital NYC is the official online hub of the New York City startup and technology ecosystem, bringing together every company, startup, investor, event, job, class, blog, video, workplace, accelerator, incubator, resource, and organization in the five boroughs. Search jobs by category on this site.

St. Nicks Alliance Workforce Development provides Free Job Training and Educational Programs in Environmental Response and Remediation Tec (ERRT). Commercial Driver's License, Pest Control Technician Training (PCT), Employment Search and Prep Training and Job Placement, Earn Benefits and Career Path Center. For information and assistance, please visit St. Nicks Alliance Workforce Development or call 718-302-2057 ext. 202.

Brooklyn Workforce Innovations helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement. Currently, BWI offers free job training programs in four industries: commercial driving, telecommunications cable installation, TV and film production, and skilled woodworking.

CMP (formerly Chinatown Manpower Project) in lower Manhattan is now recruiting for a free training in Quickbooks, Basic Accounting, and Excel. This training is open to anyone who is receiving food stamps but no cash assistance. Class runs for eight weeks, followed by one-on-one meetings with a job developer. CMP also provides Free Home Health Aide Training for bilingual English/Cantonese speakers who are receiving food stamps but no cash assistance. Training runs Mondays through Fridays for six weeks and includes test prep and taking the HHA certification exam. Students learn about direct care techniques such as taking vital signs and assisting with personal hygiene and nutrition. For more information for the above two training programs, email: info@cmpny.org, call 212-571-1690, or visit. CMP also provides tuition-based healthcare and business trainings free to students who are entitled to ACCESS funding.

Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) trains women and places them in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades. It helps women achieve economic independence and a secure future. For information call 212-627-6252 or register online.

Grace Institute provides tuition-free, practical job training in a supportive learning community for underserved New York area women of all ages and from many different backgrounds. For information call 212-832-7605.

Please note this page will be revised when more recruitment events for the week of December 17  become available.