Young Men Learn About Successful Job Hunting

This past Wednesday in Crown Heights, some 24 young men gathered to learn about what it takes to land a good job.

The class was led by Rabbi Mordechai Kruger, Director of Pathways to Parnassa. Rabbi Kruger has been counseling individuals on their Job hunting journey for the past decade, and shared keen insight into the dynamics of landing a great job.

“The key lies in finding your strengths and building on them,” said Kruger. The young men sat riveted for an hour and a half, and in the words of one of the attendees “finally someone started something like this in Crown Heights.” “We need more classes like this,” said another.

The event was organized by Young Chabad Professionals, a group started out of the need to help the bochurim just out of Yeshiva and young married men with the knowledge and understanding to get into the business/work field.

In the words of the group’s organizer Shneur Mishulovin – “most young men would like to go on Shlichus, but unfortunately not everyone can find a place that easily or quickly as they thought would be. “So many are thinking to start going into business, but many don’t have the knowledge to start or even how to properly do job hunting.”

YCP help young men with classes, from the basic knowledge on how to job hunt to writing a resume to hearing businessmen speak about their businesses.

Watch part of last week’s fascinating presentation below:

4 Comments

  • yakkov

    Awesome!
    I’m so happy to hear of such a class happening in Crown Heights helping the needs of the Bochurim who just finished Yeshiva and are looking to start working in the business field.
    Is there any way i can contact the organizer?
    Where can i find more info on this?

  • Shneur

    @Yakkov.
    You can email the organizer at ycprofessionals@gmail.com or the Facebook group. Young Chabad Professionals.
    The next class will be this Wednesday June 10 at 8 pm. Send email for more info.

  • Realist

    This is an excellent idea to help the young people in our community take the first steps at becoming self supportive. This should really be started to a degree in Beis Medrash, Shiur Gimmel and onwards so that it doesn’t come as such a “bolt out of the blue” for them later on. I just feel sorry for so many of our young men a women who are continually being “led by the nose” throughout their time in “Zal” or in seminary to believe that there will be a plethora of shlichus opportunities for them once they finish. Those with half an inkling of reality realize that shlichus in today’s day and age is a nepotistically exclusive entity. If you’re not born into it, married into it, or can buy your way into it, your chance of going on it are almost nil. I only wish that for the sake and wellbeing of the next generation that the powers that be within our education system would be more transparent and honest about the reality of things to come.