Judiciary’s Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS)

The Judiciary’s Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS) program provides a tremendous benefit to both hiring companies and successful recovery court and probation clients.

Email AOCJOBSProgram.Mailbox@njcourts.gov to learn more and become a JOBS partner.

Judiciary Opportunities For Building Success

Probation clients can be good employees. Making a living wage can be a pathway to changing their lives and their communities

Why hire clients from the JOBS program?

More than 130k New Jerseyans are on probation
More than half are unemployed or under-employed

Probation provides monitoring and supervision, which can include ongoing drug screening.
All Employees hired through JOBS are eligible for the federal bonding

Employers

Learn how the JOBS program can help your business.

Probation Clients

Learn how the JOBS program can help clients prepare for employment.

Probation Client Portal

How does the JOBS program work?

The probation division in all 21 counties oversees the program. Staff will provide resumes to employers when a new opportunity opens. Probation staff are available to consult with the employer during and after the selection process.

Probation staff will:

Help match qualified candidates to a job.
Connect employers with probation clients.
Create job fairs and interviews.
Reach out to business of every size and employment agencies.
Provide job readiness training when appropriate.

Learn about our success stories.

APEX Graduation: Probation clients graduate from Apex Solutions Group’s train to hire program. Apex Solutions Group. Apex has partnered with the JOBS program to provide participants with the education and management skills needed to qualify for employment.
JOBS Testimonial: Chris Paladino, president of the New Brunswick Development Corp., discusses hiring probation clients for construction jobs.
JOBS Testimonial: Joe Jingoli, CEO of Joseph Jingoli & Son, Inc., a company that works in the power/energy, economic development, healthcare, gaming, education, and industrial/manufacturing sectors, discusses hiring probation clients and the partnership between his company and the Judiciary.
New Brunswick Train to Hire: Probation clients discuss training that will lead to stable jobs.

For Recovery Court and Probation Clients

Successful recovery court and probation clients can seek employment through the JOBS program. For general probation information, visit the Probation Client Portal. For more job services, visit the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

JOBS Program Eligibility

Potential participants must:

Be under active probation supervision in recovery court, Intensive Supervision Program, or general community supervision.
Cooperate with probation supervision.
Submit to drug screening (for all recovery court and select probation clients).

Probation clients can benefit from job readiness training.
Probation staff work to find jobs across a wide range of industries and roles. Job types include warehouse, driver/CDL, sales, healthcare, food service, and more.
Consider joining the federal bond program.