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Career Development

On Campus

Office of Testing
William Paterson University, Hunziker Wing Room 218
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: 973-720-2562
Email: ginsbergm@wpunj.edu
www.wpunj.edu/officeoftesting/default.html
Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30, Sat. 8:30-12
Area Served: William Paterson
Eligibility: All Faculty and Staff
Fees Charged: None

Find test dates, registration information, and preparatory materials for Basic Skills, Foreign Language, CLEP, PRAXIS, LSAT, and SAT.

Department of Professional and Organizational Development
William Paterson University, College Hall, 358 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: 973-720-3555
Email: carneyj@wpunj.edu
ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/hr/Newhr/Career_Development.htm
Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Area Served: William Paterson
Eligibility: All Faculty and Staff
Fees Charged: None

Office provides regular trainings in Microsoft Office software, career and professional development, and customer service, and conducts an array of customized workshops for departmental needs assessment, meeting management, retreat facilitation, and management and leadership skills.

Career Development Center
William Paterson University, Main Level, Morrison Hall
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: 973.720.2281
ww2.wpunj.edu/career
Hours: M 8-7, Tu-F 8-5, By Appointment; Drop-in hours are M-F 2-3
Area Served: William Paterson
Eligibility: All Faculty and Staff are eligible.
Fees Charged: None

Services include job readiness, interview skills, resume writing, employment research, career assessment, balancing work and life, changing careers, and planning for graduate school. Call for an appointment.

Department of Continuing Education
William Paterson University, 1600 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: 973-720-2461
Email: jackmanv@wpunj.edu
www.wpunj.edu/cedl/
Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Area Served: William Paterson
Eligibility: All Faculty and Staff
Fees Charged: See website.

Continuing Education Department provides courses in Business and Healthcare, as well as online education, corporate training, computer skills, pre-college programs, professional development for educators, and test prep. Basic and customized educational programs are available for: Healthcare professionals Communications specialists, Real estate professionals, accountants, and educators.

CONCERN EAP
1-800-242-7371
Hours: Monday through Saturday, with hours on campus by appointment.
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/hr/EmployeeAssistanceProgram/EAP_Home.htm
Area Served: William Paterson University
Eligibility: Faculty, staff and their household members
Fees charged: Free

The EAP is a service for William Paterson University faculty and staff and their household members. The EAP offers confidential short term counseling and referral for problems ranging from work-related concerns to personal difficulties that affect an individual's everyday life. Trained counselors help with problems such as career issues, child care, elder care, family and workplace relationship problems, finances, health care, mental health, retirement, substance abuse, and Work/Life balance.

Off Campus

Women's Resource/Career Counseling
57 New England Ave.
Summit, NJ 07901
Phone: (908) 273-7253
Email: womenandgirls@aol.com
www.womensource.org
Hours: 9 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri
Area Served: Union County
Fees Charged: $50/session ($40 for members). Partial scholarships are available on request.

Individual career counseling including job search technique, critiquing resumes, exploring options, and determining career direction. First session 90 minutes, any subsequent sessions, 60 minutes.

Kean University/Career Counseling Services
Continuing & Professional Education, Kean University
Union, NJ 07083
Phone: (908) 737-5840
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Eligibility: Any person needing help through career counseling.
Fees Charged: $58 per hour

Offers one-to-one career counseling to anyone needing guidance in exploring possibilities in attempts to find fulfillment in a career choice or career path.

Wayne Counseling and Family Services/Women in Transition
1022 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: (973) 694-9215
Email: mcardlet@waynecounselingcenter.org
www.waynecounselingcenter.org
Hours: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Mon - Fri
Area Served: Passaic County
Eligibility: Displaced homemakers in Passaic County
Fees Charged: None

This program offers supportive counseling (individual and group), job search skills, and typing and computer training to women who need to return to work or who are underemployed because of loss of support due to death, disability of spouse, separation, divorce, or abusive behavior by spouse.