Refugee Employment Partnership

The Refugee Employment Partnership (REP) is a group of volunteers focused on helping recently arrived refugees and asylees find suitable employment as they begin new lives in the New York Metropolitan Area. The clients we assist all have full legal status to live and work in the US, with no sponsorship or other immigration assistance needed from their prospective employers. REP was formed in 2017 by members of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun and is co-sponsored by Rutgers Presbyterian Church and includes other members of the local community. Our volunteers work in finance, law, media, health care, real estate, education and non-profits. We have two full-time administrators who work closely with our employer and NGO partners, volunteers and clients. We are a bespoke effort focused on person-to-person mentoring and in 6 years have placed more than 190 clients in safe, dignified jobs.