More than 100 NYC businesses employ people through Job Path. We can’t wait for you to join their ranks.
What is Customized Employment?
It’s simple: you tell us about the tasks and functions your business needs help with, and we find a candidate who can meet your needs. Our job coaches provide on-the-job support (at no cost) so that new employees can master their responsibilities and excel. Customized Employment, a concept recognized by the US Department of Labor, is the process of creating a unique job description that meets the employer’s needs and aligns with the job seeker’s skills.
Putting Customized Employment to Work
Our Customized Employment strategies address specific workplace problems and increase productivity by providing assistance with:
- Routine daily tasks that reduce staff productivity
- Work that is backing up
- New tasks and/or projects that never get done because of lack of time and/or resources
- High staff turnover
- Staff being stretched too thin during peak times/hours
- Issues of safety, compliance and security
“What is it we really look for in team members? We always look for someone who has the heart for hospitality and the work ethic. Job Path has illustrated that the heart and work ethic are not about where you come from but who you are. By bringing people into our team from Job Path, it makes everyone on our team better.”
– Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group
Job Path candidates offer a wide array of skills
- Cleaning up after animals outdoors and in facilities
- Giving food according to animal’s diet
- Cleaning and disinfecting cages and floors
- Socialization of cats and dogs at adoption centers and daycare
- Transporting animals to veterinary appointments
- Replenishing water
- Greeting customers
- Answering customer inquiries
- Grooming and bathing animals
- Stocking of products for sale in retail, adoption, and dog daycare settings
- Organizing needed inventory of pet products for sale
- Filing documents
- Sorting
- Shredding
- Photocopying
- Updating regulatory binders
- Scanning documents
- Delivering mail and packages
- Proofreading documents
- Archiving
- Compiling packets and presentations, HR/Marketing
- Answering phone
- Making phone calls
- Ordering supplies
- Data entry and database management
- Computer coding
- Online research of information
- Digitizing
- Updating mailing/donor lists
- Writing and typing memos, e-mails, etc.
- Setting up and getting materials ready for a particular lesson
- Creating educational materials for the classroom
- Reading to children
- Helping teachers out during mealtimes or other points of transition (ex. heating up food, passing out drinks, putting on jackets and sneakers, clean up)
- Assisting with supervision of children (in the classroom and on outings)
- Providing 1:1 assistance to a specific child
- Reinforcing lessons taught by teachers
- Assisting teachers with paperwork, such as taking attendance or inputting data into a computer
- Implementing a healthy snack program
- Tracking student data
- Food preparation- cleaning, chopping, mixing salads, making sandwiches
- Condiment replenishment
- Assisting with making drink bases
- Passing samples
- Answering menu questions
- Maintaining order of lines during busy hours
- Serving food & drinks
- Organizing and folding napkins and linens
- Bussing tables & counters
- Arranging chairs & tables
- Washing dishes
- Tracking inventory
- Packaging food for distribution
- Labeling packages with logo stamps/stickers
- Ensuring that supplies and medical equipment are replenished
- Improving the mobility of patients
- Setting up medical equipment
- Recording medical information
- Measuring patients’ weight and height
- Making up beds, giving out bedpans, and collecting bedpans
- Providing administrative support
- Maintaining up-to-date contact lists
- Drafting and editing communications copy (press releases, publications, social media posts)
- Assisting in maintaining web content and executing social media
- Updating databases and media lists
- Tracking projects and media exposure
- Maintaining calendars and appointments
- Sweeping, mopping, buffing floors
- Dusting and cleaning displays
- Organizing and facing merchandise
- Washing windows
- Collecting and sorting recyclables
- Bailing cardboard
- Maintaining trash receptacles
- Folding towels and rags
- Vacuuming
- Watering plants
- Organizing and maintaining conference rooms
- Restocking kitchen and lounge areas
- Transporting supplies
- Maintaining cleanliness in restrooms
- Wiping down fitness equipment
- Organizing merchandise by style, color, size, brand name, author, number, etc.
- Go-Backs and Return-to-Shelf items
- Greeting customers
- Assisting customers to locate items in a store
- Returning carts and baskets to their proper locations
- Packing and unpacking boxes
- Folding and re-folding
- Attending to dressing rooms
- Identifying damaged merchandise
- Unloading trucks
- Placing security tags and/or stickers on merchandise
- Organizing displays in a store
- Facing shelves
- Approaching customers about memberships
- Calling customers to let them know their orders have arrived
- Assisting with inventory and other data-entry needs
Listen to Gary Mayerson describe his experience at his law firm.
Job Coaches: Who are they? What do they do?
Job coaches work with new employees on-site to help them master their job responsibilities. Depending on the needs of the employee and employer, job coaches continue to provide support anywhere from full-time to only a few times per month, phasing in and out as required. In particular, they:
- Help employees with all aspects of workforce participation, from learning tasks to organizing their work to understanding the workplace culture.
- Provide assistance and advice to supervisors/employers, helping them support their employees and ensure success.
One employer shared his experience: “Our new employee came with a job coach which was absolutely critical and instrumental in making sure Richard could do his job. He was with Richard for 2-3 months – unobtrusive, teaching him the skills he needed to work in this office. Now Richard is doing it perfectly.”
Testimonials: here’s what our employer partners say about working with Job Path
STREAMLINE DENTAL LAB — EMPLOYER PARTNER SINCE 2012
STREAMLINE DENTAL received an award for its commitment to including people with disabilities in its workforce from then Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Commissioner Victor Calise
"Our two staff members from Job Path have been a gift to our company. They bring positive energy, a strong work ethic, and a great attitude." — Issac Hakimi, Streamline Dental Lab
"Our two staff members from Job Path have been a gift to our company. They bring positive energy, a strong work ethic, and a great attitude." — Issac Hakimi, Streamline Dental Lab
THE FRICK COLLECTION — EMPLOYMENT PARTNER SINCE 2015
"Our four Job Path colleagues came to us painstakingly well screened, enthusiastic, and energetic and have proven to be motivated and engaged. We are extremely grateful for and proud of this relationship." — Dana Winfield, The Frick Collection
The New York Public Library — Employer Partner Since 2009
"If you've been struggling to find someone reliable and hardworking, you might want to consider checking out Job Path’s employment programs. Each individual is assigned a counselor who helps train and mentor him/her. Our Children's Room page is the best I've ever worked with." — Rebecca, Children’s Room Librarian, NYPL Jefferson Market branch
If you are interested in working with us to create a position that suits the needs of your business, please contact Aimee Althoff at aalthoff@jobpathnyc.org or call 855-JOB-PATH
Our Employers
- 14th Street Y
- 92nd Street Y
- AHRC
- Albert’s Mofongo
- Allen & Overy
- Animal Loving Care
- Aramark (at Citifield)
- Aramark (Fordham U)
- Art House Conservatory
- Arts and Crafts Bar
- Barnes and Noble
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Ben’s Deli
- Berdon LLP
- Best Buy
- Biscuits & Bath
- Blink Fitness
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Bronx Defenders
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Brooklyn Autism Center
- Brooklyn Children’s Museum
- Brooklyn Roasting Company
- Burger King
- Burlington Coat Factory
- Camp Canine
- Cauz for Pawz
- Center for Family Support
- Charles B Wang Community Health Center
- Chartwell (at Pace University)
- Circle of Confusion
- Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine
- Cooke Academy
- CVS Pharmacy
- D’Agostino’s
- Dawning Village Daycare
- Deferred Compensation Plan (Dept. of Labor)
- Department of Education
- DGA Security Systems
- Disney Store
- Dots
- Douglas Elliman
- Drama Book Shop
- East Side Social
- Eclectic Props
- ENTERCOM (formerly CBS Radio)
- Epicurie
- Extreme Kids & Crew
- Fairway
- Fido’s Retreat Doggy Daycare
- Find A Way LLC
- Fire Museum
- First Service Residential
- Foot Locker
- Forsman and Bodenfors
- Friends of Firefighters
- Generation Records
- Global Autism Project
- Goodwill Industries
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Gristedes
- Group M
- Grow NYC
- Harlem Grown
- Home Goods
- Hosteling International
- iHope Academy
- IKEA
- Include NYC
- Inter Agency Council
- Intrepid Museum
- Jacob’s Pickles
- JCC
- Jerome Environmental Services
- Job Path
- John Marshall Media
- Kmart
- Knickerbocker Senior Center
- Logistics (contracts with Quinn Emanuel)
- Macy’s
- Manhattan Childrens Center
- Marshall, Conway, and Bradley P.C.
- Marshalls
- Marta
- Mary McDowell/Friend’s School
- Mayerson & Associates
- Meals on Wheels
- MEET NYC
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
- MTA Mailroom
- NBA Store
- Need It Now Messenger Services
- Neighborhood Improvement Assoc.
- New World Stages
- New York Hall of Science
- New York Transit Museum
- Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center
- NYPL (multiple branches)
- NYU Langone
- Park Nursing Home
- Park Slope Community Bookstore
- Partners Health Plan
- Paul Weiss
- Poly Prep Country Day School
- Poses Family Foundation
- QSAC
- Rebecca School
- Restaurant Associates (at Bank of America)
- Restaurant Associates (at Nomura)
- River Bay Corp.
- Rosie’s Theater Kids
- Shubert Organization
- Shake Shack (multiple locations)
- Simon Liu Gallery
- Simpson, Thatcher, and Bartlet
- Skadden & Arps
- Starbucks
- Strategic Group
- Streamline Dental
- Sugar Hill Museum
- Sullivan and Cromwell
- SuperDry
- Taverna di Bacco
- Teranga
- Terence Cardinal Cook
- TGIF’s
- The Apollo Theater
- The Frick Collection
- The Gap
- The New School
- Theater Development Fund
- This is Story
- TJ Maxx
- Towne Nursing Staff
- Townsend Drug Store
- Trader Joe’s
- Understood for All
- Uniqlo
- Unique People Services
- United Auto Workers
- VA Hospital
- Victoria’s Secret
- Walgreen’s
- Whole Foods
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Young Life Ministries
- Zenith Optimedia