John R. Fugazzie founder of Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA

5 1/2 + years and counting...

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Reported 556+ Success Stories and counting ...

992+ members on facebook

Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA
                 "helping is our middle name"

Founded 1.27.2011

Named Top 100 Websites 
For Your Career by Forbes.com

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Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA, Inc. is a cost-free, grassroots, nationally and internationally recognized
​job search support and networking organization.

Founded in River Edge, NJ on January 27 2011, by       John R. Fugazzie Neighbors-helping-Neighbors has fostered a “ pay it forward ” culture, holding a weekly meeting program that delivers accountability and a  strong volunteer organizational culture.

HhN is supported by an award winning web site, LinkedIn group and a facebook group.

The group's culture is based on a pay it forward model with a focus on networking and support.                                                                        
Meetings are designed to help anyone in career advancement and career transition including:

• unemployed
• underemployed 
• recent college graduates
• veterans
• persons re- entering the job market
• preparing for job change
• small business owners
• volunteer work

The meetings offer advice in job search strategies,    techniques and tools, support, motivation, leadership and networking opportunities. Developing the skills of conducting a job search campaign in
today's new job market.

NhN meetings are led by community volunteers who have been trained and are practicing and developing their leadership skills while delivering the very successful NhN agenda led meeting model.

4170 + members in NhN LinkedIn.com

NhN Leader Training

Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA
Veterans-helping-Veterans USA
Leadership Sessions

NhN Leadership Training
​Peaks of Nanuet Clubhouse
Nanuet NY by Appointment

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Libraries

Waldwick         Mon 7 pm

Westwood        Tue 7 pm

Wayne             Wed 7 pm

8.17 back weekly beginning    September 7 

Cranford           Wed 7 pm

Monmouth Co   Wed 10 am

Middletown Twp Thu 10 am

​NhN International

Madrid, Spain

Three groups, two in Pozuelo de Alarcón
and ​one in Boadilla del Monte

 Latinos-helping-Latinos USA/ Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA
​@ Puerta al Futuro ​@ Petrocelli College @ FDU 
Thursday Nights  6:30-8:00pm
Room EWC 203 

​Morris County
County College of Morris
Wednesday nights at 7pm

Bergen Community College
Tuesdays 10:00-11:30 am
10/18, 11/1,11/14, 11/28
12/6 & 12/20
 ​Conference Room Tec 118

Hudson County Community College 
Journal Square, Rm B308  
Resuming September

Click on image for all Media Coverage

RIVER EDGE, N.J.— The New Jersey Council of County Colleges recently presented its 2016 Community College Spirit Award to Hudson County Workforce Development Board Executive Director John Fugazzie for his exemplary support of New Jersey’s community colleges.

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​Long-Term Unemployment: The Economy's 'Secret Cancer' 

​Job Openings Tie All-Time High, But Hiring Declines

After months without work, advocate for jobless hired to help other-long term unemployed

River Edge Advocate For Unemployed: Keep It Real

​River Edge Professor Rebounds From Economic Crisis, Nominated For Award

NJ Jobs Program Helps Match Unemployed with Companies/ 

Grassroots Support Groups for the Unemployed

9.17.15
America’s two economies and the Federal Reserve’s role
Mary Snow explains why the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision matters

5.6.14
Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.

MIT Sloan Mini Conference on Long term Unemployed

3.7.14
February Jobs Report CNN News   
Story on CNN news this morning 

2.3.14
Sen. Booker's first floor speech - "We Take Care of Our Own"

2.1.14
Founder of Bergen jobless group hopeful about Obama initiative 

1.7.14  
John R. Fugazzie on MSNBC with Thomas Roberts 11am
1.4.14 
John R. Fugazzie on MSNBC with Alex Witt

8.27.13
Set Back by Recession, and Shut Out of Rebound

Rick Hampson

2.4.13
Cover story USA Today 
written by Rick Hampson

Video report on River Edge meeting on USA Today

Story was covered by 2nd largest Newspaper in Italy

​Rick Hampson is a national reporter for USA TODAY. Over five decades as a journalist he's covered stories such as the assassination of John Lennon, the trial of John Gotti, the 9/11 attacks, eight national political conventions.

NhN Partnerships

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Neighbors helping-Neighbors USA (NhN) is a partner to the H 1B Ready To Work grants and is a significant Job Club presence in New Jersey and online.  With over 1,200 members, regular meetings New Jersey locations, its Jobs411.org, and its affiliates, Veterans-helping-Veterans USA, we expect NhN to help to carry the program message to all of the long-term unemployed in New Jersey.

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Locations at NJ community colleges are under development

please visit www.rtwnj.org

Check out  the DOL  blog post about the meeting 
blog: http://social.dol.gov/blog/dispelling-the-myths-of-the-long-term-unemployed/

The Department of Labor Newsletter article blog that was written by Benjamin Seigel after attending our January 2013 annual meeting was the second most popular blog on DOL web site for 2013:!

Top 10 Countdown: Our Most Popular Blog Posts in 2013

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