The Employment Department provides returning residents with a wide range of assistance and services to ease their absorption into the workforce:
Promoting employment – the Ministry assists employers on the private and public sectors in financing the 'returning resident's' salary for a limited period, provided that the employer commits to continued employment.
A 'returning resident' will be entitled to full or partial refund of license exam fees.
Returning residents are entitled to services from employment direction centers that provide classification, job hunting workshops, job placement, etc.
Actual receipt of services and assistance after returning to Israel requires Ministry of Immigrant Absorption recognition of 'returning resident' eligibility.
The Employment Direction Service
The Employment Direction Service is a new and unique service established by the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption for the "Returning Home for Israel's 60th" Campaign. It is designed to encourage Israelis residing abroad to take an interest in the employment possibilities in Israel even before completing their preparations to return to Israel, and after having been recognized as eligible for 'returning resident' status by the Ministry.
Employment services will be provided after receiving eligibility for "returning resident" status from the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and commencement of payment to the National Insurance Institute.
Within framework of this service, a new employment center has been established for returning residents, which will construct and operate a secured and integrated database of vacant positions at the largest employers on the economy alongside a resume, professional profile and occupational experience database of the campaign participants. The objective is to effect early placement meetings between employers and job seekers that will lead to employment integration immediately upon returning to Israel.
This service will of course also assist returning residents that have already returned to Israel, and who contact the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and apply for assistance in work placement and integration.
Joining the Service
In order to receive returning resident employment services it is necessary to fill in the employment direction form included in the campaign registration form, which states areas of learning, knowledge of languages, employment experience and occupational requirements.
Please Note!
Access to the employment questionnaire is from the final screen of the campaign registration form. Due to stringent data security measures, if you have filled in the registration questionnaire without filling in the employment form, you will not be able to re-access it.
After receiving returning resident status approval applicants will be asked to transfer a resume to a designated address.
The employment questionnaires and resumes will be sorted and distributed to the relevant Ministry departments which will examine the applicants' data and sent them a response of initial information on the state of employment in Israel in their field of occupation and details of any special requirements in the field.
Sample employer requirements will be sent to the applicants based on the resume details of work experience, education and training.
Upon receipt of notice from the applicant of the date and time of a visit to Israel, and if there are vacant positions in the applicant's field of occupation, effort will be made to setup meetings with Israeli employers to learn employer requirements in Israel and understand the cultural gaps between employers in Israel and abroad.
Upon receipt of notice from the applicant of the return date to Israel a detailed employment program will be constructed.
Resumes will be distributed to potential employers according to applicant skills and availability for immediate employment.
Employment counselors at the Ministry bureaus or area counselors at the Absorption Center for Science will continue handling of the returning resident, based on data accumulated through the process.