First job search after IDF — Ethiopian-Israeli community

Recommended order

1. Free career consultation — interest mapping and skill assessment
2. Active job search — Olim Beyahad (with a bachelor's), Place-IL (STEM fields)

Why a network matters especially here

A Ministry of Economy employer survey found that only 5.6% of employers expressed willingness to employ Ethiopian-Israelis — the lowest of any group surveyed (Haredim 8.7%, Arabs 7.4%). What that means in practice: the biggest barrier is the screening stage, before anyone has read your CV properly.

So an approach through a person — a mentor, an alum, a referrer — is worth more than a blind application through a jobs site. That is not soft advice; it is matching the strategy to where the barrier actually is.

Note: this page previously said community members must "submit 30%+ more CVs". That figure appears in no study of Ethiopian-Israelis. The well-known Israeli CV experiment compared Ashkenazi and Mizrahi names, not Ethiopian-Israelis.

See also

• Career counselors network
• Olim Beyahad — program