NJ job listing firm bonds.
$300 flat. Soft pull.
New Jersey licenses job listing firms through the Division of Consumer Affairs and conditions the license on a $10,000 bond. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every firm. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your firm's license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with Consumer Affairs
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your employment-services license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Jersey's Employment and Personnel Services Law (N.J.S.A. 34:8-43 et seq.) licenses a family of job-placement businesses — employment agencies, career counseling services, resume services, and job listing firms — through the Division of Consumer Affairs. A job listing firm sells lists of job openings to job-seekers, and the law conditions its license on a $10,000 surety bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. It stands behind your compliance with the Law and its regulations — honest advertising of the listings you sell, proper handling of any fees, and the refund rights the Law gives job-seekers. If a firm violates the Law and a job-seeker is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $10,000 amount and the bond requirement are set by statute and regulation (N.J.A.C. 13:45B-2.3), so every job listing firm files the same bond.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Consumer Affairs is waiting on one document.
$300 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.