the first thing you need to do is know what language and industry you want to work with. IT is a huge field so you have to make a wise decision on where you want to go. based on that, you choose the consultancy. there are millions of the consultancies in NJ/NY area. just give them call randomly and ask them about what they train and market. learn about different consultancies in desicrunch.com

questions you might wanna consider:
are you back end guy, likes hard core programming
languages: C/C++, Java, Perl, C#, visual basic, sharepoint
are you a frond end guy, likes web designing
JSP, PHP, ASP, CGI, ruby on rails, flash, animation
do you want to get into database
what databases there are sybase, oracle
do you want to be a developer or DBA if you like database

do you like working with tools
CRYSTAL REPORT, BUSINESS OBJECTS. DATASTAGE, SAP, PEOPLESOFT,