Career-related services offered by the partners of the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board focus on meeting customers from Hunterdon and Somerset Counties where they are.
In addition to in-person, all offices offer services through e-mail, phone and virtual platforms. A virtual orientation session for new customers of the Training Center is conducted at 10 a.m. Fridays, and virtual and in-person career-webinars on different topics are presented an ongoing basis by the Training Center and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board. Bookmark this GRWDB calendar page to keep up with the latest offerings. Job fairs and related career events from around the state can be found on the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Events Calendar.
GRWDB Board and Committee meetings are open to the public and may be attended in person or virtually. The schedule of meetings can be found on the Events – Meeting Packages tab of the website.
For more information and instructions on submitting items for calendar consideration, contact the GRWDB at 908-541-5790 or info@thegrwdb.org.
A free event focusing on Resources for Growth for Small Businesses will be presented from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Rowan College at Burlington County, 900 College Circle, Mount Laurel Township, NJ 08054. NJ’s Secretary of State, the Honorable Tahesha Way, and Melanie Willoughby, the executive director of the New Jersey Business […]
"Lessons in Leadership" is the theme of the Union County WOMEN Mean Business Summit being conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Galloping Hill Golf Course, 3 Golf Drive, Kenilworth. Judith Persichilli, the N.J. Department of Health commissioner, is the keynote speaker for this "working women's" summit. Tickets are $55. Register […]
The New Jersey Business Action and Somerset County are hosting a Small Business Resource Event at Raritan Valley Community College's Conference Center in Branchburg from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. Attendees will be able to connect and network one-on-one with dozens of government agencies as well as technical assistance providers and lenders. This […]
The U.S. Government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world. The government's 8a certification program is designed to assist small businesses which are socially or economically disadvantaged to better compete and win federal contracts. Find out more at a workshop, "Selling to the Federal Government," being hosted from 9 a.m. to […]
The Construction Showcase on March 30 will feature more than 50 of the best-trained 4th-year union carpenter apprentices in a live competition of hands-on trade and technical career skills during a day-long challenge at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Attendees will feel the excitement as competitors work against the clock and each other in contests […]
The New Jersey Big Data Alliance, in partnership with New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), will host a virtual workshop on Tuesday, April 4, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The event, supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, will offer attendees the opportunity to learn about the benefits and innovations in the port system. Speakers […]
Employers are invited to attend a webinar at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14, to learn how SkillUp Greater Raritan can be utilized to provide free upskilling training to staff. SkillUp Greater Raritan using Metrix Learning® is a learning management system with more than 6,000 courses that can be used for internal employee assessment and upskilling. […]
In the next episode of its free Workforce Wednesday workshop series, the Middlesex County Office of Workforce Development and Career Opportunity will recognize Small Business Month by hosting local Middlesex County Small Business Owners on Wednesday, May 17, at 11 a.m. via Zoom. The workshop's panel discussion will include Doug Schneider, owner of several New […]
During the 2nd Annual Veteran & Disabled Veterans Summit at Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday, May 25, business owners may get their Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert). This complimentary service from the New Jersey SBDC will be available from 12 to 3 p.m. at FDU's Ferguson Recreation Center, 285 Madison Ave., Madison. Veteran-owned small businesses can […]
The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, Northeast Region, will present Advancing Women and People of Color in New Jersey: Equity in Infrastructure, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 15. The webinar will focus on promising practices to advance equity for women in the trades in the Garden State. Participants will learn strategies […]
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) is hosting a webinar at noon, August 23, for employers to learn about resources that can be used to pay for employee training and postsecondary degrees. NJ State Higher Education Financial Aid can complement existing benefits packages. Go here to register for this webinar.
The gender pay gap hasn’t closed much in the past two decades. In 2022, women earned only 82% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly workers of both full-time and part-time workers. Twenty years ago, that figure was almost the same at 80%. However, the wage gap is […]
