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.

The Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Training Service Center at 27 Warren St., second floor, in Somerville is open for in-person, career-related services 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to Friday. Walk-ins are welcomed, but appointments are encouraged. Walk-in and appointment services are available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday at the Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center at 6 Gauntt Place in Flemington. On Thursday and Friday, appointment-only services are available. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 908-541-5780 in Somerville or 908-237-0016 in Flemington, or email onestop@co.somerset.nj.us for assistance.

In-person career-related services are available Monday through Friday at the Greater-Raritan One-Stop Career Center – Employment Services at 75 Veterans Memorial Drive, Somerville. Walk-ins are welcomed but appointments are encouraged. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 908-704-3000 or use this form.

In addition to in-person, all offices continue to 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 career-webinars presented by the Training Center and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board are scheduled several times a month. The Employment Services team also offer a monthly series of Jersey Job Club workshops, which can be attended in-person or remotely. Check out the GRWDB’s website calendar for the latest offerings; contact the GRWDB at 908-541-5790 or info@thegrwdb.org.

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.

Look on the calendar for more information on all programs and meetings.

Annual Reentry Conference – Trauma, A Hero’s Journey

Saint Peter's University 2641 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ, United States

NJ Reentry Corp is hosting its Annual Reentry Conference - Trauma, A Hero's Journey, on Thursday, April 14th, 9:00am-4:00pm at St. Peter's University in Jersey City. The event's featured speaker is U.S. Army veteran Daniel Rodriguez. A range of 20-plus speakers will also highlight different aspects of the veteran's journey. For more information on the […]

Bridge to Success: Virtual Webinar Series for Job Seekers

Virtual Meeting

Are you feeling stressed in your job search? The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and EmPoWER Somerset are offering a free nine-week virtual program for community members entitled "Bridge to Success." We know these past months have been challenging. The stress-management techniques shared in this series will help participants survive and thrive during the job-search […]

Career webinar: Mastering the Interview

Zoom

The interview is one of the key elements of the job search process. The virtual Mastering the Interview workshop being conducted from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, will allow participants to explore how to prepare for an interview, become familiar with questions to expect, and ask the question they should think about asking. […]

Bridge to Success: Virtual Webinar Series for Job Seekers

Virtual Meeting

Are you feeling stressed in your job search? The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and EmPoWER Somerset are offering a free nine-week virtual program for community members entitled "Bridge to Success." We know these past months have been challenging. The stress-management techniques shared in this series will help participants survive and thrive during the job-search […]

Bridge to Success: Virtual Webinar Series for Job Seekers

Virtual Meeting

Are you feeling stressed in your job search? The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and EmPoWER Somerset are offering a free nine-week virtual program for community members entitled "Bridge to Success." We know these past months have been challenging. The stress-management techniques shared in this series will help participants survive and thrive during the job-search […]

Life After High School – Career Paths for Youth Event

Raritan Valley Community College Event Center 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, NJ, United States

The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Youth Committee is presenting Life After High School - Career Paths for  Youth from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in  the Raritan Valley Community College Conference Center, Lamington Road,  Branchburg. During this free event,  youth attendees (middle school, high school and college-age young adults along with parents and […]

Virtual Info Session with Goodwill NYNJ

Virtual Event

Goodwill Industries of Greater NY & Northern NJ is hosting a Virtual Career Service Info Session on Saturday, April 30, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.  The event will provide information on career services for youth and adults with disabilities and veterans in need of wraparound support, placement and employment retention services.  Info on event registration […]

Peapack-Gladstone Bank Virtual Information Session

Virtual Event

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board are presenting a Virtual Information Session for job seekers at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 17,  2022, for Peapack-Gladstone Bank, with locations in Somerset and Morris Counties. Positions: Client Advisor II; Financial Analyst I; Operational Analyst; Treasury Management Operations Specialist; […]

Golf Fore Literacy for Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County

Royce Brook Golf Club 201 Hamilton Road, Hillsborough, NJ, United States

The 6th Annual Golf Fore Literacy supporting the Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County (LVSC) will begin on Monday, July 18, with a 1 p.m. Modified Shotgun Start. This year, in addition to an afternoon playing Royce Brook’s Private West Course, participants can enjoy a best ball scramble, a driving range, putting screen and prizes. Like […]

Not an Easy Fix: A Night of Community, Honoring and Healing

Somerset County Courthouse Lawn Main Street, Somerville, NJ, United States

Not an Easy Fix: A Night of Community, Honoring and Healing, will be conducted on the Somerset County Courthouse Lawn, Main Street, Somerville, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. The event, addressing the ongoing opioid and fentanyl epidemic, will honor loved ones lost to substance abuse and offer community resource tables from local […]

Somerset County Operation Helping Hand 2nd Annual Overdose Awareness Day Event

Somerset Patriots TD Bank Ballpark 1 Patriots Drive, Bridgewater, NJ, United States

Somerset County Operation Helping Hand 2nd Annual Overdose Awareness Day Event will be conducted on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Somerset Patriot's TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the game starts at 7 p.m. Fireworks will end the evening. A variety of agencies will be on hand to promote substance […]

Unlearning Ableism: How to be an Ally with People with Disabilities

Virtual Event

As part of its fall Developmental Disabilities Lecture Series, the Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities will present Unlearning Ableism: How to be an Ally with People with Disabilities, from 10 a.m.to 12 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Ableism, or discrimination against people with disabilities, contributes to inequities in our society. During this webinar, participants will learn […]