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.
Employability skills matter to hiring managers in Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Those needed skills are the subject of many courses offered in SkillUp Greater Raritan, a service of the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board. In this free online learning portal for residents of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, participants have access to thousands of different courses, […]
Making Your Job Search Work For You is presented by the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board, and the Bernards Township Library. In this session running from 7 to 8:15 p.m. p.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2021, staff members from the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board will: Offer tips on how to understand what your job search […]
Through policy, oversight, and planning, the GRWDB ensures that workforce training and education investments are responsive to and meet the needs of employers and jobseekers and is responsible for maintaining committees to help inform decision-making around services and priorities for targeted populations. One of those includes the GRWDB’s One-Stop Committee, which provides strategy and direction […]
Let’s face it, everybody has some unconscious bias. This is not in the context of talking about a preference for Mexican food or an inclination toward the color blue. The focus here is on those inflexible beliefs about whole categories of people that keep us from seeing others accurately, from making fair and appropriate decisions, […]
PIM Brands, makers of Welch's Fruit Snakes and other confections, is hosting an in-person Job Fair at its site in the Somerset section of Franklin on Saturday, Feb. 6. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1600 Cottontail Lane. Attendees will learn about a variety of open positions at the facility, […]
Through policy, oversight, and planning, the GRWDB ensures that workforce training and education investments are responsive to and meet the needs of employers and jobseekers and is responsible for maintaining committees to help inform decision-making around services and priorities. One of those includes the GRWDB’s Disabilities Committee, which works to coordinate and integrate local disability […]
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center (CJHRC) is hosting a free Virtual Financial Literacy Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. The event is designed to help those who: are trying to establish credit for the first time; are trying to re-establish credit; are experiencing a life-style change; or have recently been denied credit. […]
The job market continues to change, as does the way we look for work. In the career webinar, Creating a Dynamic Job Portfolio, participants will discuss the value of presenting yourself as a complete package by using a resume as an introduction to an employer and backing it up with a portfolio presented at the […]
Traffic Plan will conduct an Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Hampton Inn, 205 New World Way, South Plainfield. No experience is required, and interviews will be available on the spot. Use the QR code in this flyer for more information.
Employability skills matter to hiring managers in Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Those needed skills are the subject of many courses offered in SkillUp Greater Raritan, a service of the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board. In this free online learning portal for residents of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, participants have access to thousands of different courses, […]
Una clase básica para ayudar al participante a navegar tres opciones de recursos en línea, diseñados para mejorar su perfil personal y profesional y estar mejor preparados a la hora de buscar empleo. Use this link to save your spot and join the virtual program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/webinar-bsqueda-de Informacion: https://sclsnj.libnet.info/event/4618465
Walmart in Flemington, NJ, is hiring. Find out everything you need to know at an upcoming Opportunities Information Session presented by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board. The virtual session will start at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, and focus on two positions: CAP 2 […]
