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 4:30 p.m. Monday 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 and by appointment on Thursday and Friday at the Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center at 6 Gauntt Place in Flemington. For details or to schedule an appointment, call 908-541-5780 in Somerville or 908-237-0016 in Flemington, or email onestop@co.somerset.nj.us.
In-person career-related services are available Monday through Friday at the Greater-Raritan One-Stop Career Center – Employment Services and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – at 75 Veterans Memorial Drive, Somerville. Walk-ins are welcomed but appointments are encouraged. For details or to schedule an appointment, call 908-704-3000 or use this form.
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.
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Job Readiness Computer Skills at Norwescap in North Plainfield
December 13, 2022 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm
Job Readiness Computer Skills will be offered in person starting November and ending in January at Norwescap offices in North Plainfield and Flemington.
The programs will run from 8:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. This series is designed to prepare participants to return to the workforce with up-to-date computer skills. The Job Readiness series teaches participants to create professional documents, easy budgets and charts, get points across in a presentation and finally secrets of a successful job search. These classes will be held in-person using our computers and internet at each of Norwescap locations at 84 Park Ave. in Flemington and at 170 Watchung Ave. in North Plainfield
Sessions 1 and 2 – Using Office365 Word to create professional documents: Nov. 15 and 22 in North Plainfield and Nov. 10 and 17 in Flemington/
Sessions 3-5 – Using Office 365 Excel to create simple budgets and professional charts: Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 and 13 in North Plainfield and Dec. 1, Dec. 8 and Dec. 15 in Flemington.
The following sessions will be conducted in January 2023 but dates have not been finalized.
Sessions 6&7 – Using Office 365 PowerPoint to create and use PowerPoint to get points across in a presentation.
Session 8 – Learn tips & tricks and resources to help you with your job search.
To register for any of these sessions, call 908-788-1435. (Note that the sessions will be conducted at Norwescap’s Phillipsburg location in November and December, too.)
