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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Life After High School – Career Paths for Youth Event
April 28, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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 guidance counselors) will have the opportunity to network and learn about the many options available to the workforce-bound student looking for a career path that supports financial security and independence.
More than 30 businesses and non-profit agencies, school program administrators, service providers and other organizations are scheduled to take part in the event as exhibitors and use this opportunity to network with attendees. In addition, the conference will set aside time for workforce members and community leaders to share their individual success stories with attendees. The event begins with a light meal, registration and networking at 5:30 p.m. Program presentations will run from 6 to 6:45 p.m., and networking will continue through 8 p.m.
The latest attendee list can be viewed on the home page of www.thegrwdb.org. Businesses and other organizations wishing to register to join this list and meet youth attendees should email jcassano@co.somerset.nj.us or call 908-541-5785.
Prospective youth, parent and guidance counselor attendees are asked to register by going to https://bit.ly/3C1JuqX; walk-ins are welcomed. There is no charge to attend the event as an exhibitor or as attendee.
This event is presented by the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and Raritan Valley Community College, with the support of Atlantis Janitorial, The Briad Group, Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic, New Jersey American Water, Oasis Northeast (ERG at AT&T), ShopRite at Hunterdon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Zeus.
