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.
Norwescap Job Readiness series in Flemington: Intro to GoogleDocs
May 7 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm
FreeJob Readiness Computer Skills will be offered in May by Norwescap in an in-person training series at the agency’s training center at 84 Park Ave. The free series will run from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. using agency computers and Internet:
May 7: Introduction to #GoogleDocs Learn, how to format, create documents and save them on #GoogleDrive.
May 9: Office 365 Excel day 1, to create spreadsheets and charts.
May 14: Office 365 Excel day 2– Continue working on spreadsheets and charts
May 16: Office 365 Google Sheets – Learn how to create spreadsheets and save to Google Drive.
May 23: Office 365 PowerPoint day 1 to create professional presentations
May 28: Office 365 PowerPoint day 2 to create professional presentations
May 30: Google Presentations – Learn how to create a presentation and save it in Google Drive.
And lastly, on May 30, The Career & Life Club will present Getting Comfy with Public Speaking at noon via Zoom. Participants will learn an easy, fun way to get comfortable with public speaking as well as about Opportunities to Practice Your Leadership Skills, with Toastmasters.
Registration for the session is required. Call Terry at 908-788-1435.