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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2nd Annual Technology & Innovation Conference at RVCC
April 23, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Raritan Valley Community College Department of Business and Public Service and the Council of Supply Chain Management NY/NJ Chapter will present the 2nd Annual Technology & Innovation Conference: Delivering Innovation for the 21st Century, Tuesday, April 23, from 1-3 p.m.
The event, which is free of charge and open to the public, will be conducted in the Event Center at the College’s Branchburg campus. Business leaders, industry professionals, students, faculty, and other members of the community are encouraged to attend.
The event’s panel of industry experts will explore how the evolution of technology is driving innovation in the workplace, offering specific examples of innovation and the associated benefits.
Those attending will gain a better understanding of the talent needs of business and how higher education can help meet the current and future workforce training demands. Participants are encouraged to ask questions throughout the event and network with presenters afterwards.
The featured panelists, moderated by Keith Spero, Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain Management, RVCC Business and Public Service Department, and their topics include:
- Technology Integration (ABCO Systems, Seth Weisberg, CEO; Topic: Robotics and the challenges associated with material handling integration)
- Transportation (Federal Express, Ayaz Aslam, Manager, Operations; Topic: Technology improvements in the transportation industry)
- Logistics (Port Authority of NY/NJ, Blair Wegesheide, Manager of Port Efficiency, Facilities and Goods Movement; Topic: Technology improvements in the import/export trade)
- Talent Recruitment & Pipeline (Fiserv, Jennifer Manchester, Chief Human Resource Manager; Topic: Keeping the pipeline full)
- Global Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Complexities (Sanofi, Stefan Roehr, Head of Global Supply Chain NA. Interim Head of Global Distribution; Topic: Complexity in the supply chain)
- Artificial Intelligence/Cloud Computing (Collectors, Dan Van Tran, Chief Technology Officer; Topic: The commercial adoption of artificial intelligence)
- Social Media Marketing (Suburbanite Productions, Thomas Bentey, CEO; Topic: The expansive role of social media sharing information)
Registration is required. To register, go here.
For information, contact Tracy Rimple, tracy.rimple@raritanval.edu, or Keith Spero, keith.spero@raritanval.edu.
