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.
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Virtual Job Fair for UST / Xpansion Step IT Up Apprenticeship Program for Veterans
January 10, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
The UST/Xpanxion, Step IT Up apprenticeship program is launching a class focused on creating opportunities for Veterans who are passionate about learning in the field of Information Technology. This opportunity is 80 days of paid training to become a COBOL Mainframe Developer, at no cost to participants.
Learn more about this special program for Veteran-candidate preference during a Virtual Job Fair starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Requirements:
- 4-year degree any field or 2-year IT degree – any IT certifications beneficial
- Veterans; military experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
- Able to attend training Monday to Friday, eight hours per day for 80 teaching days on site in Berkeley Heights
- Able to begin working on site once training is successfully completed
- U.S. Citizen
Interviews will be in mid-January and classes start in late January.
Those selected for the Step IT Up apprenticeship program will be hired as an Xpanxion employee, provided with a laptop, paid during training, and once training is successfully completed, begin working.
Step IT Up America is a DOL National Apprenticeship Program, DOD SkillBridge provider and registered with the Veterans Administration.
Veterans with GI Bill Benefits under Chapter 33 can utilize their benefits while in the apprenticeship program.
To register for the Jan. 10 Job Fair, use the QR code in the flyer or this link: https://forms.office.com/g/Z3FjQFsTCX.