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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Job Readiness Computer Skills at Norwescap in North Plainfield
November 29, 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.)