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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Beyond the ADA: Disabled Voices in the Conversation about Inclusion in the Workplace
February 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity (MCOCO) has teamed up with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) to discuss a topic that is too frequently pushed to the sidelines or only spoken of in whispers: disability in the workplace.
As of 2021, disabled people make up more than 19 percent of the American labor force. This proportion is growing for a number of reasons, from cultural shifts empowering people with disabilities in the workplace to long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are currently 61 million individuals with disabilities in the United States, and only about half of them are working. While some are unable to work and need different supports, the conversation about those who are ready, willing, and able to work, but are discriminated against or otherwise disenfranchised, is too often neglected.
To combat this marginalization, MCOCO and DVRS are working together to bring you a two-part series of free virtual workshops tackling this issue from multiple angles. The first workshop, “Beyond the ADA: Disabled Voices in the Conversation about Inclusion,” will take place Wednesday, February 15, at 10:00 am via Zoom, spotlighting the true, unfiltered experiences of people with disabilities as they have navigated education, the job search, the workplace, and beyond.
Featured speakers include:
John Killacky, a former Representative in the Vermont House of Representatives, who was previously director of Flynn Center in Burlington and Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. He is also a video artist who co-edited the Lambda-award winning anthology, “Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories.”
Rachel Smith, Certified Employment Support Professional (CESP) and Employment Services Manager at Easterseals of New Jersey, supporting those with Intellectual and Development Disabilities, and bringing firsthand knowledge from the field into her trainings.
Jason Weppelman, who has over a decade of experience in helping people with disabilities, autism and/or neurodivergence find careers. He has helped both small and large companies see the value in this talent and create plans to recruit and hire. Jason, himself, has epilepsy and has recently had to learn to navigate the world with this disability.