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.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections is hosting a series of Virtual Career Fairs, with events scheduled at the following times and dates: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28; 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9; and 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14. Attendees will hear from officers and supervisory staff members who will […]
Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County (LVSC) will host a virtual U.S. Citizenship Information Session on Wednesday, February 22, at 6:30 pm. A representative from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services will conduct the session and answer questions. The session is for anyone interested in becoming a U.S. citizen and anyone interested in learning more about the […]
One of the subtle, insidious forms of discrimination that workers face is one that all of us will be up against some day: ageism. If you are over 40 and looking for work, you may find that you are having an even harder time than when you were younger and less experienced. And the older […]
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center (CJHRC) has scheduled a Financial Literacy virtual webinar on Thursday, February 23, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. This program provides information to help guide individuals to better understand the importance of budgeting and tracking expenses so attendees can live within their means. In addition, all participants that meet all program […]
The Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center in Somerville is hosting a series of Jersey Job Club Workshops in February. These workshops will be virtual, through Zoom, but a limited number of seats are available for in-person attendance at the One-Stop Career Center, 75 Veterans Memorial Drive, Somerville. The partners in the Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center […]
The Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center in Somerville is hosting a series of Jersey Job Club Workshops in February. These workshops will be virtual, through Zoom, but a limited number of seats are available for in-person attendance at the One-Stop Career Center, 75 Veterans Memorial Drive, Somerville. The partners in the Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center […]
The Hillsborough Business Association is hosting a Job Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Hillsborough Municipal Building, 379 S. Branch Road, Hillsborough. The employers scheduled to attend include: Reckitt; Pinnacle Health & Fitness; Somerset County; Atlantic Medical Group; Hillsborough Board of Education; Bridgeway Senior […]
The New Jersey Department of Corrections is hosting a series of Virtual Career Fairs, with events scheduled at the following times and dates: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28; 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9; and 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14. Attendees will hear from officers and supervisory staff members who will […]
The United States Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division & the Women’s Bureau along with the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development and New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy will give a virtual presentation at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, "Honoring the 30th Anniversary of FMLA and Exploring New Jersey Paid […]
Skillup Greater Raritan, presented by Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board, provides residents of Hunterdon and Somerset counties unlimited, six-month access to 6,000-plus online learning courses. Register to: • Explore more than 200 career paths • Build your skills and knowledge • Earn digital certificates and badges through cohort training, including the Greater Raritan Entry-Level Job-Readiness […]
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board are presenting a Virtual Information Session for job seekers at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 2, 2023, for Allied Universal, an international security and facility services company. The company is hiring for locations in Annandale and Bloomsbury, with openings for […]
In the career webinar, "Ouch That Stereotype Hurts," participants will experience the impact of stereotypical comments, jokes and emails. The program will help explore why people don't speak up against stereotypes and other biased behaviors. Six techniques will be explored for speaking up. The Zoom workshop, being presented from 10 a.m.to 12 p.m. Thursday, March […]