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.
RWJ Barnabas Health is hiring. Learn more at a hiring event being conducted at Middlesex College in Edison from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 9. Attendees will learn about the entry-level positions and the departments hosting the openings. Hiring managers will be in attendance and on-the-spot interviews may be conducted. Pre-registration is encouraged […]
Raritan Valley Community College will conduct several Career Nights in April that will offer prospective students information about educational opportunities and career pathways in such fields as business, engineering, paralegal studies, and criminal justice. During the programs, which are free of charge and open to the community, participants will be able to engage with faculty […]
Are you feeling stressed in your job search? This spring, the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and EmPoWER Somerset are offering a free eight-week virtual program for community members entitled Bridge to Success. The stress-management techniques shared in this series focus on behavioral, social, and cognitive coping strategies that can be used to address stressful […]
A Life Sciences & Healthcare Job Fair for Veterans is being conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Felician University, one Felician Way, Rutherford. More than 50 employers are scheduled to participate in the job fair which will connect them to hundreds of job seekers, including men and women transitioning to […]
Somerset and Hunterdon County residents who are under or unemployed have a wealth of services available to them. Services include career and vocational counseling, job - related training in - demand occupations, veterans’ benefits, reentry services and a full-service job outplacement center called the Greater Raritan One-Stop Career Center. Learn more at an in-person workshop […]
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center (CJHRC) is presenting webinar, on Fair Housing, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. The webinar will be led by Sharon Clark, executive director, CJHRC. This free webinar is built around topics pertaining to the Fair Housing Act. This act extends to all aspects of housing including sales, advertising, […]
Members of the community interested in learning more about Raritan Valley Community College’s Adult Learners’ College are invited to attend one of three special Information Sessions, Tuesday, March 12, Tuesday, March 26, and Wednesday, April 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each day. The events, which will include information about applying to RVCC, support services […]
Allies, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities, is hosting a Hiring Event on Thursday, April 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 509 Mine Road, Hampton. The company is seeking Residential Counselors, a Youth Therapist, Community Support Staff and Community Integration Support Staff at locations in Hunterdon County. A sign-on bonus […]
Employers are invited to attend a series of webinars to learn how SkillUp Greater Raritan can be utilized to provide free upskilling training to staff. The sessions are conducted at 11 a.m. on the second Thursday of the month - on April 11, May 9 and June 13, 2024. During each session, examples of how […]
Is your business hiring for internships or positions for business majors, computer science major or paralegals? If so, you are invited to Middlesex College to meet and network with graduating seniors as well as first-year students interested in learning about externship programs and other opportunities available to them. The college's Business, Computer Science and Paralegal […]
The Community Hope Resource and Job Fair will be conducted over two days in April at American Dream at 1 American Dream Way in East Rutherford. The event, directed to veterans, will be conducted from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 12, and from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Representatives from community and […]
The Franklin Township Parks & Recreation Department is hosting a Job Fair from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Franklin Youth Center, 429 Lewis St., Somerset section of Franklin. Seasonal and permanent positions as well as part-time jobs are available. These include: Youth and Senior Program Specialists; Senior Center Building Supervisors; Counselors […]