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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OTG, located at Newark Liberty Airport, Terminal C, is hosting Open House Hiring Events on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees should go to the terminal's Lower Level, Door 6. Available positions include cooks, bartenders, servers, dishwashers, cashiers, management and more. Masks are required for attendees, who must pass a background […]
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Computer Fundamentals is being offered in Spanish by NORWESCAP from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at its North Plainfield location at 170 Watchung Ave. This is a free class. Este curso está diseñado para el usuario principiante para quitarte el miedo a las computadoras. Exploraremos los Fundamentos de las Computadoras y las […]
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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 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 7, 2021, for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. The medical centers have Environmental Services, Patient Transport, […]
OTG, located at Newark Liberty Airport, Terminal C, is hosting Open House Hiring Events on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees should go to the terminal's Lower Level, Door 6. Available positions include cooks, bartenders, servers, dishwashers, cashiers, management and more. Masks are required for attendees, who must pass a background […]
The Roche Operations Team in Branchburg is hosting an in-person hiring event on Wednesday, Dec. 8, from 9 to 11 a.m. or 3 to 6 p.m. At the event being conducted at the company's site at 1080 U.S. Highway 202 S., prospective candidates can tour the facility, network with current employees, and interview with the […]
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 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2021, for Quality Touchpoints, an Amazon delivery company based in Hillsborough, N.J. The company has Delivery Driver positions in and around Newark, N.J., starting […]
Rowan College at Burlington County is hosting an Information Session on its Certified Nursing Assistant Apprenticeship Program on Dec. 9 and Dec. 15 at the college's Mount Laurel Campus. Participants will be informed about this earn-while-you-learn, registered apprenticeship program. There are immediate openings for qualified candidates. The Dec. 9 program will begin at 9 a.m. […]
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