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Atlantic Health Opens Institute of Bioskills Training & Innovation

January 2, 2025

Atlantic Health System recently celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Gagnon Institute of Bioskills Training and Innovation (GBTI) at 95 Madison Avenue, Morristown. The simulation center provides healthcare professionals and students ‘real world’ practical learning experiences. Located across the street from Morristown Medical Center, the GBTI offers physicians, residents, nursing staff, respiratory therapists, medical students, and other…

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NJ State Minimum Wage Increases with New Year

January 1, 2025

NEW JERSEY – The new year brought in a new minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey workers. Under state law, the statewide minimum wage increased on January 1, 2025, by $0.36 to be set at $15.49 per hour for most employees. According to state lawmakers, the minimum wage increase will impact more than 350,00 New…

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Gallop Research Finds ‘Great Detachment’ in Workforce

December 20, 2024

New research from Gallup has found low rates of job satisfaction among U.S. employees, with 51% of those surveyed saying they are currently looking for new work opportunities – the highest rate since 2015. Yet, unlike the “Great Resignation,” today many frustrated employees are struggling to make the leap to a new employer because of…

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RetireReady NJ Collects 1M Dollars Towards Retirement Savings For Private Sector Employees

RetireReady NJ Collects 1M Dollars Towards Retirement Savings For Employees

December 9, 2024

State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio announced today that the RetireReady NJ, New Jersey’s State-administered retirement savings program, has reached $1 million in retirement savings since the launch of the program five months ago. New Jersey businesses with 25 or more employees that have been in business for two or more years and do not currently…

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U.S. Volunteerism Rebounding After COVID-19 Pandemic

November 19, 2024

Over 75.7 million or 28.3% of the U.S. population age 16 and up formally volunteered through an organization between September 2022 and September 2023, approaching a return to pre-pandemic levels of volunteerism, according to joint research by the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps. National rates of several other types of civic engagement similarly bounced back during that…

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CCM Celebrates New Apprenticeship Program and Triad Partnership

November 14, 2024

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and CMC Steel Join Forces with CCM for Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship Program County College of Morris (CCM) celebrated the launch of a new Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship program, made possible through an innovative partnership with CMC Steel and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL). The…

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NJ Unemployment Creeps Upward to 4.8% As Hiring Slows

September 19, 2024

New Jersey lost 4,400 nonfarm jobs between July and August, and the unemployment rate ticked up by a tenth of a percentage point to 4.8%, according to federal data released Thursday by the state Department of Labor & Workforce Development. Revised employment estimates for July saw a downward revision of 11,500 compared to the preliminary…

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Morris County Vocational School District and Roxbury High School Address Demand for Pilots and Drone Operators

September 5, 2024

Denville, NJ (9/3/24) – The Morris County Vocational School District is excited to announce a new full-time Academy for Aviation in partnership with Roxbury High School. This new academy is designed to meet the increasing need in the aviation industry for airline pilots, drone operators, and aircraft maintenance. High school aviation programs are rapidly growing across the country…

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$2.4M in Internship Grants Awarded to 133 NJ-Based Employers

July 26, 2024

The state’s Career Accelerator program has awarded 133 New Jersey-based employers grants totaling $2.4 million to provide 574 paid summer internships to current New Jersey college students and recent graduates. The employers who are hosting interns this summer represent a wide range of industries and sectors including STEM, construction, energy, finance, technology, media, hospitality retail…