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Beginning Thursday, March 12, Rutgers events and in-person meetings are cancelled through April 15.
The event provided students with guidance on what a career in hazard mitigation could look like.
MBB student-athlete Akwasi Yeboah, also an MHA candidate, narrated a PSA on COVID-19
The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has extensive experience from our work during and after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the Great Recession, and Superstorm Sandy. We have a deep understanding of the programs and strategies that can help people, businesses, and communities cope with and then recover from economic disasters. For the past several […]
Read MoreIt isn’t clear how long it will take for unemployed workers to begin to receive financial relief, said Carl Van Horn, founding director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. “These are jobs (available) right away,” he said. “A lot of folks don’t have a couple of weeks of savings and […]
Read MoreMarc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said municipal officials need to update their understanding of computer systems as well as their software. “It’s not whether a system is ‘closed’ or not,” Pfeiffer said in an email. “A network that is connected […]
Read MoreNew Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo MS ’99 (Public Policy) on the new one-stop jobs portal to match job-seekers with immediate openings at businesses serving on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic: “We all have a role to play in making sure workers keep income coming in and businesses have the staffs they need […]
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