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The benefit of retaining home-health aides

“The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is excited to partner with the New Jersey Department of Human Services on this program to expand the state’s pipeline of certified home-health aides and provide training for those who are already working in this critically important field,” said Carl Van Horn, director of the center and a professor at Rutgers University.

Heldrich Survey: Inflation, Job Security Concern Workers

Deep concerns about inflation and the labor market are widespread throughout the country as Republicans take control of the White House and Congress — even amid low unemployment rates — according to a national probability survey of 648 members of the U.S. labor force conducted from January 17 to 19, 2025 by the Heldrich Center.

Report Release: R/ECON Forecast Winter 2025

R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as 2024 drew to a close once again shows a slowing trajectory, with annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025 projected to slow more sharply than in the prior forecast.

New Jersey commuters face higher transportation costs in 2025

Rutgers University economist James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said over the past two years, lower-income residents were saved from rate hikes because federal rescue funds allowed NJ Transit to operate without fare increases during the height of the pandemic.

Unilever to move headquarters out of Englewood Cliffs next year

Suburban office campuses more broadly have switched to urban corporate centers in places like Manhattan, Jersey City and Hoboken, a reversal of the trend seen in the 1980s, said James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Do you have one of the most common jobs in New Jersey?

As the baby boomer population ages out and becomes and becomes one of the health care and nursing sector’s biggest group of consumers, nursing and healthcare jobs will continue to increase according to James Hughes.

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