More than 7.5 million part-time American workers are 50 years of age or older. For the slightly more than four in five who are working part time because they do not want a full-time job, their jobs are satisfying and fulfilling. Nearly half (46%) are working full time...
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Rutgers to monitor tax-incentive jobs
The Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy would study the impact of tax incentive programs that the state is increasingly using to attract and ... Asbury Park Press.com, May 27
Internships are key for recent grads looking for employment
NorthJersey.com, April 21
NJ unemployment rate ticks up to 6.5% as it loses 6400 jobs in March
James Hughes, a Rutgers economist, said that the first quarter's growth pace translates into an annual addition of 34,000 jobs - about the same number as last year. NorthJersey.com, April 16
How office parks are dragging down N.J.'s recovery
Eighty percent of all the commercial office space that exists today was built in the 1980s. Much of that stuff is between 25-30 years of age now," said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. "What we're seeing...
Forever unemployed: Why NJ's long-term jobless rate remains among highest in US
Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, said there are several reasons New Jersey's long-term unemploymenthas remained higher than most states. He pointed to steep job losses in the financial and construction...
NJ construction employment on the rise
James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, cautioned that the large increase in New Jersey's construction employment report for January and February may be revised downward, because the cold weather causes...
NJ job figures by the numbers
Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said he was holding February's report at arm's length. One reason? The construction industry added 2,100 jobs, the government said, even though the cold and snowy weather brought construction projects to a standstill....
Middle class is shrinking, says a new financial analysis
Joe Seneca, a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, agrees that stagnant salaries have contributed to the problem. He also said in recent years “a lot of the re-employment after the Great Recession has been in...
Rutgers to host ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film Festival, November 17
The Bloustein School and NJTIP @ Rutgers are pleased to collaborate with Goodwill NY/NJ to present the 2014 Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, a series of short films as part of the second annual ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film...
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2025 Bloustein Alumni Awards Celebration
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesSince 1994, the Bloustein School Alumni Association has aimed to present awards to accomplished alumni each year. Our goal is to pay tribute to alumni and friends to recognize their […]
RAISE 2025 – Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?
Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesInformatics - Data Science - AI Competition Step into the future of innovation! RAISE-25 will challenge you to unravel the scope of AI's impact on our lives and human society. […]