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NJ has regained nearly 90% of jobs lost to pandemic, and pay is rising too

March 28, 2022

February's jobs report was the strongest since last July and showed that New Jersey is making up ground. Through February, New Jersey recovered 89.9% of the jobs it lost in March and April of 2020, while the U.S. recovered 90.4%, according to Rutgers University...

Employers struggle to hire and retain workers almost two years into the pandemic

January 6, 2022

The pandemic has changed where we work, how we work and when we work. And because the labor market is so tight right now, managers are trying to figure out how to keep the employees they already have. But it’s not just restaurants and other low-wage employers...

Bloustein Career Fair provides graduate students with opportunity to network, discuss employment options

November 10, 2021

The Bloustein School’s Career Center hosts meet and greet career fair for graduate students in all programs in both the fall and the spring.

‘Help Wanted’ — four strategies to fix America’s jobs crisis

February 16, 2021

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office projected record-breaking growth in 2021, but it is premature to celebrate this rosy macroeconomic projection because the rest of their report contained the alarming prediction that the U.S. labor market will not...

Did you retire too soon? How to get back in the workforce

February 12, 2021

Unsure what kind of work might appeal to you? Expand your network and strike up conversations. “Use social media tools to see what’s out there and what has changed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of program development at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...

Research: Disconnect between public assistance recipients and policies designed to assist them with returning to work

January 23, 2021

Study findings reveal that unclear policy goals, overly generalized services, and miscommunication require recipients to self-advocate and ultimately impedes recipient pursuing employment-related goals.

Rutgers experts discuss disproportionate impact of pandemic on people of color

November 9, 2020

Andrea Hetling, associate professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, explained the relationship between employment and safety in communities of color. “From an employment standpoint, the...

Why flat permanent job loss in the month of July is concerning: Economist

August 10, 2020

Professor William M. Rodgers III of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development joined a Yahoo Finance On the Move panel to discuss the unexpected addition of 1.76 million jobs in July. Yahoo Finance "On the Move," August 7, 2020

A long road back from the devastation of COVID-19

August 7, 2020

The recession caused by COVID-19 and the various actions taken to help mitigate the spread of the infectious virus has been devastating to the nation’s economy, and many economists are calling it the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The numbers bear...

The changing work habits caused by COVID-19 could give NJ suburban office space a boost

July 20, 2020

For nearly four months, a large chunk of New Jersey has been working from home. Now, even though the state’s reopening is on pause, employers are preparing for an eventual return to the workplace — and experts familiar with the North Jersey suburban office market are...