Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, said such shortages are partly the product of an improving economy and the dual trends of older workers in the field retiring, and younger workers less interested in training for trade jobs to replace them.
Stephanie Gomez-Vanegas (PPP minor ’25) in Rutgers Today
Senior Stephanie Gomez-Vanegas, a curriculum assistant at the Rutgers School of Social Work, plans to use her voice to improve lives through systemic change. Rutgers University-New Brunswick senior Stephanie Gomez-Vanegas is confident that the field of social work is...