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2002-2003 Progress Report: Solutions at Work

2003-10-07

This report marks the five-year anniversary of the Heldrich Center, and provides case studies, illustrations, and descriptions of the Center's key priorities and projects. Also includes staff and financial information and an update on Heldrich Plaza.

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2002-2003 Progress Report

Anguish of Unemployment

2009-09-02

Survey results.

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Anguish of Unemployment

Breakout Participant Guide

2008-12-29

Breakout session participant guide from December 2008 High Skills/High Wages conference.

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Breakout Participant Guide

Breakout Session Guide: Postsecondary Education

2008-12-29

Postsecondary breakout session guide from December 2008 High Skills/High Wages conference.

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Breakout Session Guide: Postsecondary Education

Breakout Session Guide: Secondary Education

2008-12-29

Secondary education breakout session guide from December 2008 High Skills/High Wages conference.

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Breakout Session Guide: Secondary Education

Career Connections Best Practices Flyer

2008-02-15

This flyer describes a spring 2008 contest that seeked to identify and highlight best practices in career education in New Jersey.

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Career Connections Best Practices Flyer

Coping with Layoffs: Current State Strategies for Better Rapid Response

2008-11-30

Examines the issue of state rapid response practices that are designed to coordinate the delivery of a wide array of services to displaced workers. Summarizes the efforts of several states, identified by national experts as having promising practices, in the service delivery, organization, and evaluation of rapid response activities. Highlights those states that combine post-layoff activities with strong proactive layoff aversion and worker transition assistance.

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Coping with Layoffs: Current State Strategies for Better Rapid Response

Foreign Investment: New Jersey’s Foreign-Born Workers Boost the State’s Economy

2008-02-01

This op-ed by Carl Van Horn was published in NJBIZ in summer 2007. It explores the talents of the state's immigrant workforce and their contributions to the state's economic growth.

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Foreign Investment: New Jersey’s Foreign-Born Workers Boost the State’s Economy

Get Growing Campaign Poster: Job Families

2009-11-12

The Get Growing campaign poster explores jobs in the bio-science industry in New Jersey. This spread provides information on job groups and example occupations in six areas: bio-business, sales & marketing, quality control/regulatory affairs, clinical development, manufacturing and supply chain, and discovery research. Contact hcwd@rci.rutgers.edu to obtain a copy of the poster.

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Get Growing Campaign Poster: Job Families

Great Expectations: Preparing Your Child with Developmental Disabilities for Employment Success

2009-02-25

Provides inspiration and tools for parents of developmentally disabled children to help their children prepare for a fulfilling and constructive role in the workforce. Includes labor market trends, employers’ skill demands, governmental programs, and protective laws. Also provides practical advice from other parents coping with similar challenges.

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Great Expectations: Preparing Your Child with Developmental Disabilities for Employment Success

High Skills/High Wages: Building the Foundation for a Stronger American Economy

2009-02-20

This publication reports the proceedings from the December 11, 2008 Heldrich Center conference, "High Skills/High Wages: Building the Foundation for a Stronger American Economy."

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High Skills/High Wages: Building the Foundation for a Stronger American Economy

Jobless, Sleepless, Hopeless

2009-09-08

Reprint of The New York Times article on Heldrich Center survey about unemployment.

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Jobless, Sleepless, Hopeless

Making the Most of an Aging Workforce

2008-02-01

This op-ed by Carl Van Horn, which appeared in NJ BIZ in spring 2007, explores the challenges that employers are facing in light of the ever-aging American workforce.

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Making the Most of an Aging Workforce

NJBIA Presentation

2008-05-09

PowerPoint presented by Christopher Emigholz during the panel "Creating a 21st Century Classroom" at the May 2, 2008 Career Connections Forum.

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NJBIA Presentation

Older and Out of Work: Employer, Government and Nonprofit Assistance

2008-10-16

Examines employer, federal, state, and community-based strategies designed to help older workers obtain new skills and return to work.

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Older and Out of Work: Employer, Government and Nonprofit Assistance

Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement

2008-09-17

This brief examines the issue of unemployed older workers. It examines the scope and impact of unemployment on older Americans. It also looks at individuals who must work to support themselves and their families and to maintain healthcare coverage before becoming eligible for Medicare. The brief was published by the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College in September 2008.

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Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement

Port Newark/Elizabeth in the Global Economy: Conference Proceedings

2006-07-18

On June 1, 2006, the Heldrich Center, the United Nations Association (USA-New Jersey Division), and the Rutgers Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations sponsored a conference on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This publication reports the conference proceedings.

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Port Newark Elizabeth Proceedings

Preparing the Workforce for a “Green Jobs” Economy

2009-02-26

Identifies the types of jobs and skills that will be in demand in clean energy economy and the factors that are driving the new energy economy and the growth of its workforce. Also considers strategies for building competitive, flexible workforce systems that can respond to emerging employer needs and highlights best practices occurring around the nation.

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Preparing the Workforce for a "Green Jobs" Economy

Profile of the New Jersey E9-1-1 System

2006-12-11

This report, the first in a series of four reports, describes the evolution of New Jersey's E9-1-1 system, key relationships, and the current method of delivering E9-1-1 services in the state. The report also analyzes and compares the state's Public Safety Answering Points.

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Reorganizing 9-1-1 Operations: Consolidation in Other States

2006-12-11

This report, the second in a series of four reports, examines consolidation of 9-1-1 services in six states (Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin) and two regions (Cook County, Illinois and Volusia County, Florida).

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Consolidation in Other States

Saving Lives, Increasing Value: Consolidating New Jersey's 9-1-1 Emergency Services

2006-12-11

This report, the last in a series of four reports, examines opportunities for consolidating New Jersey's local 9-1-1 emergency services.

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Saving Lives, Increasing Value

Science and Math Education are Key to Retaining Top Jobs in New Jersey’s Pharma/Med-Tech Sector

2008-02-01

This op-ed by Carl Van Horn appeared in NJBIZ in spring 2007. It reports findings from a study of New Jersey's pharmaceutical and medical technology industry, and describes what the state is doing and needs to do to preserve its reputation as the "medicine chest" of the world.

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Science and Math Education are Key to Retaining Top Jobs in New Jersey’s Pharma/Med-Tech Sector

Site Visit Results and Implications for Consolidation

2006-12-11

This report, the third in a series of four reports, is the result of site visits and interviews with officials from 12 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points in New Jersey. It examines the current landscape of local operations, funding, staffing, equipment, and technology. The report also identifies issues associated with consolidation and offers recommendations for consolidating 9-1-1 emergency services in New Jersey.

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E911 Site Visit Results

Solutions at Work: Progress Report, 1997-2007

2008-03-04

This special progress report reflects upon the Heldrich Center's accomplishments and achievements during its first decade.

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Solutions at Work: Progress Report, 1997-2007

The Greening of New Jersey’s Energy Workforce

2008-02-01

This op-ed by Carl Van Horn examines New Jersey's energy industry and how it is making workforce development a priority. The op-ed appeared in NJBIZ in summer 2007.

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The Greening of New Jersey’s Energy Workforce

Unlocking the Treasure Chest of Labor Market Information: Crucial Information for Job Seekers, Educators, and Employers in a Tough Economy

2009-02-12

Quality labor market data and analysis is critical to developing effective market-driven workforce and economic strategies in states, regions, and localities. Such information can be complex, intimidating, and overwhelming to many users, however. This issue brief offers a framework for understanding workforce information, including a summary of the different types of consumers of information and their need for comprehensive data and analysis about the labor market. It identifies the publicly available information sources that produce the data and provides suggestions on how to identify and address the gaps between user needs and the availability of reliable and timely data and analytical capacity to enable effective and informed decision-making by data consumers. Finally, it recommends ways in which states and local areas can make workforce information more readily available to consumers who must make important decisions.

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Unlocking the Treasure Chest of Labor Market Information: Crucial Information for Job Seekers,Educators, and Employers in a Tough Economy

Visiting Scholars Program

2008-09-29

Information about the Heldrich Center's new Visiting Scholars Program for faculty, researchers, and policy analysts.

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Visiting Scholars Program

Where the Jobs Are: The Changing Face of Apprenticeship/Proceedings

2005-07-20

This publication reports the proceedings of "Where the Jobs Are: The Changing Face of Apprenticeship," a briefing held June 17, 2005 at Mercer County Community College. The briefing was conducted as part of the Career Connections project, an industry-education alliance that brings employers and educators together to develop curricula and resources that will prepare students for jobs in demand by New Jersey employers.

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Apprenticeship Proceedings

Workforce Development and Education Program Evaluation: Capacity and Experience

2007-09-12

This publication provides an overview of the Heldrich Center's approach to conducting evaluations of workforce development and education programs.

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Workforce Development and Education Program Evaluation: Capacity and Experience

Workforce Quality Chart

2008-05-09

Chart presented by Christopher Emigholz during the panel "Creating a 21st Century Classroom" at the May 2, 2008 Career Connections Forum.

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Workforce Quality Chart

Youth Can Work!

2003-10-16

A technical assistance guide to forming Youth Councils under the Workforce Investment Act.

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Youth Can Work

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