Offers findings and recommendations from a study of the challenges and opportunities employers and job seekers in southern New Jersey face.
Seeking Work in Southern New Jersey
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A Snapshot of How New Jersey’s Working Parents Managed Work, School, and Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Describes the experiences of a group of New Jersey working parents and their opinions of the policies and supports offered by their employers and school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is it Time for a Great Reset of the Public Workforce System? (A Work in Progress)
New brief aims to encourage a dialogue as to whether the pandemic exacerbated the outdated structure of the U.S. workforce development system’s one-stop model.
Bouncing Back Nine Lessons in Resilience and Reemployment
New brief offers advice for job seekers.
Funding Streams for Opportunity Youth
New report examines youth workforce development system in New Jersey.
A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Title I (Workforce Development) and Title II (Adult Literacy) Services Under the WIOA Act in New Jersey
New report examines integration of workforce development and adult literacy services in New Jersey.
New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program
Presents findings from surveys about New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Earned Sick Leave law.
The Economic Effects on Households with Children
Examines employment gaps by gender and caregiver status to better understand how these groups in New Jersey are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Long-term Unemployed Older Workers Persist in a Boom Economy
New brief discusses survey findings on long-term unemployed older workers as well as offers suggestions for the public workforce system.
Strategically Virtual: Lessons Learned from the New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community
New research brief examines lessons learned from a virtual job seeker community.
Trends in American Opinions about Jobs, 2010 to 2021
Examines selected trend data about work, the job market, and job security.
What a Difference a (Pandemic) Year Makes: Less Concern, More Confidence Expressed by Workers as 2021 Comes to an End
Findings from a November 2021 Work Trends survey of Americans.
Postsecondary Fall Enrollment Net Migration Trends Remain Unchanged During COVID-19
Newly released preliminary data from the National Center for Education Statistics provides a preview of how the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the national enrollment and net migration patterns of high school students attending college full time for the first time.
Heldrich Center/NJSBDC Summer 2021 Outlook/Technical Assistance Needs Survey: Final Topline Survey Results
Provides topline results from a survey of New Jersey businesses conducted in July/August 2021.
Findings from the Heldrich Center/NJSBDC Summer 2021 Outlook/Technical Assistance Needs Survey
Presents findings from a survey of New Jersey businesses about their operations and future plans.
Strategically Virtual: Voices from the Field – Workforce Responses to COVID-19
Presents findings from survey and roundtable discussions with workforce development professionals, as well as recommendations for the public workforce system.
Loss of Work and Income Insecurity by Race and Ethnicity
New research brief examines differences in loss of income and employment by race and ethnicity in New Jersey during the pandemic.
Strategically Virtual: Implementing Job Search Services in a Virtual Environment
New brief examines strategies for the workforce system to provide virtual support for job seekers.
Topline Survey Results: Work Trends Pre-election and Post-election Surveys
Presents full topline results from two nationally representative surveys conducted in fall 2020 as part of the award-winning public opinion series Work Trends.
Thoughts on the Women’s Recession
New brief examines data from the latest Work Trends survey that suggest that women are more concerned about economically supporting themselves or their families compared to men.