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Out of Work and Losing Hope: The Misery and Bleak Expectations of American Workers
Explores findings from an August 2011 survey of American workers who lost a job during the Great Recession.
Ready and Able: Addressing Labor Market Needs and Building Productive Careers for People with Disabilities through Collaborative Approaches
Presents 13 in-depth profiles of diverse business-workforce partnerships nationwide.
Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in their Futures
Documents dramatic erosion in the quality of life for millions of Americans as a result of the Great Recession.
No End in Sight: The Agony of Prolonged Unemployment
Documents workers’ continuing struggle to find jobs and the sacrifices they have endured in a punishing economy.
Ready and Able (webinar)
Webinar about building productive careers for people with disabilities.
New Education and Skills Requirements for the New Jersey Economy
Examines changing needs in the workforce posed by a global economy.
Workplace Divided: How Americans View Discrimination and Race on the Job
Work Trends survey on discrimination.
One-Stop Innovations: Leading Change Under the WIA One-Stop System Final Report
Examines promising practices supporting One-Stop Career Centers.
New Law Enhances Student Access to Graduate Employment and Earnings Outcomes
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Laurie M. Harrington, Executive Director, lharrington@ejb.rutgers.edu / 848-932-1694 For more information: https://njsds.nj.gov New Law Enhances Student Access to Graduate Employment and Earnings Outcomes Legislation...
What fewer working teenagers could mean for the future workforce
This is a pretty tough summer for young job-seekers. Outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas predicts this will be the worst summer for teen hiring in the nearly 80 years that BLS has been gathering the data. The unemployment rate among 16-to-19-year-olds...
Half a Million Americans Trapped in Unemployment Claims Limbo as Long-Term Joblessness Climbs
Carl Van Horn, a professor at Rutgers University, described the phenomenon as “a very serious health problem and an economic problem.”
Easing Administrative Burden in the Public Safety Net: Insights from a Trauma-Informed Housing Programme
For survivors of domestic violence, public benefits can provide a critical pathway to safety, stability, and independence. Yet accessing those benefits is often complicated by administrative hurdles, confusing requirements, and experiences that can reinforce stigma...
Noncredit Education in New Jersey: Definitions, Data Systems, and Workforce Pell Readiness
As more adults pursue nondegree pathways for skill development and career advancement, and with the enactment of Workforce Pell in July 2025, which authorizes Pell Grants for training programs as short as 150 hours or eight weeks, the need for clear definitions and...
The New Jersey State Employee Experience Survey
The Heldrich Center is partnering with the New Jersey Governor’s Office and working with the New Jersey Innovation Authority, Civil Service Commission, and Office of Information Technology to design, field, and analyze an online non-probability-based survey of the New...
Implementation of Workforce Pell in New Jersey
The Workforce Pell program extends federal Pell Grant eligibility to students in qualifying short-term workforce training programs at certain eligible institutions. The Heldrich Center team partnered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development...
Landscape Assessment of Basic Needs Services and Measurement Practices Across New Jersey County Colleges
Students are pursuing their college education with unmet basic needs, disrupting their college attainment and completion. The Heldrich Center is conducting a rapid landscape assessment of the basic needs services available at each of New Jersey’s community colleges,...
Van Horn Quoted in CNBC Story on Long-Term Unemployment
Long-term unemployment can have lasting consequences for workers, families, and the economy. In a recent CNBC story, Heldrich Center Director Carl Van Horn discusses the growing challenge of long-term unemployment and its hidden costs. Read or listen to the story.
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Workforce Planning Analysis Status Update, 2026-2027
The Heldrich Center has been engaged by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center at the Bloustein School to assist with the development of the 2026-2027 status update for the workforce planning analysis in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s...
Advancing the Middlesex County Healthcare Workforce Partnership, Phase II
The Heldrich Center is continuing to assist Middlesex County in implementing and assessing the RWJ Health Workforce Partnership Initiative, a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to strengthen the region’s healthcare talent pipeline while advancing equity, economic...