Highlights the key findings from Work Trends surveys during the Great Recession.
Unemployed Workers and the Great Recession
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Ready for the Job: A Profile of New Jersey Industry
Research to determine the skill and workforce needs of key current and emerging industries for New Jersey.
New Jersey Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution Talent Network
Development and management of a talent network for New Jersey’s transportation, logistics, and distribution industry.
Management of the September 11th Fund’s Employment Assistance Program
From 2002 to 2004, the Heldrich Center worked with the September 11th Fund to provide grants management, technical assistance, research, and performance monitoring to the Fund’s $78 million Employment Assistance Program, which served over 11,000 workers dislocated from their jobs in lower Manhattan following the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Using Labor Market Data to Improve the Job Prospects of People with Disabilities
Provides an overview of labor market information and outlines its utility to better inform and improve state and local “to-work” activities for people with disabilities.
New Brief: The Economic Effects on Households with Children
New brief explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.
Video Interview with Domonique Noel
Meet Domonique Noel and learn about her work at the Heldrich Center.
Bouncing Back Nine Lessons in Resilience and Reemployment
New brief offers advice from long-term unemployed workers on coping and getting back to work.
Charles Wowkanech
Charles Wowkanech is the leader of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. He began his labor career as a second-generation member of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, working on a start-up crew at a Newark Airport. By age 21, he was the youngest member ever...
Disability Employment
Research Expertise For decades, the Heldrich Center has conducted projects to improve the employment prospects of people with disabilities. Our disability work includes mixed-methods program evaluations to collect evidence about the types of workforce development...