The Great Recession and Serving Dislocated Workers with Disabilities: Perspectives from One-Stop Career Centers and Rapid Response Coordinators

Recognizing the scope of long term unemployment and the consequences it exerts on all jobseekers, but especially people with disabilities, the report seeks to gain a better understanding of the extent to which people with disabilities who had lost their jobs in the Great Recession were seeking services from the public workforce system. The report also seeks to identify strategies, if any, being used at the state and local levels to help job seekers with disabilities reconnect with the labor market

Coping with Layoffs: Current State Strategies for Better Rapid Response

This issue brief from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University examines the issue of state rapid response practices that are designed to coordinate the delivery of a wide array of services to displaced workers. It 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. It particularly highlights those states that combine post-layoff activities with strong proactive layoff aversion and worker transition assistance

Understanding the Workforce Needs of New Jersey's Retail Industry

Explores the changing skill and education needs of the modern retail workplace. Identifies key skills employers require and the jobs for which employers report the most difficulty finding and keeping skilled workers

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

This Issue Brief, prepared by the Heldrich Center research staff, examines employer, federal, state, and community-based strategies designed to help unemployed older workers obtain new skills and return to work

Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement

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

Understanding the Workforce Needs of Employers Supporting the Operation of Port Newark and the Elizabeth Marine Terminal

Explores the major trends that are affecting the workforce and skill needs of employers that support Port Newark/Elizabeth as well as the priority skill needs these employers have

The Changing Landscape of Innovation: Priority Skill Needs of Employers in New Jersey's Life Sciences Industry

Highlights the priority workforce skill needs of New Jersey's life sciences industry and presents a statewide action plan to better align education and training with these needs