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Title: New Jersey State Library, New Jersey State Library Association, the New Jersey Regional Library Coop


1
New Jersey State Library, New Jersey State
Library Association, the New Jersey Regional
Library Cooperative, Department of Labor and
Workforce Development Training Seminar
  • David L. Socolow Jon S. Corzine
  • Commissioner Governor

2
Goals
  • Partner with the New Jersey Library
    Association and provide essential Workforce
    information and services to clients in a
    alternative location
  • Empower Library Association staff to assist
    unemployed clients file a unemployment insurance
    claim online at Library facilities.

3


Objectives
  • Review the connection between Workforce
    Development and the New Jersey Library
    Association.
  • Discuss the Workforce system.

4
Why Collaborate?
Leverage resources to meet customer needs
Develop Effective relationships
Assist underserved
Develop strategies to meet business needs
Build system competencies
5
State of New Jerseys Economy
  • Employment Changes in Industry
  • Rising Unemployment

6
Economic and Social conditions
  • Currently, the national unemployment rate
    is at 8.5 compared to New Jerseys rate of 8.2.
    As the economy worsens, the public is
    increasingly turning to Libraries and One-Stop
    Career Centers for assistance.

7
State of New Jerseys Economy
8
Unemployment Claims by Counties
9
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10
Labor Market Changes
11
Who we serve in the WorkforceSystem

  • Adult
  • Dislocated Workers
  • Youth
  • Business

12
Special Population
  • Adults
  • Reentry
  • Veterans
  • Disable
  • Youth
  • Juvenile Reentry
  • At Risk Youth
  • Drop-Outs

13
Programs and Services in the NJ Workforce System
  • Job search
  • Resume Preparation
  • Interviewing Skills
  • Customized Training
  • Testing / Assessment
  • Employment Plans
  • Reentry Services
  • Literacy Programs
  • Vocational Counseling
  • Job Development
  • Subsidized Employment
  • Vocational Training
  • Recruit and Refer

14
Partners in the Workforce System
  • Workforce Investment Boards
  • One-Stop Career Centers
  • New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce
    Development
  • Economic Development
  • Community Colleges
  • Business/
  • Employers Public/Private
  • Trade Organizations
  • Education
  • Service providers
  • WIRED Regional Grants

15
Ways to Collaborate
  • Referrals
  • Coordination with Workforce Investment Boards
  • Service / Training Providers
  • Collaborations with One-Stops

16
One-Stop / Non-Profit Collaboration
  • Can help to address the growing needs of New
    Jerseys workforce, especially in times of
    economic hardship.
  • Will create additional access points for those
    people who need help from government, especially
    for those already served by Non-Profit
    Organizations.
  • To meet the increasing numbers of people filing
    new UI claims, this partnership can allow
    Non-Profit Organizations to facilitate online
    application process for participants.

17
To connect with your local
WIBhttp//www.njsetc.net/boards/names_in.htm
18
To find a local One-Stophttp//lwd.dol.state
.nj.us/labor/wnjpin/findjob/onestop/services.html
19
For NJ Department of Labor and
Workforce Development Contact informationhttp//
lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/index.shtml
20
Questions or Comments
21
NJ Department of Labor andWorkforce
Development Key Contacts
  • Emanuel (Gary) Paige, Sr.
  • Faith and Community Based Representative
  • Emanuel.Paige_at_dol.state.nj.us
  • (609) 292-6574
  • Fax (609) 777-3020

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  • Thank You
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