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Honoring NJCCF President, Donna Custard

NJCCF President, Donna Custard, is being honored by Leading Women Entrepreneurs as one of their top 25 Leading Women Intrapreneurs on October 15 at the Liberty House in Jersey City. Honorees are selected based on their strong business acumen and ability to influence and inspire within their respective fields.

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Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates get a McLesson in Newark

In mid-February, seventeen representatives from the McDonald’s Corporation’s Archways program went back to school at Weequahic High School in Newark, NJ to work with more than 50 Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates students.  They presented information regarding employment opportunities, career pathways, scholarships, tuition assistance and advising services for young adults working for McDonald’s.  Regional HR […]

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Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates Students Secure Jobs at City-Wide Opportunity Summit

Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates (JNJG) students from West Side High School in Newark, NJ recently got the opportunity to showcase their employability skills at the My Brothers’ Keeper (MBKN) Opportunity Summit. JNJG students competed with more than 1,000 other students and adults for part-time, seasonal and full-time jobs throughout Newark. More than one-third of the West […]

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Senator Cory Booker Meets with JNJG Students in DC

From November 28 to December 1, 2017, approximately 40 hand-selected Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates students from Newark, Philadelphia, Carteret, New Brunswick and Vineland attended the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) National Student Leadership Academy (NSLA) in Alexandria, VA.  The 2017 NSLA was the largest in the history of the JAG program, bringing together more […]

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JNJG Board Member Humanitarian of the Year

On April 6, Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates board member, Richard Nordstrom, was honored as Healthcare Marketer’s Exchange Humanitarian of the Year.  Richard has devoted hundreds of hours to the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program over many years–serving on the National Board of Directors, directing numerous new national communications initiatives, meeting with state JAG […]

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Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates’ Program Expanding in Newark

Newark Public Schools Superintendent Christopher D. Cerf, State Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz, and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced that the successful ‘Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates’ program will be expanding in Newark. In addition to Barringer Academy for the Arts and Humanities, students at Barringer STEAM Academy; West Side Campus; and […]

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College of New Jersey Student Receives NJCCF Top Honors

As a leader in workforce development throughout the state, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation constantly receives requests from school administrators and directors of community-based organizations for available internship opportunities for young adults. Unfortunately, there just aren’t enough internship opportunities to go around, and those that do exist often don’t allow the interns to […]

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