Donna Custard, President of the NJCCF, was selected as one of 35 chamber leaders from across the country into the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Elite Business Leads Fellowship Program.  This invitation-only program is open to chamber executives who have long engaged in and shown leadership in Education and Workforce policy and programs. The program […]

Vineland High School junior and Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates member, Joe Dietterick, made history with the schools’ crew team by earning gold in the adaptive double event. Read more about Joe Dietterick’s story.

Enjoy a family fun day at the Just Be You Film Festival at the Rahway Public Library, 2 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ. To learn more, check out their new video:

Need extra employees this summer? The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation can provide companies in or around Camden, Newark and Vineland with grant-funded interns. You employ the kids for six weeks in July and August (20 hours per week). We pay them, thanks to a generous grant from the N.J. Department of Labor and […]

Kentucky and Indiana governors pledge to grow Jobs for America’s Graduates in their states. Read more about it.

A new article on Forbes’ website touts Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) as “…proven to be the country’s most effective drop-out prevention program.” Learn more about JAG in New Jersey. Read more about it.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]