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 […]

On February 5, 2018, Dr. Sandra Strothers began her role as executive director of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s ‘Jobs for New Jersey’s Graduates’ program designed to help at-risk high school students develop the skills they need to flourish in college and in the workplace. The announcement was made by Donna Custard, president […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]