Eighty Employers Offering Information for Oct. 15 Drive-Thru Job at Somerset Patriots

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Job- and career-related information from 80 employers and agencies will be handed out to attendees of the Greater Raritan Drive-Thru Job Fair being conducted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Somerset Patriots’ TD Bank Ballpark, 1 Patriots Park, 860 E. Main St., Bridgewater.

The free, first-time event is presented by the Somerset Patriots and the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board, which supports and connects employers and job seekers in Hunterdon and Somerset counties.

It’s easy to get information on Oct. 15. Drivers should go to the red lot of the stadium and look for signs near the parking lot entrance; follow directions and cones, forming two lanes underneath the solar panels in the rear of the parking lot. Each job seeker who drives through the event will get a bag of information filled with recruitment flyers from a variety of employers in the two counties and beyond, as well as workforce-related information to assist with career decisions and upskilling. There is a one-bag-per-car limit. Those distributing the bags of career information will be wearing masks and gloves; drivers should be masked as well.

Employer-participants include:

• A La Carte Premier Services, Clinton; Access Medical Associates, Branchburg; ADESA New Jersey, Manville; Alternatives Inc., Raritan Borough; Amazon; American Water; Anita’s Angels, Flemington; Arna Marketing Group, Branchburg
• Blue Star Carting, Raritan Borough; Bridgeway Senior Healthcare
• Camp Bow Wow, Bridgewater; Central Jersey Housing Resource Center Corp. (CJHRC), Somerville; Chel’s Clothing Closet, Hillsborough; Chick-fil-A, Flemington; Chroma Color Corp., Lambertville; Country Arch Care Center, Pittstown
• Delta Community Supports, Raritan Borough; Delta Personnel Services, Somerset / Middlesex counties
• Enjoy Your Party, Hunterdon / Somerset / Mercer counties
• Family Promise of Hunterdon County; Fellowship Senior Living, Bernards; FlexBiosys Inc, Lebanon
• Global Development Contractors, LLC, Branchburg; GM Stainless, Branchburg
• HomeCare NJ, Flemington; Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission; Hunterdon County Roads and Bridges Department; Hunterdon Healthcare, Flemington Hunterdon Helpline
• Investors Bank
• Johanna Foods, Flemington
• KWG Industries, Hillsborough
• Landmark Hospitality: Celebrate at Neshanic, Branchburg; Landmark Hospitality: Ryland Inn, Readington; Landmark Hospitality: Stonehouse, Warren Twp.; Landmark Hospitality: The Farmhouse, Hampton; Liberty Stone & Aggregates – Clinton Quarry, LLC; L’Oreal USA, Franklin; Lyneer Staffing Solutions, Middlesex / Somerset counties
• Magna-Power Electronics, Flemington; Matheny Medical and Educational Center, Peapack-Gladstone; Moye Handling Systems Inc., Somerville
• NJDHS-DDD – Hunterdon Developmental Center, Clinton; NORWESCAP, Hunterdon /Somerset / Warren counties
• Old York Heating & Cooling, Flemington
• Penn Medicine Princeton Behavioral Health, multiple locations; PIM Brands, Franklin; Plymouth Industries
• QuVa Pharma, Bloomsbury
• RB Manufacturing, Hillsborough; Regalia Store Fixtures, Bridgewater; REM New Jersey, Franklin; Right at Home, Hillsborough; RWJBarnabas Health, Somerville and Hamilton campuses
• SAS Retail Services, New Jersey; Schuetz Container Systems, Branchburg; Securitas Security Services, Edison; SHI, Franklin; Somerset County Government, Somerville; Somerset Savings Bank, Bound Brook
• The Arc of Somerset; The Center School, Franklin; The Rawson Group / Wendy’s, Somerville; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bridgewater; Traffic Plan, Bridgewater
• United States Postal Service Northern New Jersey District; University Orthopaedic Associates, Franklin
• Viking Pest Control, Bridgewater; Vision and Pathways, Bridgewater; Vision Development Group, Branchburg
• Zanya Spa Salon, Lambertville

Information about local services also will be included in the packets. This will include goHunterdon in Hunterdon County, the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board and its system partners, Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, Reentry NJ in Middlesex and Somerset counties, Ridewise in Somerset County, the Somerset County Community Development Block Program, and Somerset County Citizen Engagement Survey.

As part of a Central Jersey regional strategy of connecting job seekers and employers, workforce boards in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties also are presenting job fairs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 15 at the following locations:

• Middlesex County: The Grand Marquis, 1550 U.S. Route 9, Old Bridge
• Monmouth County: Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft
• Ocean County: Ocean County College, 1 College Drive, Toms River

The individual bags handed out to job seekers will include the master list of employer- participants at each county event. Job seekers can go to whichever county location is most convenient for them. There is no job-seeker registration required for attendance at the Greater Raritan Drive-Thru Job Fair. More shareable information for job seekers is available here.

A downloadable PDF of the packet being handed out at the Greater Raritan event also will be posted on the homepage of www.thegrwdb.org after Oct. 15.

For more information about the job fair, email grzella@co.somerset.nj.us or call 908-203-6044.

The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board oversees federally and state-funded career and employment services for businesses and residents in Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Weekly text alerts highlight career and job opportunities in Somerset and Hunterdon counties. Text “onestop” to 565-12 to sign up.