- 2015-03-20
- New Jersey Business Magazine
‘Ready to Work New Jersey’ Connects the Long-term Unemployed with Companies Who Need Their Skills
They are called the “exhaustees.”
They are men and women of every ilk, some with exceptional skills and talents. They have been desperately seeking work for a long time. They have exhausted their unemployment benefits, and they are – quite literally – exhausted and demoralized from their endless search for a good job.
- 2015-03-10
- Times of Trenton
Some of the region's top business leaders said Tuesday that education could be a powerful economic engine, but only if the state's colleges and universities strengthen its ties with the business community and forge more active partnerships.
- 2015-03-02
- Times of Trenton
A coalition of New Jersey business groups filed a lawsuit in state court Monday seeking to overturn a new law requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees who work in Trenton.
- 2015-03-02
- NJBIZ
The massive Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville is hiring again.
The online retail giant said in a news release that it is looking for 800 more full-time fulfillment associates at the 1 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution center. These workers pick, pack and ship customer orders, Amazon said.
- 2015-02-18
- NJBIZ
For Donald Norcross, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s Walk to Washington event this week will feel a little different than it has in years past.
Having spent more than four years as a member of the state Legislature before being elected last November to longtime U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews’ vacant 1st District seat, Norcross will address guests at this year’s event as a member of Congress.
“After attending this event for years, it will be surreal to be seated on the other side of the table addressing attendees,” Norcross told NJBIZ. “New Jersey is home to some of our nation’s most successful businesses and organizations and each is unique in its background, concerns and viewpoints.
“I’m looking forward to meeting with them and hearing what Democrats and Republicans can do together to strengthen our state’s economy and grow jobs.”
- 2015-01-25
- NJBIZ
Triple Play is a weekly NJBIZ feature that asks top executives in New Jersey to talk about three things related to their industry.
Michael Egenton is the senior vice president of government relations for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, representing the business community on legislative and regulatory matters in Trenton.
We asked Michael for three things in Trenton that the business community will be keeping a close eye on in the next few months:
- 2015-01-14
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The Izod Center — the state-owned arena that has been part of the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford for more than three decades and was once the home to the New Jersey Devils and Nets — is expected to close its doors at the end of the month.
- 2015-01-13
- NJBIZ
Namedropping recent incentive-driven projects involving the likes of Subaru and the Philadelphia 76ers in Camden and Forbes Media in Jersey City, Gov. Chris Christie said in Tuesday's annual State of the State address that the streamlining of incentives under the Economic Opportunity Act has “better targeted them to areas of our state that need investment most.”
“And the verdict is in — and the early returns from the Economic Opportunity Act show that it is working to attract and retain businesses,” Christie said.
- 2015-01-04
- The Record
New Jersey businesses enter 2015 enjoying the best of times — and the worst of times.
For five years, business has had perhaps the best possible friend in the governor’s office in Chris Christie, whose administration pledged to cut red tape, awarded billions of dollars in corporate tax breaks, cut business taxes and restructured the state’s economic development process to make it more efficient and effective.
- 2014-12-22
- Star-Ledger Guest Columnist
Too many people - on the left and the right, politicians and editorial boards - act as if there is a politically expedient magic bullet that will painlessly fix New Jersey's budget problems. There isn't. Gov. Chris Christie is right when he says our budget problems are serious. The solutions are going to be painful.