by Allyson Roberts | Jul 27, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Employer Engagement, Student Achievements
A growing number of New Jersey-based companies are investing in the state’s county vocational-technical students, recognizing the potential for significant returns on that investment, including a future employee pipeline. Generous corporate donors, such as Investors...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 29, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Employers looking to create a pipeline of qualified candidates, and students looking to pursue a career-focused education to fill that pipeline, just got a boost from another state investment in career and technical education. Six county vocational-technical schools...
by Allyson Roberts | Mar 17, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools
The scents permeate the hallways: peanut butter cupcakes and cinnamon rolls from a culinary arts class, fresh sawdust from a carpentry class, and the burning sparks from welding rods in an automotive class — sights and smells as old as the traditional vocational...
by Career Tech | Feb 24, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
Jose Dominguez graduated from the Essex County Schools of Technology (ECST) Web Design Academy in 2015 with a dual focus in web development/telecommunications and computer repair. He also was a member of the district’s Robotics Club. “My experience at ECST really...
by Career Tech | Jan 5, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
While the labor shortage has made headlines both locally and nationwide in recent months, many New Jerseyans have been seizing the opportunity to invest in career development opportunities in order to attain new credentials or change career paths. In the wake of the...
