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Dec-08-11 Labor Commissioner Met with “Talent Network” Sponsors

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EDISON, N.J., Dec.8, 2011__Commissioner Harold J. Wirths met recently with THE board of directors of the New Jersey Technology Council, which contracted with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) to build and operate one of six new “Talent Networks.”

LWD launched the “Talent Networks” earlier this year around six industry sectors in New Jersey employing more than half the people and paying more than two-thirds of the wages paid annually in the state. The “Talent Networks” are tapping employers in those promising industries to identify the skills and talents they need to find in prospective employees and passing that information on to universities, colleges, training providers and schools.

The New Jersey Technology Council operates the Technology and Entrepreneurship Talent Network, which represents a wide assortment of businesses, from start-up companies to telecommunication firms.

The other five “Talent Networks” and the organizations contracted to organize them include:

	Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution (Rutgers University): Warehousing, trucking, wholesale trade companies, and the movement of goods
	Life Sciences (BioNJ): Biotechnology, life-science firms, developing medical devices. High paying, talent-driven jobs that require specialized skills
	Advanced Manufacturing (New Jersey Institute of Technology): The smaller, leaner, high-tech, specialty manufacturers
	Financial Services (Newark Alliance): From banks and mortgage firms to CPAs and programming operations
	Health Care (Rutgers University): Growing even at the height of the recession. Wide range of jobs, from aides to people collecting data

Pictured, Commissioner Harold J. Wirths of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD), (center), speaking with THE board of directors of the New Jersey Technology Council. Seated to the right of Commissioner Harold J. Wirths is Dr. Aaron Fichtner, LWD Assistant Commissioner of Labor Planning and Analysis