As a business owner, you know firsthand the struggle of acquiring financial resources for the training your workers need to help your business become more productive. Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s economic growth strategy includes offering businesses opportunities to compete for grants in the following areas: literacy skills training, high growth targeted areas, and customized training. These grants may allow you to upgrade your workers’ skills and give your business an advantage in the global marketplace.

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development awards literacy skills grants to help you improve the basic skills of your workers. If you are in a high growth targeted industry you can apply for workforce investment grants to develop industry-specific training for your workers. Customized training grants upgrade the skills of your workers to make them more marketable and to make your business more competitive in the global economy.

To find out if your business is eligible to apply for one of these grants, go to www.nj.gov/labor, find “Spotlight,” on the left side, and click on any of the posted grant opportunities.

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