Newark Officials Convert Former Police Vehicle To Mobile Job Center

NEWARK, NJ — Newark officials have repurposed a former police vehicle to dispense education, not incarceration.

With the launch of the Newark Workforce on Wheels (NewarkWOW) mobile unit on Wednesday, city residents that struggle with finding transportation to job training and application materials will have a resource that comes to them, city officials say.

The vehicle – which used to be mobile unit from the Newark Police Division - will serve as a satellite office for the NewarkWORKS program. Keep updated with local job opportunities at the Patch Newark Facebook page.

Workforce on Wheels will provide services including:

• remote access to employment and training referrals
• employer recruitment sessions in local neighborhoods
• access to online job applications
• resume writing and testing
• resources to support services and workforce programs
• job readiness, life skills training and information workshops

“Everybody that works hard deserves to be trained,” said 1HUDDLE CEO Sam Caucci, whose company has donated its training platform to the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) and NewarkWORKS.

“We are taking our office services into the community,” said Newark Deputy Mayor for Employment Rahaman Muhammad.

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