Vision, Mission & Goals

The North Jersey Partners Regional WIB One Stop Consortium is a strategic partnership consisting of key public workforce stakeholders from eight northern New Jersey counties (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, and Warren), the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, and the Newark Alliance. 

Vision

The Consortium’s vision is an inclusive regional workforce system that proactively adapts to the needs of business and residents while sustaining the region’s economic competitiveness and stimulating growth in an ever-changing socio-economic environment.

Mission

The Consortium’s mission is to align and connect successful regional strategies and organizations to ensure that individuals and industries become and remain competitive, inventive, and innovative.

Goals

The Consortium’s primary goals are to transform the public workforce system through the following activities:

• Efficiently address shared challenges in the system
• Share best practices and innovative ideas and technology within the region
• Coordinate workforce development efforts in the region
• Jointly advocate and set policies that enhance the system and improve results within the Regional workforce system

As a result of these activities:

• Both businesses and the job seeker customers will experience higher levels of service from the system
• Job and business creation will increase in the region
• The tax base will be improved
• Perceptions of the public workforce system will be improved collectively
• WIB Directors and One Stop Operators will have a central place to share ideas and support one another.