The initiative gave 130 students the opportunity to work for an Atlantic City business while staying – for free – at the school's residential complex located on the boardwalk. Participating partners included AtlantiCare, a slew of casinos, The Claridge Hotel and others.

Last month, the Garden State added 15,400 workers to payrolls, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure, combined with a revision of July figures, brought the total numbers to 4,241,200 — a new record.

The transport and logistics provider recently said it would hire 125 employees in Monroe Township as part of a broader company push that plans to onboard approximately 5,000 people across 20 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

ArcBest's less-than-truckload carrier, ABF Freight, will host a job fair in Avenel on June 21 and 22 for full-time city drivers and participants in the company's driver development program.

"I just think COVID has changed people in ways that it’s going to take a while for us to figure out,” New Jersey Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo told NJBIZ. That assessment came on the heels of another strong jobs report in April — and also in response to a question about the biggest challenges the state’s labor force faces moving forward in 2022.

The New Jersey CannaBusiness Association is collaborating with CareersinCannabis.com to help bring businesses in the burgeoning statewide industry together with potential employees.

The addition of 17,800 jobs continues a trend of 16 consecutive months of gains. However, the state still has a higher unemployment rate than the nation’s.

The Garden State had the largest over-the-month decrease in unemployment nationwide, as it continued to add jobs for the 15th month in a row.

The Garden State's unemployment rate dipped to 6.3% in December, lagging behind the national average of 3.9%.

"[Lack of staff] is definitely one of the top, if not the top, challenge retailers have faced ... What’s amazing, is that is not the only challenge they have had to deal with this year," New Jersey Retail Merchants Association President John Holub told NJBIZ.

The state added 20,000 positions back to its workforce last month, making for more than 500,000 recovered since the business closures of March and April 2020.

Pennsylvania-based e-commerce company Radial anticipates a sizable portion of shoppers will still opt to make their purchases online rather than in-person.