Starting Careers

The Retail Skills Center in Elizabeth provides state-of-the-art Retail/Customer Service training that helps individuals develop essential marketable skills that are necessary for promising new careers. To date, more than 10,000 area residents have taken advantage of the Center's services...join their ranks!

Supporting Business Growth

From Main Street businesses, to retail gaints like Jersey Gardens, to the hotel and banking industry, the Retail Skills Center helps companies gain a competitive edge. Through a comprehensive curriculum developed by a nation-wide partnership of Fortune 500 employers and the National Retail Federation, the Center develops "customer-focused" sales and service objectives. Put our customized training and placement services to work for your business.

Creating Opportunity

The Retail Skills Center is poised to help residents and business-owners alike identify, prepare for, and create new opportunities for success. Whether you are an employee seeking new skills or a new career, or a business seeking employees, the Center creates the opportunities you to succeed in today's marketplace.

Retail Skills Center Services For Residents

Elizabeth's Retail Skills Center at Jersey Gardens prepares thousands of area residents, free of charge, for successful and challenging careers in the retail, hospitality, and service industries. The Center trains, certifies and places its graduates in promising careers where the possibilities are, quite simply, endless.

The Center offers area residents

• Free four to six week customer service and retail sales training
• Placement assistance
• Career development workshops on job search strategies, resume writing, conflict management, time management, comunication skill building and more
• National Professional Certification in Customer Services (to strengthen resumes)
• English as a Second Language instruction for retail and customer service careers
• Vocational coaching and supplemental service referrals

Retail Skills Center Services For Employers

Imagine having a resource for pre-screened and qualified job applicants, plus job posting and recruitment all at no cost. That's just a few of the many free services Elizabeth's Retail Skills Center provides to area companies. The Center also offers cost effective customized employee training tailored to your specific needs. You'll energize your workforce and increase retention, while saving your business time and money.

The Center offers businesses

• Free Job Posting and Placement
• Customized sales and customer service training
• Human resources initiatives
• Professional Certification in Customer Service
• Employee retentions programs
• Job Fairs and recruitment strategies

More than 400 business have already taken advantage of the Center's employer programs, and many continue their participation based on the program's tremendous success.