- Food Service
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Professional and business services
- Retail and customer service
- Transportation, distribution and logistics
Neighborhood:
Citywide
Capacity:
1,500 placements annually
Age:
(1) Adults and (2) Youth
Skill Level:
(1) Skilled entry-level and (2) Experienced
Education:
(1) No high school diploma or GED, (2) High school diploma or GED and (3) Some college or higher
Industries:
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Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (Skills) is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers. Skills operates an array of programming based on various career tracks to provide job seekers a diverse mix of job opportunities. Skills’ core work focuses on direct placement services, placing job ready candidates into permanent jobs. Additionally, Skills can build training programs around employer partner needs – varying in duration depending on skills attainment requirements. Skills also recently launched a comprehensive youth job placement program that convenes employers, nonprofits and educators to address youth unemployment
EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS
- Commitment to hire a specific number of candidates
- MOU signed by executive sponsor
- Regular calls with company’s Skills contact
EMPLOYER SUPPORTS PROVIDED
- Pre-screening of candidates
- Training cost support
- Workforce/hiring consultative services
PARTNERS
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future engages with a network of more than 50 employers. If you would like to speak with or learn more about Skills’ employer partners, please contact our Client Services Team at biz@skillsforchicagoland.com.