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Kicking Off Women's History Month by Busting Myths

Women are welcome in manufacturing

Women are not just welcomed, we are needed. Right here in Illinois, women are landing great jobs and leadership roles across manufacturing from the shop floor to management and engineering.
– Diana Peters, Executive Director and Founder of Symbol Training Institute

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked Diana to help us bust an age-old myth around women in manufacturing

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Kicking Off Women's History Month by Busting Myths

Women are welcome in manufacturing

Women are not just welcomed, we are needed. Right here in Illinois, women are landing great jobs and leadership roles across manufacturing from the shop floor to management and engineering.
– Diana Peters, Executive Director and Founder of Symbol Training Institute

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked Diana to help us bust an age-old myth around women in manufacturing

Hear Diana Bust This Myth
Our Latest Annual Report

The Partnership’s Program Year 2024 Annual Report highlights our work from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

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Start Your Career In Clean Energy CEJA Illinois

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Success by the Numbers of The Partnership's Network

$19.1M
Invested in training via individualized training accounts (ITA) in Program Year 2024.
86%
Of participants who completed ITAs in Program Year 2024 secured employment.
65%
Of those who worked with The Partnership's WIOA-funded network in Program Year 2024 landed a job or began a career.
$167.5M
In wages was earned by those who worked with our network in Program Year 2023.

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