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Daily Southtown Opinion – Column: It’s not too late for teens to find summer jobs

Daily Southtown Opinion – Column: It’s not too late for teens to find summer jobs

May 28, 2024 Media Coverage

By Francine Knowles | Daily Southtown More teens are forecast to be working this summer, and for those looking to land jobs there are plenty of opportunities. It’s not too …

WBBM Feature – City employment agency provides job training for hottest career fields

WBBM Feature – City employment agency provides job training for hottest career fields

December 31, 2023 Media Coverage

Officials working with Cook County and the City of Chicago are trying to get the word out about a joint operation that’s linking job-seekers with potential employers. The Chicago Cook …

As Seen On ABC: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership launches tool to connect job seekers with employers

As Seen On ABC: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership launches tool to connect job seekers with employers

December 10, 2023 Media Coverage

 CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) is launching a public outreach campaign to increase awareness of the region’s ten American Job Centers (AJCs) to local career seekers and employers. …

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U.S. added eye-popping number of jobs in January. How did Chicago fare?

February 4, 2023 Media Coverage, News

CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January, a mark exceeding all expectations. That figure is about three times higher than many economists’ predictions. But how does Chicago compare …

CPS grad forgoing scholarship money to continue training as a welder: ‘College isn’t for everyone’

June 14, 2022 Media Coverage, News

Quintin Scott graduated Sunday from Chicago’s Crane Medical Prep High School with a head start to becoming a professional welder and a direct pipeline to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The two …

Chicago, Cook County jobs event this week at Palmer House

Chicago, Cook County jobs event this week at Palmer House

April 27, 2022 Media Coverage

By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team CHICAGO (WLS) — On Thursday, there will be a hospitality hiring event at Palmer House hotel in Chicago. But applications have a pre-registration Tuesday deadline. There …

COVID Response Corps vaccine ambassadors persuade hesitant Chicagoans to get their shots

COVID Response Corps vaccine ambassadors persuade hesitant Chicagoans to get their shots

February 8, 2022 Media Coverage

The Chicago Department of Public Health and Malcolm X College have partnered to train members of the COVID Response Corps to knock on doors and have difficult discussions about vaccines …

They knocked on strangers’ doors and persuaded naysayers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here are their tips.

They knocked on strangers’ doors and persuaded naysayers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here are their tips.

February 3, 2022 Media Coverage

When Armani Nightengale waited in the car last March to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the United Center, her husband was more nervous than she was. Over the next couple …

Chicago’s COVID Response Corps ‘Ready for The Next Challenge’ Ahead of Winter, Holiday Gatherings

Chicago’s COVID Response Corps ‘Ready for The Next Challenge’ Ahead of Winter, Holiday Gatherings

December 13, 2021 Media Coverage

As COVID-19 cases rise, some members of Chicago’s COVID-19 Community Response Corps say they’re prepared to handle the winter months. Earlier in the pandemic, the program began by focusing on …

Job Coaching Helped Jacquie Johnson Return to Work

October 12, 2021 Media Coverage

Jacquie Johnson, 54, lost her job by choice — the kind of choice most of us wouldn’t hesitate to make. When it came to getting back to work, she made …

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