New Location for Garfield Workforce Center
The Garfield Workforce Center is relocating to 605 S. Albany, Chicago, Illinois 60612, on Monday, January 9, 2017. The 10 S. Kedzie location will remain open for business until Thursday, …
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The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Launches Chicagoland Retail Sector Center in the Loop
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Launches Chicagoland Retail Sector Center in the Loop Funded by a Walmart Foundation grant, The Center will provide training and workforce services to job seekers …
Walmart Foundation Aims to Increase Economic Mobility in Growing Retail Industry Through an Investment that Strengthens Career Services Programs Nationwide
Sept. 7, 2016 – As a next step in an effort to increase economic mobility of workers in retail and adjacent sectors in the U.S., the Walmart Foundation today announced …
For young men struggling to gain foothold, search for career brings hope, heartache
The morning of his final internship evaluation, Adonis Clayborn woke up in his girlfriend’s car. Unable to afford a motel room, he had reclined the driver’s seat, covered himself in …
Cook County job training chief: $60 million budget not enough to meet need
When Karin Norington-Reaves was asked to take over Cook County’s beleaguered jobs training agency more than five years ago, her exact words, as she recalls, were: “Hell, no.” What was …
The Partnership Receives $10.9 Million Grant
By Lauren Zumbach | Contact Reporter | Chicago Tribune The Walmart Foundation is giving a Chicago and Cook County workforce agency $10.9 million to provide education and employment services for retail …
Opportunity Youth Trainer RFP
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership solicits proposals for an Opportunity Youth Instructor Consultant. The instructor will be expected to deliver the approved curriculum to a total of 250 Opportunity Youth …
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Selected as Grant Recipient of Youth Opportunity Fund to Connect Low-Income Youth in Cook County to Career Opportunities
The new $3 million Fund, led by the Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance, supports innovative city programs that prepare low-income youth for future success CHICAGO (August 26, 2015) –The …
Chicago Will Be the Kick-Off Site for the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative
Need a Job? Event Flyer Chicago will be the kickoff site for the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, a new coalition of big businesses hoping to provide jobs or training for disadvantaged …
Top U.S.‐Based Companies Launch the “100,000 Opportunities Initiative” to Create Pathways to Economic Opportunity for Young Americans
Alaska Airlines, Cintas, CVS Health, Hilton Worldwide, HMSHost, JCPenney, JPMorgan Chase, Lyft, Macy’s, Microsoft, Porch.com, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Starbucks, Taco Bell, Target, Walgreens and Walmart Come Together With the Goal …