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Offers walk-in employment services, including assistance with registering on the state's online job matching system. customers can access job listings, resume and cover letter writing guides, interview tips, labor market information, and the Internet. Services may be provided directly or through referrals to partner agencies.
Financial assistance is available for eligible individuals for up to two years of job training or vocational education in high-growth fields approved by the Workforce Investment Board of Region 15. Eligibility is determined through a vocational assessment. Some individuals may be referred to other financial aid sources, while others may receive funding from this program. After training, participants receive staff-assisted job search support, followed by up to one year of follow-up services after job placement. Training services are available to eligible youth (with a high school diploma or GED), adults, and dislocated workers.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides career counseling, education, and job-training guidance for individuals looking for employment. Also assists clients with job searches through job listings on its website. Clients can access computers, printers, fax machines, and copiers on-site to apply for jobs. Financial assistance for education and training available for eligible clients.
Veterans receive priority of service at the Job Center of Lake County.
You may qualify for free training or a paid work experience under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Log into the Virtual Information Session, watch a short video clip, and apply for funding.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides an array of employment opportunities, job training and counseling, and related career services to central Illinois residents. Goodwill provides programs that develop those skills, job search assistance, and personal improvement. Services (available both in person and online) include:
- Resume writing and cover letters.
- Interview skills.
- Filling out employment applications.
- Communication skills.
- Career development and advancement.
- Computer skills and training.
- Skills to Succeed Academy - 42 hour interactive online course that teaches skills for finding and keeping a job.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides information about job vacancies, career options, and relevant employment trends and offers services such as:
- Job search assistance.
- Interview training.
- Referrals to other training programs or support services.
Also provides services to businesses for a fee to assist with recruiting new employees, training employees, and connecting to information for managing a business.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Employment services promotes individualized community employment and supported employment opportunities.
- The focus includes seeking, securing, and maintaining a job with supports needed for success. Opportunities are customized for each person and designed to meet the needs of the employee and the employer. Support is flexible and available as long as needed to enjoy success and independence.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides job search and placement assistance to individuals with low-income or skill deficiencies.
Services include:
- Interviewing and resume writing assistance.
- Access to computers, WiFi, and database to research employers.
- Financial assistance for obtaining new skills or certifications.
- Career counseling.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides various employment, career, and job search services to job seekers and business in DuPage County.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers | LAKE COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CENTER - Job Center
Provides career guidance services for residents of Lake County, including:
- Career counseling
- Education and job-training guidance
- Financial aid for education and training
- Personalized career plans
- Job search assistance through internet job listings
- Referrals to partner organizations
Also provides computers, printers, fax machines, and copiers to communicate interest to employers.
For a calendar of Job Center Recruitment Events visit : https://www.lakecountyil.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=25,23
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Designed to assist Social Security Disability (SSI/SSDI) beneficiaries with the transition from Social Security Disability Benefits to work. It provides employment supports and services to help reach work goals.
RAMP also has a certified Community Partner Work Incentives Counselor (CPWIC) that can assist individuals with understanding their benefits and the changes that will occur once employed.
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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Designed to assist Social Security Disability (SSI/SSDI) beneficiaries with the transition from Social Security Disability Benefits to work. It provides employment supports and services to help reach work goals.
RAMP also has a certified Community Partner Work Incentives Counselor (CPWIC) that can assist individuals with understanding their benefits and the changes that will occur once employed.
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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
The Individual Placement and Support program works with local businesses to assist individuals with a mental health diagnosis in obtaining employment. Evaluation and individualized treatment plans utilized to assist individuals.
Services include:
- Job searching.
- Job coaching.
- Vocational rehabilitation.
- Assistance with resume writing.
- Mock interviews.
- On-the-job supports.
- Benefits planning.
- Other skill-based supports for obtaining and maintaining employment.
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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for Illinois’ farmworkers through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). Provides supportive services to help economically disadvantaged farmworker families while they are working in agriculture and offers employment and training services to assist enrolled farmworkers to acquire new occupational skills that lead to stable jobs.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Aims to secure equal opportunities for all disadvantaged persons and people of color, including African Americans, women, and persons with disabilities.
Programs are offered in three core service areas:
- Education.
- Workforce Development.
- Money Management.
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Computer Literacy Training Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Personal Financial Counseling
Mentoring Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Volunteer Opportunities
Services are customized to address barriers and needs to help the participant and household reach housing stability and self-sufficiency. Services include:
- Case management and advocacy.
- Transportation assistance.
- Employment skills.
- Education assistance.
- Mental health and substance abuse counseling.
- Life skills and financial skills education.
- Parenting support.
- Housing counseling.
- Information and referrals.
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Advocacy
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Transportation Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Financial Literacy Training
Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Provides an array of employment opportunities, job training and counseling, and related career services to central Illinois residents. Goodwill provides programs that develop those skills, job search assistance, and personal improvement. Services (available both in person and online) include:
- Resume writing and cover letters.
- Interview skills.
- Filling out employment applications.
- Communication skills.
- Career development and advancement.
- Computer skills and training.
- Skills to Succeed Academy - 42 hour interactive online course that teaches skills for finding and keeping a job.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Adult Services and Dislocated Worker Services include: Referral to other appropriate agencies and services, comprehensive assessments and development of Individual Employment Plans, career planning, job readiness training, occupational skills training, vocational training (up to a maximum of two years), on-the-job training, customized training, incumbent worker training, support services during training, and follow up services.
Job Search Assistance - Workshops; individual assistance; access to resource room with Internet accessible computers for job search-related purposes including searching job search websites, filing for unemployment, completing on-line employment applications, preparing/updating resumes; access to Assistive Technology for job search-related purposes for persons with disabilities.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Occupation Specific Job Training
Provides job search and placement assistance to individuals with low-income or skill deficiencies.
Services include:
- Interviewing and resume writing assistance.
- Access to computers, WiFi, and database to research employers.
- Financial assistance for obtaining new skills or certifications.
- Career counseling.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Offers flexible employment options for job seekers at all levels of experience, and all stages of life. This includes career counseling, job placement, and other employment support services.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Provides information about job vacancies, career options, and relevant employment trends and offers services such as:
- Job search assistance.
- Interview training.
- Referrals to other training programs or support services.
Also provides services to businesses for a fee to assist with recruiting new employees, training employees, and connecting to information for managing a business.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Career services include:
- Computer and Internet access.
- Job Search and Resume assistance.
- Local and national job listings.
- Help with on-line job applications.
- Career information.
- Assistance for veterans and workers with disabilities.
- Refugee and immigrant services.
- Workshops and basic skills classes.
- Assistive Technology–services available to individuals with disabilities.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Provides various employment services to individuals with disabilities. Employment services include:
- Career counseling.
- Resume and cover letter development.
- Assistance with finding job leads.
- Interview practice.
- Assistance with securing public or private transportation.
- Job coaching.
- Assistance with identifying possible job accommodations.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Offers a wide range of career services, which include:
- Employment and career counseling.
- Career resources, including videos, reference materials, and software programs.
- Assessment tools for deciding education/career path.
- Job leads and postings.
- Assistance with resume and cover letter development/critiquing.
- Connections for job shadows and informational interviews.
- Interview preparation.
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Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Services include:
- Vocational Development: Training on community subcontract work for consumers that need job readiness and job search skills.
- Supported Employment: Job placement with a job coach present to provide assistance to the consumer and assurance to the employer that the work will be done.
- Job Placement: Job matching and searches/employer contacts and placement for consumers that are job-ready.
- Regular Work Program: Provides sheltered employment for people with disabilities that demonstrate need for a supervised work setting.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Offered to individuals with a mental health diagnosis who have expressed a desire to obtain employment. Individuals receiving these services do not need to be a current client of the center. Employment services include:
- Job coaching.
- Mock interviews.
- Resume writing.
- Job searching.
- On-the-job supports.
- Benefits planning and other skill-based supports needed to help an individual obtain and maintain employment.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Vocational Rehabilitation
The center provides a variety of services for job seekers, including:
- Career Counseling
- Education and Job-Training Guidance
- Financial aid for education and training
- Personalized career plans
- Unemployment insurance services
- America's Job Bank and other Internet job listings
- Referrals to partner organizations.
In addition, staff can help client develop his or her resume, write a cover letter to an employer, and sharpen interviewing skills. Clients can also use the IETC as they look for a job and provides computers, printers, fax machines, and copiers to help clients communicate their interest to potential employers.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers