The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnerships TDL Sector Center (Powered by the YWCA) has multiple employer and candidate services to offer.

Please visit our website to get additional information:

TDL Sector Center - YWCA Metropolitan Chicago (ywcachicago.org)

For more than 110 years, Franciscan Health has been meeting the Chicago southland’s health care needs. Guided by our mission to improve community health, our healing ministry has been marked by continued medical innovation, expansion and renewal. We are a recognized healthcare leader and a major teaching hospital, affiliated with RUSH university medical center, providing primary, preventive and urgent care services at sites of care throughout south suburban Chicago. Our healthcare team is committed to sharing the patient-centered experience of Franciscan care in the communities we’re privileged to serve.

Visit us online at FranciscanHealth.org

Governors State University Office of Career Services partners with students through the exciting journey of career exploration and with employers in recruiting students for job and internship opportunities.  In addition to on-campus recruiting, employers can register on Handshake, our Jobs for Jaguars online job posting system, to post opportunities and events, look through student and alumni profiles, and review resumes of prospective employees. We work one-on-one with both students and employers to maximize efforts in matching qualified and self-motivated students to professional career opportunities.

For more information on resources for students and employers, please access GSU’s Career Services webpage https://www.govst.edu/Campus_Life/Career_Services/ or contact Darcie Campos, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Director of Career Services at dcampos@govst.edu.

Founded in 1967 following the passage of a voter referendum, Moraine Valley Community College has a tradition of providing area residents a quality education at an affordable cost. The college is one of the largest in the state of Illinois and has seen consistent enrollment growth through the decades. This growth has resulted in the expansion of learning and student service spaces across the more than 300 acre campus in Palos Hills and the opening of sites in Blue Island (2004) and Tinley Park (2010).

More information can be found at https://www.morainevalley.edu/

OAI, Inc. is a non-profit workforce training provider headquartered in downtown Chicago, with a satellite office in Park Forest, IL.  Driven by its mission “To provide skills training that leads to safe, meaningful employment while helping companies and communities to thrive”; OAI’s main focus is to serve the community by offering training opportunities in high growth, high demand industries so that the unemployed and underemployed are able to increase their earning potential and live comfortable and sustainable lives.

Training opportunities are available at no cost to individuals of all ages.  With an intentional focus on young adults, ages 18 to 24, OAI provides paid work experiences for those who have no or minimal work experience.

The Workforce Development and Community Education team at Prairie State College offers an
impressive array of skills, education, and experiences -- all of which are strategically considered
for training and product development for each client’s need(s).

The Department offers two service units:

• The Workforce Trades Unit offers customized training and courses in industry sectors
  including TDL, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, and Industrial Technology.
• The Workforce Professions Unit offers customized training and courses in industry sectors
  including Healthcare, Business, Education, and Government.

Assisting organizations with identifying and closing operations and/or performance gaps, as
well as strengthening and/or acquiring new skill sets, we specialize in customizing training
solutions products and services to address those gaps; and in response, offer clients solutions
that generate results. Our priorities surround addressing performance needs with quality
training, products, and service. We are dedicated professionals committed to providing stellar
service, innovation, and creative training solutions to meet your needs

Office: (708) 709-2957
Email: wdce@prairiestate.edu
Website: prairiestate.edu/training

Opportunity Works at Prairie State College: In partnership with the Chicago Cook Workforce
Partnership, PSC offers the Opportunity Works program to employers seeking assistance to help fill entry-level workforce pipelines. Opportunity Works at PSC provides:

• screened interns at no cost
• paid 6-week intern placements (Prairie State is the employer of record)
• interns trained on employer and job performance expectations
• entry-level candidates that can fill vacancies

Office: (708) 709-2957
Email: oppworks@prairiestate.edu
Website: prairiestate.edu/oppworks (select the tab: FOR BUSINESSES)

The College offers a wide selection of career education and college transfer credit programs. The mission of South Suburban College is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. SSC is dedicated to, high quality education, training, and services for all individuals. Programs that are accessible and affordable provided to a diverse community of learners. Training delivered in collaboration with local businesses. And a community of staff, faculty, and students that create an environment and resources for learning.

To learn more, visit www.ssc.edu

Located approximately 20 minutes from Hyde Park, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital is a nationally recognized healthcare facility in Harvey, IL, which in 2016 joined with the University of Chicago Medicine. The merge combined compassionate community hospital medicine with the expertise of a leading academic medical center. Ingalls provides leading-edge care in cancer, stroke, cardiology, orthopedics, general surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, urology, rehabilitation and mental health, among a range of other specialties in Chicago’s Southland.

Additional information is available online at uchicagomedicine.org.