Elgin Area Chamber: Elgin, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

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Workforce Development

Workforce

The Elgin Area Chamber and School District U-46 are recognized throughout Illinois as leaders promoting the value of NCRCs. The School District, in a demonstration project, has offered all three ACT Work Keys® assessments to its students for the last two years. This year, 2010, almost 800 students will receive a nationally recognized NCRC. Over sixty area employers have agreed to recognize the NCRC when making hiring decisions.

Video: Bill Ratzburg, Elgin Area Chamber Workforce Member and Director, Northern Kane County Education for Employers, School District U-46 interview about the WorkKeys® system and the National Career Readiness Certificate in Elgin, Illinois.during the 2009 Workforce Development Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

If you are an area employer, the Elgin Area Chamber is happy to assist you in learning more about NCRC and ACT Work Keys®. Please contact our Economic Development Department with any questions or comments you may have.

Employment Statistics
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General Information
Labor Relations
Training
Workforce Safety

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Anything and everything! The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm

Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Various facts & figures.
http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Facts_Figures/Factsheets/

County occupational wages are available as both a downloadable data file (Excel) or a downloadable printable report (Adobe Acrobat) from the Illinois Department of Employment Security. You will need to specify the County and the format type that you would like. Elgin is mostly in Kane County, with the balance in Cook County.

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The Illinois Department of Employment Security
Your direct link to Illinois workforce services: job placement and referrals, unemployment insurance, employment and training programs, career and labor market information, payroll tax filing, and more!
http://www.ides.state.il.us/default.asp

Illinois Skills Match System
(ISM), Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ISM automatically selects and matches the best qualified job seekers with the most suitable employers. ISM maintains the fastest growing pool of thousands of available, qualified job seekers, plus an extensive variety of jobs at every skill level in hundreds of industries and occupations in Illinois.
http://www.illinoisskillsmatch.com

EmployeeIssues.com
A free resource for general information about employee rights in the United States. EmployeeIssues.com helps employees and employers to help themselves, to better understand U.S. employee rights.
http://employeeissues.com/

Illinois Workforce Advantage
Illinois Workforce Advantage is a place-based community development initiative which links state agencies and local communities in order to buttress local economic, communications, and human services infrastructure.
http://www.illinois.gov/iwa/

Career Voyages
Start exploring career options - whether you are in high school, have graduated, have a vocational certificate, have a two-year or four-year college degree, or have knowledge and skills acquired through training centers, on-the-job training, or work experience. Be in demand by knowing about high-growth jobs with better wages and a brighter future.
http://www.careervoyages.gov/

Do your computer skills need a boost? The State of Illinois is partnering with Microsoft to provide up to 51,000 Illinoisans with free technology online training. Find out more about Elevate America.

ECC/HUD Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities
The HSIAC grant, from HUD’s Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities program, is funded by a grant award under the Division of Corporate & Continuing Education at Elgin Community College. The HSIAC grant targets low to moderate income individuals who are unemployed or underemployed. As part of this grant, ECC will provide job training to low income individuals interested in non-credit courses.
pdf/Workforce/HSIAC.pdf

Visit our EDUCATION SECTION to find local facilities for education.

Illinois workNet Center
Offers a single convenient connection point for job seekers and employers to find each other and tap into a pool of education, training, employment opportunities and Unemployment Insurance information.
http://www.illinoisworknet.com

Kane County Department of Employment and Education
Grant funding, training options, career resource links, employment readiness services.
http://www.kcdee.org

River Valley Workforce Investment Board
Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Members ensure the integration of services to prepare individuals to meet the demands of business and industry.
http://www.rivervalleywib.org

US Department of Employment and Training Administration
Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential, education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24.
http://jobcorps.doleta.gov

Cornell Law
Legal information regarding workplace safety.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/workplace_safety.html

The Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program
The Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program was established in 1977 to help small businesses meet federal health and safety regulations. They will help you identify potential hazards before they become dangerous problems. Many manuals and books that are ready to be downloaded are available on this site.
http://www2.illinoisbiz.biz/osha/index.htm

Occupations Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Compliance assistance, cooperative programs and statistics.
http://www.osha.gov/

If you have any further questions or comments, please send them to Mike O'Kelley.

Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce
31 South Grove Avenue • P.O. Box 648 • Elgin, Illinois 60120
Tel: (847) 741-5660 • Fax: (847) 741-5677

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