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.

Provides staff-assisted core services such as job search assistance, resume and interview assistance, local job listings assistance, job seeking skills workshops, and career planning. Provides intensive services such as comprehensive assessment, full development of an individual employment plan, counseling and case management, and career and academic testing for those who are unable to obtain or retain employment that leads to self-sufficiency. Training opportunities may be available as well.

- Developmental Services and Community Integration: Provides skill training, paid work opportunities, community integration and employment to individuals in order to enhance and maintain their independence in community living. The program provides support, assistance and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities. - STARS (Structured Therapeutic Adult Recreation Services) Program: Collaboration between AID and Fox Valley Special Recreation Association. Focuses on active community integration, volunteer work and fitness activities for participants. - Autism Program: Emphasis placed on a specialized curriculum that includes communication skills, social and coping skills, functional life skills, community integration, vocational skills and volunteer opportunities. - Vocational Training: Assistance for individuals in obtaining and maintaining job training through subcontracts or community job sites. - Volunteer Sites: Used for the purpose of community integration as well as skill training. Clients learn social skills and an appreciation of giving back to the community as well as enhancing their vocational skills toward community employment. - Food Service: Trains clients in basic food service skills and positive work behaviors, enhances their independence and prepares them for community employment. Food Service also increases life-long learned skills, daily living skills and vocational skills.

Provides vocational services to help people with disabilities find and keep jobs for which they are qualified. Job Development and Placement - With a consumer's skills and preferences in mind, staff and consumers negotiate with potential employers to secure job opportunities in areas where the consumer is likely to be most successful. With each match, both the employer and their new employee continue to receive supportive services to maximize the benefits each contributes to each other. On-The-Job Training - Help individuals who have limited or no work previous work experience acquire marketable job and transition skills. Short-term training is provided in actual work settings in order to provide a realistic work experience. Supported Employment Services - Job-specific training and support, both on and off the job, is provided to assist consumers in developing the specific skills needed to successfully maintain the job of their choice. Services are gradually withdrawn to allow the greatest level of independence.

Financial assistance for education and training so that individuals can re-enter the workforce in jobs that will allow them to financially support themselves and their families. Designed to train people in short-term certificate or associates degree programs that will make them more marketable for occupations that are in high growth within the local area.

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.

- Developmental Services and Community Integration: Provides skill training, paid work opportunities, community integration and employment to individuals in order to enhance and maintain their independence in community living. The program provides support, assistance and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities. - STARS (Structured Therapeutic Adult Recreation Services) Program: Collaboration between AID and Fox Valley Special Recreation Association. Focuses on active community integration, volunteer work and fitness activities for participants. - Autism Program: Emphasis placed on a specialized curriculum that includes communication skills, social and coping skills, functional life skills, community integration, vocational skills and volunteer opportunities. - Vocational Training: Assistance for individuals in obtaining and maintaining job training through subcontracts or community job sites. - Volunteer Sites: Used for the purpose of community integration as well as skill training. Clients learn social skills and an appreciation of giving back to the community as well as enhancing their vocational skills toward community employment. - Food Service: Trains clients in basic food service skills and positive work behaviors, enhances their independence and prepares them for community employment. Food Service also increases life-long learned skills, daily living skills and vocational skills.

Education/training in approved training programs in local community colleges: - Tuition. - Books. - Fees. - Required tools. - Additional items required by the program. Supportive services, such as: - Mileage reimbursement. - Child care. - Car repair. - Tires. - Help with any qualified item. Work Experience: Subsidizes wages at a local employer for 1 to 6 months to help customer gain experience to gain permanent employment. On-The-Job Training: Subsidizes half of hourly wage for a set period of time at a local employer with the intention of the employer retaining the customer after training is complete.

Offers comprehensive workforce services that include, but are not limited to: - Job seeker services (resume, job search, and labor market information assistance). - Overcoming barriers to employment. - Health and mental health services. - Adult education. - Youth, senior, and Veteran services. - Child care assistance. - Job training and internships.

Workforce Services provided by the Southwestern Illinois workNet Center include: - Job search and placement assistance. - Access to job listings of companies in Southwestern Illinois or throughout the region and state. - Basic assessment of skills and needs. - Follow-up help in seeking a job. - Career assessment. - Creating resumes. - Job search workshops. - Apprenticeship information. - Trade adjustment assistance.

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.

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.

Website that connects skilled job seekers to employers in Illinois. Job seekers can build multiple resumes to emphasize different skills and experiences. Business owners can use keyword matching technology to search resumes and find the best candidate. IllinoisJobLink.com is free for workers and employers and can be accessed 24/7 online.

CMAA career counselors provide free one-on-one consultation to job-seeking individuals. They thoroughly assess each individual's background and give them appropriate guidance in order to match them with employment opportunities.

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.

Provides a variety of employment and training services such as job finding assistance, resume preparation assistance, interview training, on the job training and more.

SER and SERCO provide workforce development and career guidance programs. Services include job readiness, labor market counseling, leadership development, financial coaching, job fairs, interview skill training, and resume development.They specialize in working with customer service retail workers seeking advancement or other employment, as well as individuals looking for a pathway to healthcare-focused job training.

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.

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.

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

Offers employment referrals, on-site evaluations, and case management services. Assists individuals in skill assessment, job training, career counseling, financial literacy, and workplace ethics training.

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.

Administers several Federal work programs to McHenry County employers and residents. This includes assisting out-of-school young adults, adults, and laid off workers with employment and training needs, and assisting employers with labor market information and workforce development needs. Job search, career information, resource room, and seminars are available to all. Training grants are available for out-of-school young adults, low income residents, or dislocated workers.

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.

Provides services to help job seekers reach their career goals and find employment. Career services include: - Career coaching. - Job search assistance. Education/Training services include: - College training. - Workforce training. - Referrals (GED, ESL, financial literacy, food stamp, medical cards, child care, legal assistance, etc.)