Best Places to Work in Illinois
The "Best Places to Work in Illinois" recognizes the top medium and large sized workplaces in Illinois. The statewide competition provides for-profit and not-for-profit companies in Illinois the opportunity to be designated as leaders in advancing high standards and applying best business practices.
To learn more, visit www.bestplacestoworkil.com. The entry deadline is January 27, 2012.
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Report on the Metro Chicago Region's Economy
The Workforce Boards in partnership with the Metro Economic Growth Alliance of Chicago (MEGA) have issued the May 2011 Overview of the Economy report. This report provides the most recent economic indicator data for the region - including current job demand based on first quarter 2011 job postings, anticipated job growth this year, and projected growth through 2020!
Improving the Skills of Our Current Workforce
The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago’s Improving the Skills of Our Current Workforce report examines how the use of public resources to support incumbent worker training can benefit workers, employers, and our economy; how resources available through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) have been utilized for this purpose in the metropolitan Chicago region; and why continued use of public resources for incumbent worker training is consistent with current goals and priorities of the Obama Administration.
Middle-Skill Job Opportunities in the Metropolitan Chicago Region
The Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago have issued the Middle-Skills Job Opportunities in the Metropolitan Chicago Region report which provides information on opportunities in middle-skill jobs in the metropolitan Chicago region. Middle-skill jobs are defined as those jobs that require some training and/or education beyond high school but less than a bachelor’s degree. The report provides information specific to the region’s middle-skill job opportunities, educational/training requirements, and anticipated earnings. This report builds on information presented in America’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs which examines issues related to the future demand for a middle-skilled labor force.
