There’s Hope for the Job Market

There’s hope for the job market in 2024. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), careers in education, healthcare, and hospitality are going strong, with education and healthcare making a 4.3 percent gain in jobs over the past year. Hospitality jobs have the highest growth rate with Chicago, having a two percent higher growth rate in the field than the rest of the nation.

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Fast Track for IT Careers

Fast Track for IT Careers

Stepping into the world of IT work is a good choice at any level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) growth in IT-related occupations is projected to grow 15 percent throughout the next decade, resulting in around 700,000 new jobs during the next decade with about 420,000 job openings per year from growth and replacement needs. With an average annual wage of around $100,000 per year, it is perhaps the fastest growing field with the highest entry level wages. It is a great field to consider if you enjoy solving problems, designing things that serve a purpose, and helping people.

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Why Paid Internships?

Why Paid Internships?

Why seek a paid internship? A paid internship is a great way for job seekers with barriers to employment to gain work experiences with room for growth. There are multiple reasons why a job seeker might be challenged to secure work, including low income, lack of experience, lack of education, transportation challenges, or an incarceration record. We believe that all people have a right to dignified work enabling them to be financially stable and free from economic challenges such as poverty and all that surrounds that issue.

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How a Mentor Can Help

If you are struggling to get your feet off of the ground in your search for a good career a professional mentor can help you to focus your goals and take action towards attaining your dream job. Your mentor can act as a guide as you navigate through a pathway that will lead you to a successful career.

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Build Yourself for a Better Future

In today’s fast-paced world we need to be at the top of our game in order to succeed financially – especially with rising inflation and wages that do not reflect increases in the cost of living. And unfortunately, not all of us have the financial resources to attend a four-year university. So how can we contend with rising inflation and job insecurity? Here are some ideas:

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Spring Cleaning for Your Career

You’ve packed away your heavy sweaters and cleaned those hard to reach corners of the house. Now is the time to reevaluate your career. Whether or not you are currently seeking employment, or thinking of embarking on a new career path, now is the season of renewed energy and the time for change.

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Workforce Development and Online Learning

Many of us grew up hearing that we needed to study hard, go to college and get a good job. That might have been true in the 20th century, but things have changed over the past two decades—and not necessarily for the better. Today, the average college student has about...

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How to Be A Woman in Technology

Technology has earned the reputation of being a male-dominated industry, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are just as many women who are interested in working with numbers and graphs as there are men, but because most people think of technology as being a...

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Is An Apprenticeship Right For You?

Just because you've completed your education doesn't necessarily mean you're ready to enter the workforce. School can pack your brain full of knowledge, but most education programs don't teach their students the skills they need to be successful in their chosen...

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