Monthlong Hiring Event in Full Swing
Hire Chicago has begun its monthlong hybrid hiring event with a focus on foodservice, hospitality and tourism, transportation, distribution and logistics, healthcare and technology.
Monthlong Hiring Event in Full Swing
BY TIA CAROL JONES
The City of Chicago, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and
World Business Chicago have created a five-week hybrid event aimed at creating opportunities for the city’s residents. Hire Chicago began the week of Aug. 2nd and it will continue through Sept. 2nd.
The week of Aug. 2 focused on manufacturing; the week of
Aug. 9 focused on foodservice, hospitality and tourism; the week
of Aug. 16 will focus on transportation, distribution and logistics;
the week of Aug. 23 will focus on healthcare; and the week of Aug. 30 will focus on technology.
The theme of the hiring event is “See Who You Can Be,” a nod to encourage people that this is the ideal time to consider a career.
Job seekers will participate in virtual workshops and prescreening
sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The goal of the virtual workshops is to dispel any myths about what
it is like to work in the different sectors, as well as provide assistance on resume writing for job seekers. The prescreening serves to help discern if job seekers are aligned with the employment opportunities available. Interviews will be scheduled Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .
For the manufacturing hiring event, there were more than 20 registered employers with opportunities that ranged from assembler to machinist to tool and die maker to welder.
According to Karin Norington- Reaves, CEO of the (Chicago Cook Workforce) Partnership, the sectors chosen are high-growth, high demand which fuel the City of Chicago and Cook County’s economy. Those sectors also were identified by the Economic Recovery Task Force as being critical post-pandemic.
With extended Unemployment Benefits coming to an end, there
was a sense of urgency to get people connected to employment
opportunities in areas that offer career pathways.
“Our responsibility is to help make that match, to connect people
to one another. To connect employers to a talented pipeline and to
connect job seekers to employment opportunities,” Norington-Reaves said. “We want to make sure we have a curated pool of talent and a curated pool of employers.” There are more than 150 registered employers that are participating and there is room for 100 more employers. There also are 1,000 registered job seekers with the expectation the number of employers and jobs seekers will increase.
Because the hiring event is hybrid, job seekers have the option
of participating virtually or going in-person to a Workforce location to have access to a computer. Job seekers will go through virtual rooms and booths to have interviews. There is no limit to the number of interviews job seekers can schedule for or number of employers job seekers can pursue opportunities with.
“Chicago is primed to overcome business and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic. Today we are well-positioned to be a driving force throughout the world,” Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO, World Business Chicago, and Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago, said in a release. “Hire Chicago is
one example of our work driving an equitable recovery that benefits all today, focused on core industries that are deeply rooted, expanding and offer opportunities today and in the future.”
Job seekers have to register at www.hirechicago2021.org.
BY TIA CAROL JONES
The City of Chicago, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and
World Business Chicago have created a five-week hybrid event aimed at creating opportunities for the city’s residents. Hire Chicago began the week of Aug. 2nd and it will continue through Sept. 2nd.
The week of Aug. 2 focused on manufacturing; the week of
Aug. 9 focused on foodservice, hospitality and tourism; the week
of Aug. 16 will focus on transportation, distribution and logistics;
the week of Aug. 23 will focus on healthcare; and the week of Aug. 30 will focus on technology.
The theme of the hiring event is “See Who You Can Be,” a nod to encourage people that this is the ideal time to consider a career.
Job seekers will participate in virtual workshops and prescreening
sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The goal of the virtual workshops is to dispel any myths about what
it is like to work in the different sectors, as well as provide assistance on resume writing for job seekers. The prescreening serves to help discern if job seekers are aligned with the employment opportunities available. Interviews will be scheduled Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .
For the manufacturing hiring event, there were more than 20 registered employers with opportunities that ranged from assembler to machinist to tool and die maker to welder.
According to Karin Norington- Reaves, CEO of the (Chicago Cook Workforce) Partnership, the sectors chosen are high-growth, high demand which fuel the City of Chicago and Cook County’s economy. Those sectors also were identified by the Economic Recovery Task Force as being critical post-pandemic.
With extended Unemployment Benefits coming to an end, there
was a sense of urgency to get people connected to employment
opportunities in areas that offer career pathways.
“Our responsibility is to help make that match, to connect people
to one another. To connect employers to a talented pipeline and to
connect job seekers to employment opportunities,” Norington-Reaves said. “We want to make sure we have a curated pool of talent and a curated pool of employers.” There are more than 150 registered employers that are participating and there is room for 100 more employers. There also are 1,000 registered job seekers with the expectation the number of employers and jobs seekers will increase.
Because the hiring event is hybrid, job seekers have the option
of participating virtually or going in-person to a Workforce location to have access to a computer. Job seekers will go through virtual rooms and booths to have interviews. There is no limit to the number of interviews job seekers can schedule for or number of employers job seekers can pursue opportunities with.
“Chicago is primed to overcome business and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic. Today we are well-positioned to be a driving force throughout the world,” Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO, World Business Chicago, and Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago, said in a release. “Hire Chicago is
one example of our work driving an equitable recovery that benefits all today, focused on core industries that are deeply rooted, expanding and offer opportunities today and in the future.”
Job seekers have to register at www.hirechicago2021.org.
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