For information about Job Placement and Training

Contact the Community Assistance Program

for an office near you

Link provided for your convenience below:

http://www.capsinc.org 

 Unemployed or Laid Off 

Need a Job ? 

Chicago Federation of Labor

130 East Randolph, Suite 2600

312-565-9431 to register

Orientation is every Monday & Wednesday

 10am - 11am

www.cflwac.org

Employment Opportunities Ages 21 & Up

Seeking employment with the City of Chicago?

Public computer workstations are available for job seekers to search the careers website and apply for City job opportunities at: 

City Hall Room 100, Monday through Friday between 8am and 5pm.

All 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library.

Every Chicago Workforce Center location you can access the new City of Chicago on-line job application CAREERS website https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/100/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en

Listing of the Chicago Public Library Locations nearest to the 9th Ward:

• Altgeld, 950 E. 132nd Pl
• Pullman, 11001 S. Indiana Ave.
• Tuley Park, 501 E. 90th Pl
• Vodak / East Side, 3710 E. 106th Street
• West Pullman, 830 W. 119th St
• Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted Street

The new CAREERS website will allow you to search for current employment opportunities with the City of Chicago. Please click "Search and Apply for Jobs" link below to search or browse current job opportunities.

Registered users may also apply for jobs on-line, submit a resume on-line, and review their job application history with the City.

You must be registered in order to apply for jobs on-line. To register and create on on-line profile, please click the Sign In link on the CAREERS welcome page and click the New User button.

Information regarding Chicago Public Library branch locations and hours of operations is available at their web site at www.chipublib.org or by calling the City of Chicago's Customer Service Center at 311. Chicago Public Library branch locations offer a reservation program to reserve computer time. Patrons with reservations are served first.

All Chicago Workforce Centers are open Monday through Friday and are closed weekends and holidays. Please call ahead to confirm these times, as they are subject to change without notice.

Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, Career Centers:

Pilsen Office
1657 S. Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, IL

Hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Office: (312) 243-5100

TTY hearing impaired: (312) 738-0766

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER AGENCIES

Chicago Public Schools

http://www.cps-humanresources.org/Careers/career_index.asp?bhcp=1

Chicago Housing Authority

http://www.thecha.org/careers/overview.html

Chicago Park District

http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/work.home.cfm

Chicago Transit Authority

http://ccc.edu/HR_index.asp

Cook County

http://www.co.cook.il.us/employment.htm

Metropolitian Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

http://www.mwrdgc.dst.il.us/

JOBS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Call: 1-888-813-8777 or visit www.secretservice.gov/join

Call: 1- 866-909-9785  or Visit: www.secretservice.gov/join

Truck Driving Jobs

Call Schneider National at 1-800-447-7433

OR

Visit www.schneiderjobs.com

ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS 

Land and Lakes Company
123 Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068

 Interested candidates can fax their resume to:

Attention: Kathy Nelis
Fax:   (847) 825-1702

Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor

Are You 55 or Older and  Seeking Employment?

Low -income seniors in Cook County may qualify for paid employment opportunities.

Gain job skills and earn money while assisting your community!

To learn more about the Senior Community Service Employment Program, call (312) 565-9431.

Career Centers in Chicago

 Job Training & Employment

SCDCom
2938 East 91st Street,  Room 304
(Corner of 91st & Exchange)

(773) 731-8785

Employment for Ex-Offenders

Clerk of the Circuit Court
Dorothy Brown

(312) 603-5030

Career Services

Emma Waters

(773) 928-0005 
 (Must call for a appointment) 

Chicago Career Center

11000 S. Michigan Ave

(773) 233-4357

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

UNDER THE RECOVERY ACT

DID YOU KNOW ?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides protections for certain employees of non- federal employers who make specified disclosures relating to possible fraud, waste and/ or abuse or Recovery Act funds.

WHO IS PROTECTED ?

Employees of non-federal employers receiving recovery funds. This includes state and local governments, contractors, subcontractors, grantees or professional membership organizations acting in the interest of recovery fund recipients.

HOW ARE WHISTLE BLOWERS PROTECTED?

You cannot be discharged , demoted or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for making a protected disclosure.

WHAT TYPES OF DISCLOSURES ARE PROTECTED?

The disclosure should be made byn the employee to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, an Inspector General, the Comptroller General, a member of Congress, a local, state or federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, a person with supervisory authority over the employee, a court or grand jury, or the head of a federal agency or his/he representative.

The disclosure must involve information that the employee believes is evidence of:

• gross mismanagement of an agency contract or grant relating to recovery funds;
• a gross waste of recovery funds;
• substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of recovery funds; or
• an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of recovery funds; or
• a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract or grant awarded or issued relating to recovery funds.

TAKE ACTION !

Log on to Recovery.gov for more information about your rights and details on how to report at www.recovery.gov or to the Office of Compliance website  at www.cityofchicago.org/compliance.

City of Chicago

Richard M. Daley

Mayor                                                                            Office of Compliance