Your One Stop for Workforce Development

Greater Northwest Chicago Development Corporation is your first stop in meeting your company’s workforce development needs. Call or email dsmith@gncdc.org for more information about:

Job placement

With partners from Greater West Town Project, we screen resumes and send only the most qualified candidates. Job candidates are displaced workers from local manufacturing companies who have closed or downsized, motivated entry-level employees or graduates of industrial skills training programs such as:

• Shipping and Receiving: GWTP places graduates from this full-time 12 week program. The curriculum includes hands-on training on UPS Online, RF Scanner, computerized inventory control, forklift operations and certifications, shipping & receiving procedures, warehouse operations and the 10-hour OSHA safety training course and certification.
• Woodworking Training Program: Graduates of GWTP’s Woodworking and Solid Surface Fabrication program, a full-time, 14-week program are available to be interviewed. This program trains students in cabinetmaking, millwork, furniture making and CNC machines.
  

Please download job order form here (in Word format) and fax back to 773-637-2698.

Hiring Incentives: It’s money in your pocket

The Business Hiring Incentive Program reimburses you for up to $3,500 when you hire Chicago residents who meet certain criteria. A project of the City of Chicago Dept of Community Development, this is one of our most popular incentives.

English As A Second Language (ESL)

Through our partners at Chicago Workforce Institute (formerly Truman College Business and Industry Services), GNCDC offers onsite ESL training at area companies. Class content is customized to the needs of the workplace and improves the performance and promotability of many employees. Interested companies should contact Deborah Smith for details. An off-site class for employees of area companies without onsite programs will also be available.

Customized Workforce Training

We bring training experts from the Chicago Workforce Institute (formerly Truman College Business and Industrial Services) to your company to assess your training needs, customize a curriculum and set up training at your facility, depending on your needs. Training ranges from OSHA to ESL to supervisory and industrial skills.

Training subsidies

• TIFworks: Companies located within, expanding or relocating to an eligible TIF district are eligible for a training reimbursement of up to 100 percent of an employer's cost of developing or purchasing customized training programs.
• Employment Training Investment Program (ETIP). Funded through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) provides a rebate of up to 50 percent of training expenses for fulltime workers. GNCDC has money available for businesses in 2010 - read about it here under the "News" section.

Tax Credits

• Illinois Dept. of Employment Security (IDES) administers State of Illinois tax credits including Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work tax credits, tax credits for ex-felons, veterans, youth and others. Call GNCDC for more information or visit their website
• Enterprise Zone Job tax credits: The enterprise zone tax credit 35 ILCS 5/201 offers employers a tax credit on their Illinois income taxes for hiring individuals who are certified as economically disadvantaged or as dislocated workers. Call GNCDC for certification information.

Call Deborah Smith at 773/637-2416, ext. 228 or email dsmith@gncdc.org