Current Job & Skill Training Opportunities for Young People
Tap in with these skill-building and job training opportunities from our West Side partners—real paths for young adults to get sharp, get paid, and level up 🎓💼✨
- Wednesday, April 1 (12pm-4pm), BUILD is hosting a job fair! Located at their main (5100 W. Harrison St.), jobseekers are welcome to meet with their hiring managers to explore their open job opportunities and will have a chance for an on-the-spot interview. Click here to learn more about the job fair. Click here to view their list of open positions.
- Reparations Media, a BIPOC training program for journalism and audio production has a program called Change Agents It’s a journalism incubator that trains emerging journalists from BIPOC and other local, marginalized communities to build better relationships through collaboration with community-based organizations to create firsthand narrative content.
- The GSJ Family Life Center is the proud parent of the Austin Incubator Kitchen! Through this they are offering Free ServSafe Certification Classes, financial assistance with city licenses, and offering up their kitchen space for rental. Click here to learn more
- ChiBizHub has an accelerator program launched with support from Etsy’s Uplift Fund. The Artisan Entrepreneurs Academy includes a six-week virtual coaching cohort and a $5,000 grant for 100 creative entrepreneurs in Illinois and Indiana. Click here for more info.
- JumpHire now has enrollment to fast track your career in healthcare. JumpHire is a Chicago-based philanthropic organization dedicated to eliminating employment barriers for those without college degrees. Click here to sign up and learn more.
