03/26/2012 – WBEZ Chicago Public Radio – Chicago Career Tech is discussed on The Afternoon Shift with Steve Edwards. Listen to the audio cast.
In The News
“A Dream Come True” at Chicago Career Tech
March 22, 2012
03/22/2012 – United Way of Metropolitan Chicago – For the past five months, I have been participating in the Chicago Career Tech (CCT) job retraining program, and have had the opportunity to complete the hands-on training portion of the program at Changing Worlds, an educational arts nonprofit organization that provides oral history, writing and art programs for K-12 students and educators in Chicago.
Chicago Career Tech on the MIX
February 27, 2012
02/28/2012 – “MIX Matters” with Susan Wiencek – 101.9FM – The job market, like the economy, is slowly improving but many Chicagoans are still out of work. One not-for-profit organization, Chicago Career Tech, is retraining middle income earners (those who made less than $90K) for new careers in health care and technology. Marie Lynch, President of Chicago Career Tech, explains the program—which is free—who’s eligible, and the application process.
Older workers face challenges after layoffs
February 16, 2012
02/16/2012 – Chicago Tribune – Those past 50 often have to retool skills, take sizable pay cuts to re-enter workforce.
Chicago Career Tech provides technology-based job retraining
January 6, 2012
01/06/2012 – Chicago Gazette - For unemployed middle income workers in Chicago, there is another career option besides becoming a barista at Starbucks. Chicago Career Tech (CCT) offers a timely solution for keeping up with fast moving technology through a job retraining initiative.
Hiring boom forecast in health care, accounting, IT and sales
December 26, 2011
12/26/2011 – Chicago Tribune – 2012 expects to see uptick in certain fields, which could cut into Illinois’ 10 percent unemployment rate
Senator Dick Durbin Visits Chicago Career Tech
October 11, 2011
Hours before the Senate voted on President Obama’s American Jobs Act, Senator Durbin met with CCT participants and graduates to discuss key elements of the proposed legislation on October 11. “Unemployed Americans working to learn new skills in an effort to re-enter the job market deserve our support,” said Durbin.
Eye on Unemployment:Chicago
October 7, 2011
10/07/2011 – BET Interactive It’s not all hopeless. Here’s one program that’s making a dent in the jobless stats.
