Chicago Career Tech applicants must meet and provide appropriate documentation for ALL of the following core minimum qualifications:
- Legal right to work in the United States
- Resident of the City of Chicago
- Minimum of a high school degree, GED certificate, or higher level of education
- Unemployed (no earlier than January 1, 2008) with previous annual salary of $25,000 to $90,000
- Eligible to collect or have exhausted unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in the State of Illinois
- Not enrolled in another job training program during the duration of the Chicago Career Tech program
- Not a previous Chicago Career Tech participant
- Able to pass criminal background check and drug test
