Today Google announces a $1M investment into job and skills training on #Chicago's South & West Sides, to help shrink the wealth gap. David Roeder Chicago Sun-Times reports more here: chicago.suntimes.com/business/2022/…

Thank you David Roeder for highlighting this exciting investment in the CBO Collective and the impact we're making on Chicagoans. #jobs #investinChicago Chicago Sun-Times

It's the changes in hiring practices. #hiring #diversityequityinclusion

So many times companies miss out on great candidates that will help their company go to the next level because they are narrow in their focus. #hiring #hiringpractices

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Join #CBOCollective member North Lawndale Employment Network on Thursday, May 5th for their community wide hiring event. Please share with someone who may need employment. #community #hiring #employment #jobs

Our mission at the CBO Collective is to shrink the wealth gap in Chicago and other communities by helping residents of underserved, underrepresented, and disinvested communities obtain career opportunities that lead to self-sustainability. chicagobusiness.com/equity/career-…

ARE YOU READY TO WORK? Join CBO Collective member MetroFamily Services for their hiring event on Thursday, June 2nd. Please share this among your networks and let's get Chicago to work. Register at Eventbrite and reserve your spot today lnkd.in/gtpYkUyN

Southside we are coming to you. In partnership with MetroFamily Services & Phalanx Family Services on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 10 am to 2 pm we will have employers onsite ready to make same day offers. Make sure to share this with your networks. #employment #hiring

CBO Collective member Chicago Urban League host’s it’s Citywide Job Fair. Pass the word. Register Here: lnkd.in/duwF2-Wu

Teen employment has been on a gradual decline for years, w/ racial disparity also present b/w white, black, & brown youth. W/ unemployment so low, employers could look at those <18 for their workforce. Seems like an untapped talent base. H/T Pew Research Center pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022…

HIRING EVENT!!! On the spot interviews and same day offers to those who qualify. Make sure to share this with your networks. #employment #hiring #workforcedevelopment #collaboration #careers

We are 3 days away!!! On the spot interviews and same day offers to those who qualify. Make sure to share this with your networks. #employment #hiring #workforcedevelopment #collaboration #careers

Check out the innovative work of CBO Collective member organization MetroFamily Services led by Ric Estrada. #communityimpact #englewood

Join today us at the Mayor’s Office Pop-Up Event. Location is at Foster Park, 1440 W. 84th St. We will have info about community resources. If you need a #job, then this is the place to be. #SummertimeChi

It is truly an honor for @SCFJobs to be a part of Discover's journey to open their #Chatham call center. Thank you for everything you have done and will do for Chatham and the surrounding communities. We look forward to our partnership continuing for a long time to come.

Join our Executive Director, @cleophusjlee on WTTW’s Black Voices at 6:30 p.m. today and 10 p.m. on Sunday. He will be discussing unemployment in Chicago and how the CBO Collective is working to help the most vulnerable.

Working to shrink the wealth gap in Chicago.

Employers added 261,000 jobs last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said Friday. That was down from 315,000 in September. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent. #jobs #economy #employment #unemployment

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