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Students & Educators
GCAMP helps students of all ages discover rewarding, high-tech careers in the Greater Chicago Region.
Manufacturers
GCAMP works with you to help you find the future employees you need to grow your companies.
The Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Partnership is a coalition of area manufacturers, educators at all levels, trade associations, workforce boards, municipal economic developers and more. GCAMP works to bring everyone together to solve the skills gap employment crisis that currently challenges all manufacturers. GCAMP is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity, part of the Valley Industrial Association.
GCAMP helps students of all ages discover rewarding, high-tech careers in the Greater Chicago Region.
GCAMP works with you to help you find the future employees you need to grow your companies.
Check out this spotlight video of the recent Manufacturing Breakfast that was hosted in partnership with EGHS, D214, and the Village of Elk Grove.
D211 Senior Job Fair
Thank you for your ongoing support of Township High School District 211. We will be holding our second annual D211 Senior Job Fair for our graduating seniors from Palatine, Fremd, Conant, Schaumburg, Higgins, North Campus, and Hoffman Estates High Schools who are planning to go directly into the workforce after graduation and are looking for full-time, entry-level positions.
If your company is looking to hire high school graduates for entry-level positions, we invite you to fill out the application to attend this free event. Due to space limitations, we cannot guarantee space for all applicants.
DATE:
Thursday, May 2nd from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
TIME:
Community Partners - Arrive between 8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Students will attend between 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Schaumburg High School
1100 W Schaumburg Rd
Schaumburg 60194
Application Link:
https://forms.gle/Nfeo6A8xewqBFMpk8
If you cannot complete the application link because your company’s security software will not allow it, please email Paula Waterman pwaterman@d211.org instead of filling out the application link.
We will notify everyone who completes the application no later than April 4th if we will be able to offer a space.
Thank you for your continued support
Regards,
Paula Waterman
May 2nd, 2024 08:00 AM - May 2nd, 2024 12:00 PM
Schaumburg High School 1100 W Schaumburg Rd Schaumburg 60194
Weisner Center (West Aurora High School) Manufacturing Breakfast with Mock Interviews
The third annual mock interview event at West Aurora Weisner Center and MFG Breakfast is Wednesday, May 15, 2024!
We hope you can once again give your time to the young people of the West Aurora community. Below are the details along with a registration link. Please plan to join us for part or all of the day! As the enrollment at Weisner Center has grown so too has the need for interviewers, please forward this invitation to anyone in your professional network who cares about young people and their future careers in Building Trades, Machining and Welding!
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Where: Weisner Center, 1920 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora
Who is invited:
1.) Employers in the Aurora area interested in learning more about the current programming at the Weisner Center in Building Trades, Machining and Welding.
2.) Employers in the Aurora area hiring for positions in Building Trades, Machining and Welding.
Breakfast Agenda
7:30 a.m. - Check-in starts
7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. - Self-guided tour of Weisner Center and breakfast
7:55 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Welcome
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Program
8:45 a.m. - Start mock interviews
Mock Interview Time Blocks
8:45 a.m. - 11:06 a.m. - Machining and Welding
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Welding
1:20 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Building Trades and Machining
Please contact me with any questions.
Cassie Blickem cblickem@waubonsee.edu
Director
Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES, EFE #130)
May 15th, 2024 07:30 AM - May 15th, 2024 02:45 PM
Weisner Center, 1920 W Galena Blvd, Aurora, IL
IMA (Illinois Manufacturing Association) 2023 CCPE Scholarship
The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA), in partnership with Education Systems Center at NIU (EdSystems), is now offering a scholarship to Illinois students who:
This $500 scholarship can be put towards tuition, fees, supplies, textbooks, room, board, job training equipment and uniforms, or other barrier reduction costs that arise. The scholarship awards will be sent directly to students upon postsecondary enrollment or starting work.
Deadline to apply is May 31.
Click the button below to Learn More,
May 31st, 2024 12:00 AM
Dunham Foundation
Elk Grove Village
Village of Hoffman Estates
Village of Schaumburg
Burgess-Norton Mfg. Co.
Custom Aluminum Products
Kuriyama of America, Inc.
Nicor Gas
The Diemasters: A Weiss-Aug Group Company
Mazak Corporation.
PRT Lids
Schaumburg Specialties
Wiegel
Aurora Metals Division, LLC
Babbitting Service
C&C Power
Dec Tool Corporation
Heidenhain Corporation
MTH Pumps/MTH Tool Company, Inc.
Ox Industries
Smithfield Foods
The Timken Company Charitable and Educational Fund
TouchTunes
TOX® PRESSOTECHNIK
US Bank
Weldstar