To prepare low income and at risk individuals with opportunities to connect with compassionate employers.
Employee Connections is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit employment education/training agency providing employment education training programs and services that prepare and connect low income and disadvantage youth and adults with job opportunities.
We provide excellent training services in employment education to those we serve.
We successfully bring about sustainable change in the lives of our Youth, Families and individuals by empowering them to achieve social and economic success through workforce skills, life coaching training and job placement services we provide. We help and motivate them to identify, utilize their skills, experience and training to achieve their goals and objectives. As a community outreach initiative, we work to build community resources, bring stimulus to the economy through joint venture partnership and programs of interests.
Officer • President Cynthia Dockery-Harris
President • Employee Connections, Inc., NFP and
President/CEO Meeting Essentials By D'esign, Inc.
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Officer • Vice-President/Treasurer Arthur J. Gass
Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County, Illinois
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Reverend Ellie Coleman
Pastor of Way through the Word Ministries
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Dr. Lucille Coleman, Nursing Faculty
College of Lake County
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Robert and Suzanne Wieseneck
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Stephen McCulley, General Manager
Holiday Inn Gurnee Convention Center
Gurnee, IL 60031
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Employee Connections
2504 Washington Street
Suite 602
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
• Adult Youth Employment Program is designed for at risk youth from low to moderate income families between the ages of 16 to 24 in-school youth and out-of-school youth. The core components of this program include the development of "real life" skills, social skills, academic enrichment, job readiness training and self-worth and on-the- job training experience.
• Candidate Referral Program - This is a job placement program where local area employers contact Employee Connections to refer employment age youth and adults that have successfully completed one of our programs, to them to interview for employment opportunities.
• Career Builders - This is our Summer Youth Employment program that is designed for at risk youth from low to moderate income families between the ages of 14 to 17 in-school youth. The core components of this program include the development of "real life" skills, social skills, academic enrichment, job readiness training and self-worth and on-the-job training experience. Youth are provided a stipend as well.
• Illinois WorkNet® Work Readiness Assessment Training As a certified Illinois workNet® we provide training to youth and adults on work readiness skills. Participants learn about the skills and qualities that effective employees possess including the following topics
1) Communication
2) Maintaining Professionalism
3) Demonstrating Work Ethics and Behavior
4) Solving Problems
5) Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
6) Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Life Skills and Work-readiness Training - With our Youth and Adult Employment Education and Training programs we offer: Job Readiness Training and life skills training that prepare participants for employment and how to sustain their jobs once hired. It covers: Preparing a resume, job application, cover and thank you letters, career exploration, interviewing skills, job seeking, work place expectations, behavior on the job, being reliable and on time, financial accountability and budgeting, appropriate attire and conflict resolution.
• Student Connect - This is an after school Work-readiness training program for High School Juniors and Seniors. Students are trained in job readiness skills to prepare them for them workforce. This program develops partnerships for training and development and job placement opportunities for the student participants.
• Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) - This program is funded by the State of Illinois. It is administered by Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Department of Human Services. It provides on-the-job training and experiences. Low-income and at-risk youth are eligible to participate in the program. The program pays youth at $9.00 hourly wage for a 35-40 hourly week for six weeks. Youth are required to also take the Illinois workNet® work-readiness assessment and received their certificate of completion before being placed on a worksite.
• The Joshua Project - Computer Skills Training Program is free to low-income, low-skilled disadvantaged youth and adults. The program provides an introduction to concepts addressing basic computer hardware application of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software.
