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Rapid Rehousing Employment Specialist
Company: DuPage Pads
Category:
Professional Services
Wheaton
Type: Full Time
DuPage Pads is seeking a Rapid Rehousing Employment Specialist to join their team. This position is responsible for preparing participants enrolled in the Rapid Rehousing programs to seek, obtain, and retain employment. This position is also responsible for networking with area businesses and industries to identify appropriate job opportunities near rapid rehousing apartment locations, provide job development and placement strategies, facilitate employment curriculum to provide ongoing support services; and serving as a liaison between the program and the job site. Some responsibilities are listed below. For full details about the position and instructions how to apply, click HERE.
Operates within the DuPagePads Core Values, which supports providing care in accordance with the Trauma Informed Policy and Practices of the Agency.
Assist with the screening, application, and assessment process for prospective workforce participants; ensuring the participants are fully committed to invest the time and apply the proper priority to program participation.
Conduct regular visits in client homes across the county to assist participants with their employment and educational goals.
Establish career goals in collaboration with participants and their respective case managers.
Provide and facilitate employment workshops and training for job readiness and job retention. Be flexible to provide in-person workshops at locations near participant homes or in virtual formats.
Provide accessibility and linkages to community-based education and training programs courses.
Network with area business and associations to identify and advocate for appropriate job opportunities for program participants.
Develop partnerships with businesses, industries, government and employment agencies to secure appropriate employment opportunities near and around participants’ residences.
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Peek Inside: At this location, we offer our customers a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, from CNC machining all the way to complete product assembly and fulfillment.
Fun fact about our company: a robot works right alongside our machinists to produce parts with quality and efficiency!
You would like to work at our company if
you are interested in the wide range of evolving technologies, processes and creativity that go into the world of modern manufacturing.
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<li class="vbox centered">To get that job, you typically need <strong>a high school diploma and vocational or technical training in machining.</strong> We offer additional on-the-job training once a new machinist with the foundational skills and experience joins the team so they can continue to master their craft.</li>
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<li class="vbox centered">In the next year, we expect to hire <strong>Assembly Operators</strong></li>
<li class="vbox centered">To get that job, you typically need <strong>a high school diploma, a mechanical aptitude and a willingness to learn and closely follow processes and work instructions.</strong></li>
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Company Name: The Jel Sert Company
DuPage Location: West Chicago, IL
Total number of employees in DuPage: 900 during peak season
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The Jel Sert Company is a leading manufacturer of food and beverage products. For the past 20 years, our team has been dedicated to establishing an exemplary manufacturing infrastructure that supports the needs of some of the world’s largest Consumer Packaged Goods and pharmaceutical companies.
Jel Sert is committed to providing employees with development opportunities as we are invested in their long term success and advancement within the organization. An individual development plan assists employees in career and personal development and allows employees to reach short and long term career goals.
You would like to work at our company because
We are committed to attracting the best talent and developing our employees to exceed their potential. Our employees take pride in their work and are always looking for ways to contribute their ideas, skills, experience, and passion. We reward and value creativity, professionalism, teamwork, honesty, and longevity.
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<li class="vbox centered">In the next year, we expect to hire <strong>2-3 technicians</strong></li>
<li class="vbox centered">To get this job, you typically need a <strong>Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with electrical, hydraulics, programming, and mechanical PLCs is required.</strong></li>
<li class="vbox centered">We pay <strong>$2.00 per hour shift differential for all time worked on 3rd shift.</strong> *Rate of pay depends on one’s experience, education, and skills.</li>
<li class="vbox centered">Our best technicians have: <strong>Strong mechanical and electrical skills </strong>Additionally, someone that takes pride in their work, is honest, creative in their ideas, and works as a professional in a team environment.</li>
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All Technicians are sent to College of DuPage for classes. Technicians are scheduled for a series of six mechanical and six electrical classes. Classes are during work hours, so Technicians are paid for their time in class. We adjust their hours to spend half their shift on the floor and the balance in the class. Jel Sert pays for this training which includes classroom and lab work. All Technicians are involved in this training despite their experience level.
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