The Workforce Connection’s One Stop Operator, Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois, provides additional technology assistance to active job seekers and participants.
Through Goodwill’s partnership with Indeed and PCs for People, 174 Desktops, 173 Laptops, and 338 hotspots for a total of 685 devices were distributed to active job seekers and participants in our training programs in the Belvidere, Freeport, and Rockford Career Centers from June 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023. In addition, 364 Lyft codes were provided to job seekers to support them in their search and help them make it to interviews in the first few weeks of their newly secured employment.