River Valley Business Solutions

The River Valley Business Solutions Team is committed to providing employers with integrated, customer-focused access to the wide array of services available through the workforce system.

River Valley Business Solutions Team Members are available to meet with employers on site at the business facility.  Workforce specialists can assess staffing and training needs and provide customized, one-on-one assistance with access to the wide array of resources available.

Request an appointment or site visit today 

• Arrange for ASSISTANCE at your time, your location!

• Begin taking ADVANTAGE of the resources available to employers

• Many services are PREPAID through employers` tax contributions

Partial List of Services: 

-  Connection to qualified job applicants, from entry level to highly skilled

-  Marketing of open positions and Internet job posting, including Illinois Skills Match 
          a statewide databank system that matches openings with qualified applicants

-  Job Fairs, Open Houses, Hiring Events
           on site at employer`s facility or the local One Stop Center

-  Assessment - applicant skill levels, training needs, facility ADA compliance

-  Skills Training - soft skills, ESL, SSL, basic computer to ISO and MicroSoft certifications

-  Training Grants
           assistance with identifying grants, applying, reporting

-  Assistance with hiring Veterans, ex-offenders, disabled
            information tax credits and other incentives available

-  Outplacement Assistance
            WARN notice, unemployment insurance training and assistance

-  Access to Labor Market Data, customizable by region and industry

-  Use of facilities for screening, testing and interviewing, at no cost to employer

Save time, save money!

 

River Valley Business Solutions can serve as an extension of your open position marketing and expand human resources scope.

Click here for a list of River Valley Business Solutions Team Members.

LEAD Grant Incumbent Worker Training Program - Federal funds available to eligible employers for training existing workforce on job related skills in industries identified as Critical Skills Shortage Industries.

Click here to download a copy of guidelines and application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Reader, available free of charge by clicking on  `Get Adobe Reader` at the bottom of this page.)

Click here for more information on eligible training and industries or

Contact a River Valley Business Solutions Team Member for assistance or more information regarding the LEAD Grant or other workforce development resources. 

Additional Resources for Employers

State of Illinois Business Portal
One place to go for assistance at any stage of a business life cycle:
  -  starting a new business
  -  running a business
  -  changing an existing business
  -  relocating a business to Illinois.
Provides information and answers including:
 -  business news 
 -  help finding an agency 
 -  FAQ’s 
 -  feedback
and a new search engine to help find needed forms; more than 1,000 forms are available on line, hundreds of which can be completed and submitted electronically or via email.

Illinois workNet  
Training, Connecting, Developing Illinois` Workforce
Centralized source for Illinois job seekers and businesses to connect to resources and services
- Jobseekers: create and save resumes, locate resources, view and save local information, connect to job counselors
- Employers: search for job candidates, find training resources, access local information, connect with business service representative

Grants, Loans and Incentives (State of Illinois)
Links to ways the State and Federal government can help business succeed, including Illinois EDGE, ETIP (Employer Training Investment Program).

Illinois Business Data
The latest census data in easy to use categories, including General Research, Workforce Data, Illinois Infrasructure Data, and Others.

Illinois Industries In The Fortune 500
Building Costs in Illinois
Global Access from Illinois
Illinois Transportation Infrastructure
The Illinois Workforce
Logistics
Manufacturing in Illinois
Markets and Resources in Illinois
Quality of Life in Illinois
Technology in Illinois
Labor Market Information
Tax Credits
Training Information
Unemployment Information

Wage Rates 
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program information on entry level, median, and experienced hourly (and annual) wages is available for Illinois, the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), Economic Development Regions (EDRs), counties and the Local Workforce Areas (LWAs) in both Excel and Adobe Acrobat formats. Data is for 2006, 1st quarter. 

State of the Workforce Report 2003
Chicago Metropolitan Region

  -  Executive Summary
  -  Full Report

An analysis of the Metropolitan Chicago Region’s workforce demand, workforce supply, emerging workforce, and quality of life. The full report provides extensive data and storyline interpretation about the region and how it compares to other metropolitan regions in the country. The Executive Summary highlights some of the major findings. The Metropolitan Chicago workforce region consists of eight different workforce development areas in northeast Illinois: City of Chicago and DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, North and Northeast Cook, South and West Suburban Cook and Will counties.

Critical Skills Shortage Industries
Information on the statewide Critical Skills Shortage Initiative and regional reports on three industry sections.

The River Valley Business Solutions Team Mission:
To support economic, business, and individual career growth by providing consultative, comprehensive, integrated solutions to businesses, including recruitment, assessment, and training.

The River Valley Business Solutions Team Vision:
To become a valued business and economic development partner by seamlessly providing a comprehensive array of quality business solutions that will consistently meet the needs of area businesses.

 

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