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Updating Your Skills: Success for Nancy at Greater West Town

Proof positive that adult education works to get people working!  Read Nancy's story of success, in celebration of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.  Then call Greater West Town and start your own journey toward a career: 312-563-9570.

Put Your Summer to Work!

Greater West Town's Wood Products Manufacturing Training prepares individuals in 15 weeks for entry-level positions as skilled cabinetmaker apprentices, bench carpenters, machine operators, CNC operators, assemblers, solid surface counter fabricators. M-F, full time. Next class starts late June. Job Placement Services Included. Great careers start here!!!  Call 312-563-9570.

 

Opportunity Rolls in for Greater West Town Graduate

Graduate of Greater West Town's Shipping & Receiving Program meets success on the job and in life!

CVS/pharmacy Job Training Information Meetings 1/15 For Westcott Elementary School Parents!

Calling all Westcott Elementary Parents!!! Join us, for the next information meeting to learn about the CVS/pharmacy, job program, Thursday, January 15th from 9:00-10:00am or 4:00-5:00pm, at Westcott Elementary, 409 W. 80th Street, in our new Parent Room #102. See you there!

Taking a Drastic Turn for the Better

Graduate of Greater West Town’s Shipping & Receiving Program tells about overcoming skills deficits, lack of experience, and lack of opportunity, getting a job, advancing in his career, and starting to dream big…

HACIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OPENS ENROLLMENT FOR FREE CONTRACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CONTRACT AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES.

The Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA) Scholarship Foundation in conjunction with the Institute for Workforce Education at St. Augustine College announced at a Press Conference on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 the beginning of a 6-month free Contractor Training Program. The Program aims to instruct 200 small business contractors throughout the Chicagoland area and provide career advancement to minority individuals working in the construction and contracting industries.

Daughter-Mother Team Complete and Compete

Greater West Town’s Shipping & Receiving and Wood Products Manufacturing Programs get you the skills to compete in today’s job market. Read how a mother-daughter pair took advantage of this free opportunity.

Greater West Town: Connecting Successfully with the Woodworking Industry

Learn to build cabinets and furniture, operate woodworking machines including CNC, read blueprints, measure accurately, and start a career in the satisfying field of wood products manufacturing.  Study at Greater West Town, an agency that connects with industry.