Government Agencies Employment Resources – job training & placement, employment counseling, and reemployment rights in Illinois:
Albany Park Community Center
Albany Park Community Center's Veterans Workforce Development Program offers information and assistance to veterans seeking employment. In addition, the program provides support and advocacy as a major role in acclimating returning military personnel into civilian life. The Center acts as a channel to licensed clinicians, offers PTSD assessments, provides assessment/support for service-related issues and connects individuals, couples and families to the appropriate resources.
Executive Order, Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government
Feds Hire Vets
The Vets to Feds (V2F) Career Development Program for Student Trainee (Contracting) is sponsored by the Interagency Council on Veterans Employment. This new program is designed to recruit and support the development of our Nation's Student Veterans for careers with the Federal Government. The program will offer you the opportunity to pursue valuable experience related to the contracting career field while pursuing your education. Trainees who complete the program will transition into Federal Contract Specialist positions – one of the Government's most mission critical positions.
VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service
Assists veterans with service-connected disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. For veterans with service-related disabilities so severe that they cannot immediately consider work, the program offers services to improve their ability to live as independently as possible.
Vet Centers
16 locations within the county. Offer VA employment assessment, counseling, and referral services to all veterans.
Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)
Administers two free programs at locations throughout the county:
- Processing and paying unemployment compensation claims for regular employees who have been let go through no fault of their own and are actively seeking employment.
VA-trained and other employment counselors assisting with résumé preparation, career guidance and job referrals through counseling, workshops, and access to the Internet using computers maintained at each location. The agency also maintains Illinois Job Link, the most advanced government-designed job bank program in the nation, which connects employers that have job openings to job seekers statewide.
US Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS)
Administers the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), which protects reemployment rights when returning from a period of service in the uniformed services, including those called up from the reserves or National Guard, and prohibits employer discrimination based on military service or obligation. The agency also provides Veterans Preference Information for veterans who are disabled and/or who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in military campaigns and who are therefore given hiring preference over others for virtually all federal government jobs.
US Department of State (Foreign Affairs)
Career opportunities
State of Illinois
Current employment opportunities. Hiring preference for qualified veterans.
City of Chicago
Current employment opportunities. Hiring preference for qualified veterans.
America’s Heroes At Work
Educates employers about the signs and symptoms of combat PTSD and TBI and how to use creative ways to support the returning service member who may need assistance.
America’s Job Bank
US Department of Labor listing of available jobs in each state. Offers help building an online résumé that can be sent to prospective employers in the job bank.
Employer Support of Guard & Reserve
Provides help for returning Reservist and Guardsmen with employment disputes or finding civilian employers who support our Guard and Reserve; there is also a link to Ombudsmen, a group that helps Reservist and Guardsmen actually resolve disputes or answers questions about employment-related problems.
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Provides short-term, interest-free loans and grants to help with emergency needs such as emergency transportation; funeral expenses; medical/dental bills (patient's share); food, rent and utilities; disaster relief assistance; child care expenses; essential vehicle repairs and other unforeseen family emergencies. Their office serving this area is at Great Lakes Naval Base in No. Chicago.
USA Jobs
The official website for government jobs with a specific link for job opportunities for veterans.
The Illinois WorkNet Center
Explore careers, job training opportunities, and related resources for veterans.
Veterans Curation Project
New jobs program for unemployed veterans set up by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Employment and job search counseling, employment referrals, and/or job training for veterans at private, nonprofit agencies in Cook County:
National Able Network
National Able Network is a nonprofit agency working to serve individuals, families and communities by bringing together qualified job seekers and businesses. Since 1977, Able's experienced, multicultural professionals provide the training, the personal skills and the job search techniques that help people enter or re-enter the workforce as quickly and as easily as possible. Able helps build communities through an array of workforce services.
Jane Addams Hull House
Recruiters and other online job search resources placing JMOs, NCOs, enlisted personnel, and their spouses with US firms: 
Orion International
Vertical Path Recruiting
MilitaryLeaders.com
Bradley-Morris, Inc.
Soar Consulting, Inc.
JobLine International
Jobswrap
MilitaryConnection.com
Focus Military
Jobs for Military
Magellan Professional Solutions, Inc.
TAOnline.com
AllMilitary.com
Recruit Military
MilitaryHire.com
VetJobs
Quintessential Careers
Power-Careers.com
HireMilitary.com
Civilianjobs.com
CareerOneStop - Chicago Workforce Center @ Pilsen
CareerOneStop – Southwest Career Center
USMilitary.com
VeteranEmployment.com
Military.com Military Spouse Career Center
Military.com Military Spouse Job Search
CareerOneStop – Military Spouse Resources
Military Spouse Corporate Career Center
Lucas Group
