This presentation focuses on Illinois workNet's tools and resources available to business owners to help with their recruiting and hiring efforts.

1. Recruiting, Hiring,
& Retaining
Find Your Most Valuable Business Asset!.
Illinois workNet® is sponsored by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. – February 2019

2. BUSINESS SERVICE TEAM
YOUR ADJUNCT HR TEAM

3. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
Illinois workNet® is sponsored by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
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GET THE HELP YOU NEED
Business Service Teams are workforce professionals trained to assist you with your
business needs. Recruitment Services offered by Business Service teams include:
• Workplace Assessment
• Labor Market Information & Economic Snapshots
• Job Posting and Recruitment
• Candidate Matching & Referrals
• Pre-employment screening
• Employee Work readiness Assessments
• Job Fairs and Recruitment Events
• Hiring Benefits and Tax Incentives
• State and Federal Resources on Hiring Unique Applicants
• Training Opportunities
Find an Illinois workNet Center in your area to make an appointment and speak for
FREE to the Business Services Team.
https://www.illinoisworknet.com/Connect/Pages/LocationSearch.aspx

4. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
Get the Experience you
Need – 12 Reasons to
Hire a Mature Worker
Dedicated
Punctual
Honest
Detail-
oriented &,
focused
Good
Listeners
Pride in a job
well done
Organizational
skillsEfficient &
confident
Mature
Sets an
example
Communication
Skills
Reduced
Labor Costs

5. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
Evolve Your Workforce – Hire A Person With A Disability
Myth - Hiring people with
disability will cost me money
•Fact - Businesses can
qualify for up to $7,400
in federal tax credits
when hiring people with
disability.
Myth - Hiring disabled workers
increases workers compensation
insurance rates
•Fact - Insurance rates
are based solely on the
relative hazards of the
operation and the
organization's accident
experience, not on
whether an employer
has hired workers with
disabilities.
Myth - Providing accommodations
for people with disabilities is
expensive
•Fact – For the majority
of workers with
disabilities who do need
some sort of special
equipment or
accommodation, 56% of
these cost less than
$600, with many costing
nothing at all.
Myth - Employees with disabilities
have a higher absentee rate than
employees without disabilities
•Fact - Studies by firms
such as DuPont show
that employees with
disabilities are not
absent any more than
employees without
disabilities.

6. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
Broaden your knowledge of how and where to find
Veterans - Illinois workNet provides access to a
wealth of resources for hiring veteran all in one
place. We have resources to help you understand:
• Military Culture
• Priority of Service
• Establishing a Veteran-friendly Workplace
• Recruiting and Retaining Veteran Employees.

7. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
• Reduce employers’ federal income tax liability by up to $2400 when hiring a formerly incarcerated person.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• Covers losses up to $5000 with no deductible, and is free of-charge to the employer.
The Federal Bonding Program
• Allows any business located in the 95 Illinois enterprise zones a $500 credit on Illinois income taxes for
each job created for which an economically disadvantage individual or dislocated worker is hired.
Enterprise Zone Job Tax Credit
• OJT is a “hire-first” program in which businesses can get up to 50% reimbursement of the new employee’s
wages while they are in training.
On-the-Job Training
Hiring formerly
incarcerated people
is easier and safer
than you think.
Employers can get a
full-time employee at
a substantially
reduced cost by
taking advantage of
tax credits for hiring
people with past
convictions. Here are
a few of the benefits:

8. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
Provide an opportunity for youth to learn important life
skills and acquire hands-on experience. Take an active
role in the work experience. Part-time and summer
jobs are great opportunities.
• Youth 18 years or older may perform any job, whether hazardous or not,
for unlimited hours.
• Youth 16 or 17 years old may perform any non-hazardous job for unlimited
hours.
• Youth 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various non-
manufacturing, non-mining, non-hazardous jobs.

9. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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HIRING THE RIGHT PERSON
Interns and Apprenticeships
• A method of on-the-job training for white-collar and
professional careers.
• May be paid or unpaid, usually temporary in nature.
Apprenticeships
• A method of on-the-job training for trade and vocational jobs.
• Paid at a “learning” rate, transitioning into a “journeyman”
position.
Volunteers
• Hire someone as a volunteer to help them maintain job skills or
learn new ones
• Promote volunteer activities in your business
• http://www.handsonnetwork.org/tools/volunteercalculator
says the value of a volunteer is $22.14 per hour (2012)

10. HIRING
MAKE THE RIGHT HIRE! RETAIN YOUR VALUABLE EMPLOYEE

11. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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HIRING CREDITS
Check our Employer Hiring Credits to
determine if your recent hire entitles
your company to any hiring incentive
programs.
https://www.illinoisworknet.com/Jobs/Pages/HiringCredits.aspx

12. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
Customized
Training
• Customized training is business
driven and designed to meet
the special requirements of
each employer.
Incumbent
Worker
Training
• Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)
programs help local employers
develop and implement training
programs for current employees
who need new or upgraded skills
in order to retain employment.
On-the-Job
Training
• On-The-Job Training (OJT) program is a
“hire-first” program in which the
employer, works with Illinois workNet
to hire, train, and retain an individual.
https://www.illinoisworknet.com/Training/Pages/EmployeeTraining.aspx

13. FINDING YOUR MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS ASSET!
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and Economic Opportunity.
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