This presentation was used during the E&ES Annual Meeting in February 2016. It provides an overview of Illinois workNet tools for individuals, employers, and workforce & education partners.

1. Re-Launch Your Knowledge of Illinois workNet
www.illinoisworknet.com
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E&ES Annual Meeting
February 15, 2016

2. Connect all citizens to resources for achieving
career, training, and employment goals.Goal:
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3. Illinois workNet® Web Portal System
and jobPrep App
Illinois workNet® is a portal to connect individuals, employers, and
education, workforce and community partners to career planning,
education and training, and employment resources and tools. The
portal connects people to local and statewide in-person and online
services.
• Web Portal – http://www2.illinoisworknet.com
jobPrep Mobile App includes capabilities that assist job seekers with
their employment needs, all from the convenience of a smartphone.
The free app is available for downloading from iTunes, Google Play
and Amazon.
• jobPrep Mobile App – http://www.illinoisworknet.com/jobprep
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4. • Career Pathways, wages
and trends
• Prepare your resume
• Market your skills and
credentials
• Explore, plan for, and select a
training program
• Find and apply
for jobs
• Prepare for
interviews
• Attend events
• Connect to service locations
and referrals
• Network with social media
• Create resumes
• Complete Employment 101
• Take and save Career Interest
Surveys
• Get the job, keep it, and
grow in a career
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5. Area Icon Resource and tools …
Explore
Careers
To explore careers, their skills and interests, and to plan for their future or job/career
transition.
Training &
Credentials
Plan and participate in training opportunities and connect to financial support to
become qualified in your career field.
Job Openings
& Recruiting
Help job seekers get a job and to help employers recruit and hire.
Qualify for
Jobs
Get real life experiences and understand employer expectations to become prepared
to demonstrate how your experience, skills, and credentials qualify you for a job.
Network &
Connect
Reinforce connections to help you get into, and stay, in your chosen career field.
Layoff
Assistance
Help individuals impacted by a layoff through job or career transition, as well as
provide employers the legal requirements for reporting layoffs and resources to
voluntarily help employees impacted.
Updates &
Help
Additional guides and work support resources to help people meet their employment
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6. My Dashboard
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Customers can use My Dashboard to personalize their Illinois
workNet experience by:
1. Maintaining account information,
2. Accessing My Tools, and
1. Bookmarks
2. Employment 101 Guide
3. Resume Builder
4. CIS Surveys
3. Accessing My Assessments.
My Notes**
** Coming Soon

7. Messages
Messages make communicating
quick and easy with the NEW
Messaging tool.
• Send messages to your customers
directly over Illinois workNet. Once they
receive a message from you they will be
able to message you back.
• Send questions to or voice concerns or
suggestions to the Illinois workNet
Team.
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8. Customers - My Assessments
Customers can see their
results from Assessments
they have taken within
Illinois workNet all in one
area.
• Skills & Interests Surveys
• Employment 101 Pre-
/Post-Assessment
• NOCTI 21st Century Skills
Assessment
• Observational Assessment
• Worksite Evaluation 8

9. Certificate of Completion
Customers can print and use this
Certificate of Completion once
they have completed the steps
within Employment 101 (Pre-
Assessment, Employment 101
Modules, and Post-Assessment).
You can download/print for
customers using Customer
Groups.
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10. Individual Resources, Services and Tools
Customers can
connect to online
and in-person
resources, tools
and programs.
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11. Employer Resources, Services and Tools
Employers can also
connect to online
and in-person
resources, tools
and programs.
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12. User Guides
Mostly one or two page printable PDF documents that provide steps or
instructions for getting started. There are some web page guides too.
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13. From the home page, use
the arrows on the left and
right and click on the
scenario that best fits your
needs.
Where to
Find User Guides
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14. How to Use the Guides
Minimal
Experience
Work
Experience
1. Go to https://www2.illinoisworknet.com/ and select User Guide Scenarios right from the home
page.
2. Use the icons to determine the most helpful guides.
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15. How to Use the Guides
1. Click on any guide.
2. Download and/or save and/or print PDFs.
3. Click the icon information to find out what the
icons mean.
4. Optionally, use the filters and search to find
guides.
5. Show between 20 or more guides at a time.
6. View the guides as shown to the right, or select
the grid view, or text only view.
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16. My Dashboard for Partners
Partner Tools – Option Only Shows
for Partner Accounts:
• Customer Groups
• Assessments Dashboard (NEW)
• Incumbent Worker Tracking
System (IWTS)
• Services Locator Administration
• NOCTI Administration
• Event Calendar Administration
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17. Workforce & Education Partner Pathway
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18. Partner Tools
Global Tools:
• Customers groups for completing
and viewing customer saved
assessment results and plans and for
communicating with customers.
• Career and workplace skill
development assessments.
• Outreach tools such as the Event
Calendar, Service Locator, and
Success Stories.
Specialized Tools:
These tools require authorization,
beyond partnership, to gain access.
They are primarily used for
implementing and collecting data for
specific programs.
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19. Assessments Dashboard
Use your assessment dashboard to
see a high level overview assessment
completion status for your customers
in Illinois workNet.
• View counts of customers that have
completed/not completed
assessments.
• Identify customers that have
completed/not completed
assessments and view their
information.
• View data for all of your customers
or filter by your groups and
subgroups.
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20. Customer Groups
The purpose of Illinois
workNet Customer Groups is
to allow you to easily access
and track customer progress
within the site.
Benefits:
1. Access Assessment Results
2. Access Employment 101
Plans
3. Access Certificates Earned
4. Assist with Password
Recovery
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21. Customer Groups - Continued
This is the view
once you click on
a Customer from
your group and
select the
“Assessments”
tab.
You will notice
there is a “Reset
Password” option
as well.
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22. 3 Steps for Selecting
Marketing Materials:
1. Identify your audience.
2. Select and customize
materials. Read the
graphics guidelines
before you begin
customizing the
materials. Don’t forget
to proof, proof, proof to
find those subtle typos.
3. Distribute the materials.
Marketing Materials
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23. Thank You - Contact Us
Illinois workNet
Visit: www.illinoisworknet.com
Email: info@illinoisworknet.com
Monday – Friday
8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Emails are checked and responded to each business day.
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