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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MOTION
Workforce Video Vignette Series
Our WBC Board employers are leading impactful work to develop talent, expand opportunity, and build the future workforce.
Through our Workforce Video Vignette Series, we are capturing and sharing:
Innovative workforce development strategies
Successful approaches to engaging and advancing Chicago talent
Inclusive practices that create opportunity across Chicagoland
Lessons and insights that can inspire employer action
ComEd
Caroline spent 15 years in veterinary medicine before making the leap into tech. She had the drive to make the switch, but without a background in tech or a degree in the field, that transition felt like a steep climb. Then she found ComEd's Power Up Academy.
Gensler
A third-grade classroom assignment first introduced Miguel Rodriguez to architecture. Years later, during the pandemic, he chose to step away from college to help support his family's restaurant, a decision that put his dream of becoming an architect on hold. Then he discovered the Gensler Apprenticeship Program (GAP).
Accenture
Ten years ago, John Williams was in Accenture’s office for a mock interview as a part of a youth internship program. Today, he works at Accenture as a senior analyst, an example of how early exposure, skills development, and opportunity can help shape a career.
XChange Chicago
The tech talent pipeline in Chicago is full, but access to that pipeline isn't equally distributed. Xchange Chicago was designed to close that gap — through technical training in software development, cybersecurity, soft skills and professional confidence.
People’s Gas
Alfonso Sevilla was a CPS student when he first encountered Peoples Gas's Bright Futures U program. Today, he's a project worker at the company, and a living example of what the program set out to create.
