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

1. Recruiting and Hiring
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Tools and Resources

2. Business Service Team
Your Adjunct HR Team
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3. 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
Get the Help you Need
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Find an Illinois workNet Center in your area to make an appointment and
speak for FREE to the Business Services Team.
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•Employee Work readiness Assessments
•Job Fairs and Recruitment Events
•Hiring Benefits and Tax Incentives
•State and Federal Resources on Hiring Unique Applicants
•Training Opportunities

4. 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
Organizationa
l skillsEfficient &
confident
Mature
Sets an
example
Communicati
on Skills
Reduced
Labor Costs
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5. Hire the Right Person
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.
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Evolve your workforce – hire a person with a disability

6. Hire 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, and
• Recruiting and Retaining Veteran Employees.
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7. Hire the Right Person
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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:
•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

8. Hire 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.
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9. Hire 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)
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10. Interviewing
Use these techniques to help you make the best hire.
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11. Interviewing
The Business Services Team can help you
pre-screen individuals for your business. If
you want to do it on your own, follow these
tips:
◦ Place the job posting
◦ Review applications
◦ Interview
◦ Pre-screen candidates by phone or web interviews.
◦ Create an interview structure, i.e. standard questions for each
position you are hiring
◦ Determine the kind of interview – one-on-one, group, panel, etc.
◦ Establish how you will “grade” results.
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12. Interviewing
Avoid asking illegal
interview
questions. They
include:
◦ Age
◦ Race
◦ National Origin
◦ Gender
◦ Religion
◦ Marital Status
◦ Sexual Orientation
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◦ Have you ever been arrested?
◦ Are you married?
◦ What religious holidays do you practice?
◦ Do you have children?
◦ What country are you from?
◦ Is English your first language?
◦ Do you have any outstanding debt?
◦ Do you socially drink?
◦ When was the last time you used illegal drugs?
◦ How long have you been working? OR When did you
graduate from high school?
◦ What type of discharge did you receive in the military?
◦ What is your social media passwords?

13. Hiring
Make the Right Hire! Retain your Valuable Employee!
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14. Hiring Credits
Check our Employer Hiring Credits
to determine if your recent hire
entitles your company to any
hiring incentive programs.
http://www2.illinoisworknet.com/Jobs/Pages/HiringCredits.aspx
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15. Employee 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.
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http://www2.illinoisworknet.com/Training/Pages/EmployeeTraining.aspx

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