What are we all about?
Mission Statement
The Community Career Center is committed to empowering job seekers to achieve long-term career stability and self reliance by providing assistance with resume writing, career counseling, networking and interviewing skills, job search strategies, basic computer skills, referrals and job bank access.
The Center is committed to raising community awareness of employment issues and concerns and to assist employers in meeting workforce needs.
The Center is committed to providing a safe, supportive, and confidential environment for employers and jobseekers.
Funding
The Community Career Center is a 501c3 charitable organization. Funding for the Center comes from:
| Metro United Way | Fox Valley United Way | DuPage County |
| Naperville Exchange Club | Naperville Rotary | Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley |
| Meson Sabika | Naperville Jaycees | Naperville Township |
| Lisle Township | City of Naperville | NICOR |
| Individual Donations | Corporate Donations | Church Donations |
History
The Community Career Center came into being as the result of a multiphase grass roots effort to address the concerns of the underemployed and unemployed in our community. Beginning in 1992, a Naperville United Way Community Needs Assessment revealed the number one concern of our local citizens was unemployment and underemployment. As a result the Community Career Center opened its doors in September 1996 to assist job seekers in developing the tools and resources needed to conduct a successful job search and return to work.
Unemployment adds daily pressures, stress, depression, and discouragement throwing a family into crisis. The Community Career Center partners with 23 local service agencies, together providing a safety net for job seekers and their families.
The Community Career Center provides a supportive andprofessional setting where job seekers can conduct an effective and successful job search. In addition, a professional staff of trained volunteers is available for individual consultation to assist job seekers in setting reasonable goals and implementing strategies that meet their specific needs. Perhaps the most unique feature about the Center is the one-on-one appointments. Which include: resume writing, networking, interviewing skills, job search strategy, career counseling, and basic computer skills. This provides the ability to customize the Center’s resources to the individual job seeker’s needs. Programs and services are available at no cost to the job seeker and there are no geographic or financial restrictions.
Making a Difference!
- Our job seekers who have reported they have found work make an average salary of $60,000.
- 63% of our clients are the head of their households.
- 85% of our clients have no severance or unemployment benefits available.
- Job seekers made 600 – 700 monthly visits to the Center to use the resources.
- Volunteer staff donated $277,875 of in-kind service providing one-on-one counseling appointments.
Recent Awards and Recognitions
- 2006 Finalist – Naperville Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award for Not for Profit Organizations.
- 2005 & 2006 Gold Presidential Service Award for Volunteerism.
- 2005 Naperville Exchange Club Book of Good Deeds Award.
- 2005 Business Ledger ABBE Award as a Notable Not-for-Profit Organization.