Services
The Career Services Department at Southwestern Illinois College, along with The Illinois WorkNet Center and WIOA offer the services below to the community AND employers for FREE!
Career Services for the Community
How Can We Help You?
- Job Search and Placement
- Career and Interest Assessments
- Resume and Cover Letters
- Interview Prep
- Apprenticeships
- FREE College (see WIOA at bottom of page)
To Set up Services
Contact Career Services at 618-222-5562 or careerservices@swic.edu .
Feel free to walk in and see us anytime during normal business hours 8-5pm,
Monday through Friday, at the Belleville Campus.
Employer Services
We encourage employers to send us their open job positions, and then we post those on our campus wide job boards, social media, and refer any incoming clients who may be interested! Please send your open job positions to careerservices@swic.edu
You can also register with College Central Network and post your jobs there where students can see and apply for your open positions. You can also search for students who fit your qualifications. See the below post card for more details about CCN.
Interested in On Campus Recruiting
Hiring Events
We also hold job fairs and hiring events throughout the year where employers can set up tables to advertise their open positions.
The best way to be notified on this is to make sure and be signed up for College Central Network! See below post card for more details.
Apprenticeships & On the Job Training
The future of workforce development is work-based learning, a concurrent system of classroom instruction and hands-on experience.
In addition to coordinating applied learning opportunities such as internships, job shadowing, and career exploration, Southwestern Illinois College is a registered sponsor of apprenticeship programs in a variety of occupational sectors through the federal Department of Labor.
On average, employers who utilize registered apprenticeship as a tool for building talent pipelines experience a 47 percent return on investment, through reduced onboarding, better retention, and greater efficiencies achieved through robust training standards.
For information about ways the apprenticeship model can work for you as an employer, contact Workforce Development Director Mike Conley at (618) 641-5193, michael.conley@swic.edu.
The Talent Partnership
We invite you to join the conversation to help us gather your input to evaluate our current programs and initiatives, and offer information and resources on local, state, and national trends, as well as provide opportunities to network.
If you or someone in your organization is interested in participating—and we hope you are—please complete the form below and email back to michael.conley@swic.edu
Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act
Employers get improved access to skilled workers in or coming out of the WIOA program, and are better able to compete in today’s global economy. Benefits to employers include increased competitiveness, improved productivity, and impressive employee retention rates.
See the document below for more employer opportunities! Contact Brooke Taylor at 618-222-5553 or wioaservices@swic.edu as well visiting www.illinoisworknet.com/training for additional information on how your business can benefit from this opportunity and others like it.
