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If you are a hiring professional in search of qualified, motivated job applicants for your entry-level positions, look no further.

Our job at The Cara Program is to make hiring easy for you. We customize screening and recruitment processes based on your specific needs, we give you one point of contact to streamline communication, and we prepare our candidates for your culture and expectations.

In short, we deliver rigorously screened, trained team players who outperform other entry-level recruits in motivation and retention; and we provide them with additional coaching and support to ensure success for at least one year on the job. Our formula is simple – an intensive professional skills ‘boot camp’ to ready individuals for the rigor of your work place, a specialized skills curriculum to deliver nuanced skills that they’ll need for your jobs, and a network of support that works with you and with the employee to ensure long-term success.

Employment partners choose to work with The Cara Program because it’s good for the community, but also because it creates real value (and cost savings) for their firms as well. Cara students are motivated, trained and ready to work; and like those that have paved the way before them, they continue to thrive on the job – over 72% remain employed at their initial placement for at least one year (a stat that outpaces the national average for the same industries we work in by over 20%).

But don’t take our word for it. Hear what other employers have to say! And if you’re interested in learning more, please feel free to fill out this brief inquiry form , so we know how best to meet your needs.

The Impact

Avg 1 Yr Savings

v. U.S. average of $199

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Our Partner Programs

  • Clean Slate
  • Quad Communities Center for Working Families
  • 180 Properties Logo

Our Supporters and Employers

  • Armitage Baptist Church
  • Calumet Area Industrial Commission
  • Ravenswood Community Council
  • Skilken
  • Six Corners Association
  • River North Businesses
  • Various Private Groupon Customers
  • 24th Ward TIF - North Lawndale
  • 180° Property Services
  • John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
  • Illinois Medical District Guest House
  • Little Village Chamber of Commerce
  • Illinois Medical District
  • The Habitat Company
  • Union League Club
  • Scrub Inc.
  • Oce Business Services, Inc.
  • Charter One Bank
  • Standard Bank
  • Palmer House Hilton
  • Hilton Chicago O'Hare
  • Loretto Hospital
  • Gate Gourmet
  • Vacant Property Security
  • Sodexo @ Northwestern
  • Resurrection Healthcare
  • Greyhound
  • Hyatt Regency Chicago
  • Hyatt Regency O'Hare
  • Hyatt Regency McCormick
  • Standard Parking
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Securitas
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Pierce and Associates
  • Manpower
  • Mercy Housing Lakefront
  • Pitney Bowes
  • Terrace Paper Company
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
  • Cambridge Commercial Cleaning
  • Center For Working Families
  • Chicago Bulls
  • Chicago Transit Authority
  • Cleanslate
  • Digby's Security
  • Dyson, Inc.
  • ABM Janitorial Services
  • ACORN Housing
  • Allied Barton Security Services
  • ARAMARK
  • Bank of America
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