Category: Press Releases

Business Employment Skills Team, Inc. (BEST) announces that November 13th through November 19th is National Apprenticeship Week.  In its ninth year, National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is a nationwide celebration established by the U.S. Department of Labor to bring together leading business, labor, education, and other critical partners to showcase the impact apprenticeship programs have on closing the U.S. skills gap for the American workforce.  Apprenticeship is an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway in which workers can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a transferable credential while job creators develop and prepare their future workforce.  Apprenticeship is a flexible training model…

January 27, 2023 – KSB (Dixon Hospital) will be at the Auditorium Ballroom in LaSalle from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. January 27, 2023 – Morris Community Hospital will be at Monte’s Riverside Inn in Ottawa from 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. January 30, 2023 – OSF will be at Grand Bear Lodge in Utica from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. January 30, 2023 – Rochelle Hospital will be at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Peru from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. February 13, 2023 – OSF will be at Grand Bear Lodge in Utica, from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00…

BEST, Inc. and Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting a Drive-Thru Job Fair on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Click here for more details!

A district wide Drive Thru Job Fair was held on April 2, 2022 at IL Valley Community College. The event was sponsored by the Business Employment Skills Team, Inc., NCI Works and IL Valley Community College. Click here for available job flyers from participating employers.

BEST, Inc. and NCI Works are conducting a survey of area employees to get their input on what workplace issues they find most impact their satisfaction with they work and their employer. Please click on the Employee Engagement Survey link below and make your voice heard. We appreciate your assistance. The survey is anonymous and a summary of results will be shared with all stake holders. This is your opportunity to help shape those results. Employee Engagement Survey

Business Employment Skills Team, Inc. (BEST, Inc.) would like to remind all Illinois employers that on January 1, 2021 the minimum wage will increase to $11.00 an hour.   This increase is different for other occupations; $6.60 per hour for tips, and $8.50 per hour for youth under age 18 working less than 650 hours each calendar year.   This is the third increase in the minimum wage that was signed into legislation by Governor JB Pritzker and passed by the Illinois General Assembly on February 19, 2019, to support a goal of a $15.00 minimum wage by 2025.  “I invite employers…