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TALENT – DIVERSITY – EXCELLENCE
NLEI’s Employment Services Department invites you to join them at their 2010 Career and Resource Expo
SAVE THE DATE
September 22, 2010
Workforce development and innovative job training initiatives are essential to putting America back to work. Please join NLEI in rebuilding Chicago and our nation’s economic vitality.
For more information, please contact:
Diana Sanchez, NLEI Workforce Manager, at 773-247-0707, ext. 266
Positioning Your Business For the Future
- An exhibitor floor with hundreds of technology solutions!
- Workshops througout the day on social networking and online marketing.
- Giveaways, raffle prizes and free websites.
Don’t miss this one-day conference. Come and experience the latest technology for your business!
Learn more or register at www.chicagotechexpo.net
UIC FORUM
725 West Roosevelt, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 @ 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Early online registration is recommended and includes lunch and parking: $35 (day of registration $50)
Each year, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs in partnership with corporate and academic sponsors – this year led by Humana, State Farm and University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business – are host to the organization’s largest and most recognized event, the NSHMBA Conference & Career Expo.
Winds of Opportunity, the theme for this year’s Annual Conference & Career Expo, is being staged in Chicago, October 21-23, where more than 8,500 MBA students, professionals, and executives, and more than 250 corporations, non-profits, government agencies, and academic institutions onsite are expected to converge on downtown Chicago’s McCormick Place for an exciting event full of networking, professional development and personal growth.
From the Professional Development Seminars, an exclusive Executive Forum, a CEO Speaker Series, a Career Management Center, and the nation’s largest career expo for Hispanic MBAs, the conference is an opportunity for the MBA student and professional to broaden their futures while furthering the development of relationships with peers and employers and gaining access to valuable resources.
And with a multitude of networking events and receptions, like the Brillante Awards for Excellence award – the grandest event of the conference – attendees will leave the NSHMBA Conference & Career Expo fulfilled, rewarded and successful.
Chicago’s Philanthropic Young Professionals To Support Inner-City Catholic Education
Big Shoulders Fund and the Auxiliary Board Host the “Fourth Annual Big Shoulders Fund Ball”
The Big Shoulders Fund Auxiliary Board will host the Fourth Annual Big Shoulders Fund Ball on Friday, October 1, 2010 at the River East Art Center from 7:30 – 11 p.m. The event hosts more than 450 of Chicago’s leading professionals who have come together to raise funds for the Big Shoulders Fund Auxiliary Board Scholarship, which provides inner-city children access to a quality, values-based education in a safe environment at a Catholic school. Many Chicago companies, including Chicago Beverage Company, Reyes Holdings, Turano Baking and Lathrop and Gage, are supporting these young professionals in their quest to raise funds for scholarships for inner-city children.
The Auxiliary Board was founded in 2007 and is comprised of young philanthropic professionals who support the mission of Big Shoulders not only through fundraising, but through outreach to the community and volunteering in the schools as tutors, mentors, coaches, stock market teachers and school board members. Since its founding, the Auxiliary Board has reached more than 1,500 young professionals, has raised over $100,000 and boasts a 170 member board.
The Big Shoulders Fund provides $10 to $12 million each year to support 93 inner-city Catholic schools. These elementary and high schools provide an essential educational option to the neediest communities in Chicago. 100 percent of funds raised by the Big Shoulders Fund support scholarships, special education programs, instructional equipment, facility improvements, faculty support, operating grants and more.
River East Art Center
435 E. Illinois Street
Friday, October 1, 2010, 7:30 – 11 p.m.
Purchase tickets online today!
The event is open to the public
All proceeds of the event go toward the Big Shoulders Fund Auxiliary Board Scholarship, which provides tuition assistance to students in three of the 93 schools Big Shoulders supports. The mission of the Big Shoulders Fund is to provide support to the Catholic schools in the neediest areas of inner-city Chicago, and ensure that every child has access to a quality, values-based education, regardless of ethnic, racial or religious backgrounds.
TICKETS: Tickets are on sale now for $85 each, $100 after Labor Day or $120 the day of the event. The Big Shoulders Fund Ball’s ticket price includes open bar, hors d’oeuvres buffet, desserts and three hours of fun and networking while listening to the DJ styling’s of Ryan Pullano, seeing student performances and bidding on exciting packages during the auction. Special ticket pricing and sponsorships are currently available. For more information or to purchase tickets go on-line at www.bigshouldersfund.org or call 312-751-8337.
Meet us for an enjoyable day of golf, fellowship and food with friends, family, business clients and colleagues. Not active in golf? Come for the fun of it. Practice your swing. You just might find that your score is not bad after all.
Connect with other business professionals.
Help support our annual fundraiser!
The Latino Breakfast Club is an emerging national Christian-Latino Business Association. The LBC began in August of 2003 as an informal club. The mission of the Latino Breakfast Club is to be the “bridge” that connects faith to the marketplace. We seek to have a local, global and eternal impact for the Kingdom of God through the utilization of Biblical principles in every area of our lives.
We seek to put God’s business first and to do business God’s way according to His word with accountability, integrity, diligence, relationship building, fellowship and being faithful obedient stewards and servant leaders.
White Pines Golf Club & Banquets
500 West Jefferson Street
Bensenville, IL 60106
Thursday, September 16 @ 10am
Learn how you can effectively reach over 48,000 e-Hispanics.com subscribers!
With a combination of our email marketing strategies, social media and traditional marketing experience, e-Hispanics.com can assist your business and/or company to build a strong connection with the fast paced growing, Chicago Hispanic community.
And, our pricing is a fraction of the cost of what you would spend on television, radio and print advertising.
Office of Governor Pat Quinn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, August 12, 2010
CONTACTS:
- Grant Klinzman (o. 312-814-3158; c. 217-299-2448)
- Alka Nayyar, DCEO (o. 312-814-0097; c. 312-802-9850)
- Marcelyn Love, DCEO (o. 217-558-1542; c. 217-299-8333)
Governor Quinn Highlights Illinois
Small Business Tax Credit
Businesses Can Quickly and Easily Apply Online to Receive $2,500 Tax Credit for New Hires
CHICAGO – August 12, 2010. Small businesses that create new jobs between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 may be able to take advantage of a $2,500 tax credit for new hires. The Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit, proposed and signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn earlier this year, targets the foundation of Illinois’ economy – the 500,000 small businesses across the state.
“If a business is deciding whether to hire today or wait, we hope this tax credit gives them the boost they need to hire right now and expand,” said Governor Quinn. “We must continue doing everything we can to build our economy, and this is an innovative way to put thousands of people to work across Illinois.”
The $2,500 tax credit is available to businesses with 50 or fewer employees (including all locations) as of June 30, 2010. Ninety-five percent of Illinois businesses have fewer than 50 employees. New small businesses hiring their first Illinois employee(s) may also qualify for the credit. Those businesses that began hiring on July 1 may apply for the credit retroactively.
“The state’s small business tax credit has enabled us to hire a full-time systems engineer, strengthen our team and position ourselves for additional work,” said Matt Machala, vice president of Peoria-based IT360, Inc., an approximately four year-old company currently employing eight people. “We may add another employee soon to meet the demand of our steadily growing business. Every bit helps in this difficult economic time, and we certainly appreciate how the state’s small business tax credit will help our small business grow.”
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity created a simple, easy-to-use online registration system for small business owners at JobsTaxCredit.illinois.gov. Eligible companies should register new positions online as soon as a new, full-time Illinois employee is hired and begins providing services. After one year, companies can use the website to enter substantiating data and apply for their tax credit certificate. Tax credit certificates will be awarded beginning July 1, 2011. The total amount of credits issued is capped at $50 million, which will support 20,000 jobs.
Senate Bill 1578, sponsored by Sen. Michael Noland (D-Elgin) and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), passed the Illinois General Assembly unanimously.
For eligibility requirements for the Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit, and to register a new position, visit www.JobsTaxCredit.illinois.gov.
Illinois has added nearly 60,000 jobs in 2010 – more new jobs than any other Midwest state.
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