Selecting and financing training can be a difficult process. Let Illinois workNet help you understand the steps to take and what your options are.

1. Illinois workNet®
Selecting and Financing Training

2. Update your Technical Skills
Learn new skills for your career choice
 Public community colleges and universities.
 Private colleges and universities.
 Technical and vocational schools.
 Trade schools.
 Art and design schools.
 Much more.

3. Apprenticeship Opportunities
Hands-on career learning choices:
 Paid on-the-job training combined with classroom
training.
 May require basic technical classroom skills prior to
application.
 Programs may or may not be taking applicants.

4. Adult Education Opportunities
Career advancement and personal fulfillment options.
 General Education Development (GED)
 Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE)
 English as a Second Language (ESL)
 And others.

5. Employer-Based Training Programs
Businesses in Illinois may benefit from programs and services
offered in these programs to upgrade employee skills to avert
layoffs, remain current in new technologies, or provide job skills to
new hires.
 Customized Training
 Incumbent Worker Training
 On-the-Job Training
 Job Training and Economic Development

6. Demonstration
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