Explore Templates and Sample Documentation
Documentation shared by organizations featured in the Playbook.
Partnership Proposals and Acceptance Agreements
Partnership Proposals and Acceptance Agreements outline the terms of a partnership between an employer and workforce provider.
- Employer Acceptance Agreement for Apprenticeships shared by City Colleges of Chicago. Used when an employer intends to start a Registered Apprenticeship program with Olive-Harvey College as its sponsor.
Pre-Surveys and Intake Forms
Pre-Surveys and Intake Forms are an opportunity to ask important questions of an employer on first interaction. Their responses can shape the direction of your partnership.
- Employer Intake Form shared by The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership. Shared with employer attendees after participating in a summer job event to understand the success of the event and how emmployers might be better served in the future.
- Hospitality Hires Post-Event Survey shared by The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership. Shared with employer attendees after participating in a Hospitality Hires hiring event to understand the success of the event and how employers might be better served in the future.
- Intake Interview Template shared by Corporate Coalition. Outline of an onboarding interview for employers new to Corporate Coalition. Aims to understand the employer’s needs and share the ways Corporate Coalition can support them.
- 2025 Cohort Pre-Survey shared by Corporate Coalition. Survey offered to employer participants of a Fair Chance Hiring cohort to understand their company, talent challenges, and existing supportive knowledge/infrastructure.
Training Needs Assessments
Training Needs Assessments evaluate a specific employer’s current challenges with respect to its workforce, identifying opportunities for a workforce provider to offer support.
- GJC Training Needs Assessment shared by Cook County Bureau of Economic Development. Assessment of Freedman Seating Company, especially their OJT programs, dated 2024.
Job Order Forms
Job Order Forms request information from an employer about job openings they are interested in filling. This information helps the workforce provider identify the best candidates for the role.
- There are no current Job Order Forms in the Playbook.
Worksite Visit Checklists
Worksite Visit Checklists offer a standardized way of evaluating the quality of an employer worksite and/or the performance of a newly placed employee.
- Subsidized Employment Site Visit Checklist shared by National Able Network. Numbered rubric used to evaluate employee attendance & punctuality, employee work & learning, employee communication, and employer worksite.
Promotional Materials
Promotional Materials share key information about an organization, its services/programming, and/or how employers can get involved.
Flyers and one-pagers
- Goods Jobs Chicagoland at Olive Harvey shared by City Colleges of Chicago. Describes Good Jobs Chicagoland, its benefits, and how to get involved as an employer.
- Fair Chance Hiring shared by Corporate Coalition. Employer-directed explanation of what fair chance hiring is, how companies benefit, the Fair Chance Hiring Cohort.
- NDEAM Fair shared by Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services. Jobseeker-directed invitation to a 2024 National Disability Employment Awareness Month hiring fair.
- diverseABILITIES Job Fair shared by Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services. Jobseeker-directed invitation to a McHenry County job fair for individuals with all types of disabilities.
- Ability Career Fair shared by Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services. Employer-directed invitation to register for a job fair.
- MOPD Employer Networking Event shared by Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services. Employer-directed invitation to participate in a networking event for jobseekers with disabilities.
- Recruit. Hire. Train. Retain. shared by The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership. Employer-directed explanation of the Partnership and the categories of services it offers to employers.
Brochures and multi-pagers
- Continuing Education in TDL shared by City Colleges of Chicago. Overview of various CCC programs in TDL. Directed towards potential program enrollees.
- Business Solutions shared by National Able Network. Employer-directed explanation of the services National Able offers to employers.
Presentations
- Good Jobs Chicago: TDL Sector shared by City Colleges of Chicago. Presentational overview of Good Jobs Chicago, required components for a GJC program, and considerations for success.
- Fair Chance Hiring Info Session shared by Corporate Coalition. Explains why an employer might pursue fair chance hiring, what the Fair Chance Hiring cohort is, what its benefits are, and how to get involved.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous documents are those not otherwise captured by the above categories.
- There are currently no miscellaneous documents in the Playbook.
