Employment Links


Women's Career Resources

Women Employed Hotline and general work issues
(312) 782-3902

National Employment Lawyer's Association (referrals)
(312) 759-0838

Women Employed
(312) 782-3902

Women's Business
Development Center
8 S. Michigan, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60603-3306
312-853-3477
wbdc@wbdc.org

National Association of
Women Business Owners
Chicago Area Chapter
Debbie Gidley
312-322-0990
www.nawbochicago.org

Springfield Chapter
Jan Sescleifer
217-698-8141

Central Illinois Chapter
www.nawbo-cil.org

Illinois Women's Business
Ownership Council
Illinois Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
100 W. Randolph, Suite 3-400
Chicago, IL 60601
312-814-2811
www.commerce.state.il.us
/bus/IWBOChome.html

U.S. Small Business Administration
Illinois District Office
500 W. Madison St., Suite 1250
Chicago IL 60661-2511

312-353-4528
www.sba.gov/il/

Springfield Branch Office
511 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 302
Springfield, IL 62704
217- 492-4416

Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
One IBM Plaza
330 N. Wabash, Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60611-3605
312-494-6700
www.chicagolandchamber.org

The Chicagoland
Entrepreneurial Center
1 IBM Plaza
3300 N. Wabash, Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60611-3605
312-494-6777
www.wehaveanswers.org

www.womenemployed.org

Chicago Women in Trades
(312) 942-1444

www.bottomlesscloset.org

The mission of the Bottomless Closet is to provide professional clothing, job readiness, and post-employment training and coaching services to women on assistance and working-poor women, enabling them to add value to the organizations that hire them while empowering them to craft a new vision for their lives.