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Labor Force
 
Cook County
Matteson
 
Total Labor Force:
2.6 Million
6,811
 
Total Employed:
2.4 Million
6,345
 
Total Unemployment:
6.5%
6.8%
 
Education
Matteson
 
 
 
Some College
31.63%
 
Associates Degree
7.88%
 
Bachelor’s Degree
16.64%
 
Graduate Degree or Higher
8.68%
 
 
 
 
Wage Rate
Occupation
Entry (per hour)
Top (per hour)
     
Accountant/Auditor
$16.10
$35.19
Assembler - Electronic
$7.83
$12.49
Assembler - Production
$7.98
$13.54
Computer Operator
$12.34
$25.83
Computer Programmer
$21.28
$37.87
Data Entry
$8.09
$14.25
Dill or Punch Press
$8.18
$13.76
Engineer
$21.55
$33.26
Janitor/Porter/Cleaner
$7.20
$13.24
Laborer
$6.86
$22.89
Machinist
$10.86
$19.21
Maintenance/Mechanic
$12.06
$20.56
Office Clerk
$8.47
$14.66
Sheet Metal Worker
$10.11
$19.31
Shipping/Receiving Clerk
$8.84
$14.72
Systems Analyst
$22.71
$37.75
Technician
$13.86
$23.50
Tool & Die
$15.64
$25.14
Warehouse
$10.36
$17.63
Welder
$10.54
$18.73
Word Processor
$10.27
$17.29
 
Employment & Training Services

 

Prairie State College which is located right in the Matteson community, has successfully met the unique training needs of organizations throughout the Chicagoland Southland through its Corporate Education and Training Department.

At the Prairie State College CET, provides the following services:
 

  Leadership/Management
Sales and Marketing
 

• Leadership principles
• Effective coaching
• Performance management
• Strategic business planning
• Time Management
• Presentation skills
• Managing diversity
• Team Building

Marketing planning
New Product development
Advertising and promotion
Target marketing
Developing customer loyalty
Telephone Techniques
Sales training
Bank teller training

 
  Workplace Education Computer Training
  • Basic math skills
• Basic reading skills
• Basic English skills
• English as a second language
• Command Spanish
   (customized by industry)
• Shop math
• Testing and assessment
• Work Keys job profiling and
   skill assessment
Computers On –the-Go
Computer literacy
Microsoft Office applications
Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT, & XP)
Lotus products
Corel products
Application/task-specific
 
 
 
     
  Quality Management Health and Safety
  • Strategic quality planning
• Baldrige quality system
• Benchmarking
• Process management
• Problem-solving
• Quality tools and techniques
• Statistical process control
• International standards
   (ISO, QS, TE,TL, AS, TS, SA)
• Health care standards (IWA)
Food service sanitation
CPR and first aid*
Ergonomics*
Hazardous material handling*
Confined space entry*
Underground storage tank review*
Environmental practices*
 
 
*OSHA-compliant
     
  Manufacturing Practices Technical Training
  • Warehouse operations
• Productions management
• Inventory management
• Supply management
• Lean manufacturing
• Cycle time management
• Mistake proofing
 
Blueprint reading
Instrument measurement
Computer-aided design (CAD)
Metallurgy and metrology
Geometric design and Tolerances
Computer Numerical Control
programming
Apprentice programs
   
  Also the Business and Community Education Center (BCEC) at Prairie State offers off-site training. BCEC is a full service conference center that features a 486-seat teaching auditorium along with several smaller breakout rooms. Additionally, the BCEC offers:
     
  • Satellite teleconferencing
• State-of-the-art audio/visual equipment
• Catering services
• Event planning assistance
 
     
 

For more information, contact:

Corporate Education & Training
Prairie State College

202 South Halsted Street
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Telephone: 708-709-3546
e-mail: cet@prairiestate.edu
web-site: www.prairiestate.edu

Utilities

ComEd - An Exelon Company. Electric

Customer Care Center
P.O. Box 805379
Chicago, IL 60680-5379
Telephone: 1-800-Edison-1 (1-800-334-7661)
Electric emergency call: 1-800-EDISON-1 (1-800-334-7661)
Non-emergency e-mail

Gas  

Emergencies and General Information
1 888 Nicor4u (1 888 642-6748)

New Gas Service
1 800 427-6228

Business Customer Support
630 388-2596

SBC Communications Inc.Telephone Service  

General Business Resource Center – 1-800-661-2705

Large Business Solution – 1-800-340-1734

 

Waste Management
Homewood Star Disposal Service, Inc. - 708-798-1004

 Water Services

Village of Matteson

 Village of Matteson
708-283-4900

 
The choice is yours. Join the growing list of companies that call Matteson home.
Call our Economic Development department at 708.283.4779 for more information.
 

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