Employment Resources
Clicking the name of most resources listed below will take you to that agency/programs website.
Job seekers
HENDRICKS COLLEGE NETWORK
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Program Description
Provides access to and support for post-secondary education, business training, and workforce development in Hendricks County and the surrounding region. |
HIP Gateway to Work Program
Description
Indiana is at the onset of a jobs explosion! In the next 10 years, we expect to need some 1 million workers to fill jobs. Gateway to Work is part of the Healthy Indiana Plan that helps connect HIP members with job training, education or help finding the right job or volunteer activity. Whether you’re looking for a job or place to volunteer, a better-paying job or new skills, Gateway to Work can help.
Indiana is at the onset of a jobs explosion! In the next 10 years, we expect to need some 1 million workers to fill jobs. Gateway to Work is part of the Healthy Indiana Plan that helps connect HIP members with job training, education or help finding the right job or volunteer activity. Whether you’re looking for a job or place to volunteer, a better-paying job or new skills, Gateway to Work can help.
AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF INDIANA
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Description
Offers comprehensive workforce development services to American Indians, Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives residing in Indiana. Services include assessment, job search and placement assistance, career counseling, training and education counseling, work experience/on-the-job training, and supportive services for those with special needs. May be able to help with the cost of GED classes and testing. |
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS CENTER
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Description
Offers a full-time education and job-training program for women ages 16-24. Business technology and certified nursing assistant (CAN) programs are available, as well as GED or high school diploma assistance (if needed), career planning and life skills classes. Participants receive a basic living allowance, health and dental care, a daily meal, and transitional assistance upon graduation. Length of participation is generally 8-24 months. This is not a residential program; the center can help participants secure affordable child care. |
Phone: (800) 733-5627 National Recruitment Hotline
(317) 524-6788 Admissions Office Location: 222 East Ohio Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46204 |
WorkOne - Plainfield
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Description:
Provides employment information, skill assessments, job search assistance, career counseling, and access to computers, printers, copiers, and other tools needed in the job search process. Individuals may use these services on their own or ask for staff support. WorkOne also offers workshops, job training programs, tuition scholarships, and special services for veterans, older workers, and workers with disabilities. For more information click here: WorkOne FAQ |
Phone: 3178389335
Location: 160 Plainfield Village Drive, Suite 101, Plainfield, IN 46168 |
Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training (IMPACT)
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Description
Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training provides services designed to help recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families achieve economic self-sufficiency through: Education Training Job search Job placement activities Click here for more information: IMPACT FAQ |
Location: Marion County: West 5610 Crawfordsville Road, Ste. 500 Indianapolis, IN 46224
Phone: 8004030864 |
Training and Development
Area 31 Career Center
Description
Your career choice makes a big difference to your future. It affects how much money you make, your lifestyle and the satisfaction you feel from what you do every day. You can set an exciting new direction for yourself at Area 31 Career Center! Area 31 Career Center is way more than high school. Area 31 is high school with direction, hands-on learning and real-world work experience. Prepare yourself for a high-wage, high-demand career right out of high school OR get a head start on your college degree. Earn college credits that can be transferred to a two or four year college. Area 31 students attend career preparation classes for half-day – either morning or afternoon – everyday. The other half of the day is spent at your home high school. Not sure which program to choose? We can help you decide which career path is right for you. The important first step is to choose Area 31 Career Programs and then to let your school counselor know you are ready for a better future.
Phone: 3179887230
Your career choice makes a big difference to your future. It affects how much money you make, your lifestyle and the satisfaction you feel from what you do every day. You can set an exciting new direction for yourself at Area 31 Career Center! Area 31 Career Center is way more than high school. Area 31 is high school with direction, hands-on learning and real-world work experience. Prepare yourself for a high-wage, high-demand career right out of high school OR get a head start on your college degree. Earn college credits that can be transferred to a two or four year college. Area 31 students attend career preparation classes for half-day – either morning or afternoon – everyday. The other half of the day is spent at your home high school. Not sure which program to choose? We can help you decide which career path is right for you. The important first step is to choose Area 31 Career Programs and then to let your school counselor know you are ready for a better future.
Phone: 3179887230
Hendricks College Network
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Description
Hendricks College Network is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization serving as a post secondary education resource for area residents, businesses and community organizations. Their mission is “Connecting the community with opportunities through education and training”. They provide access to and support for post secondary education, business training, and workforce development in Hendricks County and the surrounding region. |
Phone: 317-762-4EDU (4338)
Location: 5250 E US Hwy 36, Suite 1101, Avon, IN 46123 |
HIP Gateway to Work Program
Description
Indiana is at the onset of a jobs explosion! In the next 10 years, we expect to need some 1 million workers to fill jobs. Gateway to Work is part of the Healthy Indiana Plan that helps connect HIP members with job training, education or help finding the right job or volunteer activity. Whether you’re looking for a job or place to volunteer, a better-paying job or new skills, Gateway to Work can help.
Indiana is at the onset of a jobs explosion! In the next 10 years, we expect to need some 1 million workers to fill jobs. Gateway to Work is part of the Healthy Indiana Plan that helps connect HIP members with job training, education or help finding the right job or volunteer activity. Whether you’re looking for a job or place to volunteer, a better-paying job or new skills, Gateway to Work can help.
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS CENTER
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Description
Offers a full-time education and job-training program for women ages 16-24. Business technology and certified nursing assistant (CAN) programs are available, as well as GED or high school diploma assistance (if needed), career planning and life skills classes. Participants receive a basic living allowance, health and dental care, a daily meal, and transitional assistance upon graduation. Length of participation is generally 8-24 months. This is not a residential program; the center can help participants secure affordable child care. |
Phone: (800) 733-5627 National Recruitment Hotline
(317) 524-6788 Admissions Office Location: 222 East Ohio Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46204 |
IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE- CENTRAL INDIANA
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Description
Offers free vocational testing interest inventories, and career advising to adults ages 18 and older. |
Phone: (888) IVY-LINE
Location: 50 West Fall Creek Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46208 |
PUBLIC ADVOCATES IN COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY (PACE)
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Description
Provides case management, information, and referral to inmates, ex-offenders, and their families. Helps ex-offenders and their families overcome barriers to self-sufficiency. Offers assistance and advocacy with finding employment, housing, transportation food, clothing, and other resources. Basic job readiness, GED instruction, and substance-abuse counseling available. |
Phone: (317) 612-6800
Location: 2855 North Keystone Avenue, Suite 170, Indianapolis, IN 46218 |
RECYCLEFORCE
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Description
Helps ex-offenders integrate themselves back into the community through a 6-month transitional employment and support program. Enrollment is limited to persons who were released from jail or prison within the past 120 days and ho have been referred to the program by their probation or parole officer. |
WorkOne - Plainfield
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Description
Provides employment information, skill assessments, job search assistance, career counseling, and access to computers, printers, copiers, and other tools needed in the job search process. Individuals may use these services on their own or ask for staff support. WorkOne also offers workshops, job training programs, tuition scholarships, and special services for veterans, older workers, and workers with disabilities. |
Economic/Business Development
Avon Chamber of Commerce
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Program Description
The Chamber strives to promote the continuous improvement of the common good and the quality of life in the community through the pursuit of new business; the cultural, social, and economic education of our citizens; and by providing accurate and timely assistance to the business community. Become a member, and get found in our online Members Directory. Signing up is easy using our online Membership Application |
Brownsburg Chamber of Commerce
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Program Description
The Greater Brownsburg Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization serving the businesses, residents and visitors to Brownsburg Indiana. Driven by member businesses, organizations and agencies of Hendricks County, the Chamber is the voice for promoting business and its developing community. |
Danville Chamber of Commerce
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Program Description
The Greater Danville Chamber of Commerce works to promote new business and commercial growth, retention and expansion of existing business deemed beneficial to the community as a whole. As well as engaging in the education of the membership and the public as to the objectives and services provided by the Chamber. While partnering with the Town of Danville on promoting the common interest of the Community. |
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce
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Program Description
An investment in the Greater Plainfield Chamber of Commerce is an efficient, cost effective way for every business to increase their local visibility, enhance marketing dynamics and develop business relationships that result in new opportunities and sales. |
Plainfield Economic Improvement District
Plainfield's EID was created by local property owners to specifically address the needs and interests of the tenant businesses and local property owners within the designated District calling Plainfield home. With more than half of Plainfield's employees coming to work from outside of Hendricks County, the Plainfield EID has utilized collected revenue to maintain and enhance existing commuting services for these workers. Additionally, the EID supports the attraction, retention and training of employees through partnerships established throughout the town, county and region.
Phone: 317-538-4827
Phone: 317-538-4827
Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership
Program Description
The Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership is a successful non-profit public-private partnership that involves major employers, local governments, chambers of commerce, and other organizations throughout Hendricks County. Our success has been driven by a collaborative approach and the recognition that our entire county benefits when any community becomes stronger.
Phone: (317) 745-2400
The Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership is a successful non-profit public-private partnership that involves major employers, local governments, chambers of commerce, and other organizations throughout Hendricks County. Our success has been driven by a collaborative approach and the recognition that our entire county benefits when any community becomes stronger.
Phone: (317) 745-2400
Westside Professional Women
Program Description
Westside Professional Women invites professional and business women from Hendricks, Boone, Marion, Morgan, and Putnam Counties to come and join us for networking and to support each other in our efforts to become women who can make a difference. We are a group of business owners and professional women who meet once a month to: Network, Learn about topics important to our businesses and about our communities, Support each other and our communities, and Raise funds for our annual scholarship program. Scholarships are given to Hendricks county high school girls and women looking to further their education and/or need education to return to the work force.
Westside Professional Women invites professional and business women from Hendricks, Boone, Marion, Morgan, and Putnam Counties to come and join us for networking and to support each other in our efforts to become women who can make a difference. We are a group of business owners and professional women who meet once a month to: Network, Learn about topics important to our businesses and about our communities, Support each other and our communities, and Raise funds for our annual scholarship program. Scholarships are given to Hendricks county high school girls and women looking to further their education and/or need education to return to the work force.
Employers
AchieveWell Program (Wellness Council of Indiana)
Program Description
AchieveWELL is a strategic process that provides a road map to the destination of a well workplace and recognizes excellence in the field of health promotion. The Wellness Council of Indiana developed AchieveWELL to assist employers in creating a corporate culture that encourages and supports employee health through worksite wellness initiatives. AchieveWELL meets organizations where they are and guides them to the next level of wellness by using tools, templates and personal coaching to help deliver a comprehensive and consistent workplace wellness initiative. It is a free program available exclusively to members of the Wellness Council of Indiana. No one can guarantee that any program will lower your company’s costs, but a properly run wellness initiative will greatly better your chances of reducing health care costs, injuries and absenteeism, while increasing productivity, presenteeism and engagement at work.
Phone: (317) 264-2168
AchieveWELL is a strategic process that provides a road map to the destination of a well workplace and recognizes excellence in the field of health promotion. The Wellness Council of Indiana developed AchieveWELL to assist employers in creating a corporate culture that encourages and supports employee health through worksite wellness initiatives. AchieveWELL meets organizations where they are and guides them to the next level of wellness by using tools, templates and personal coaching to help deliver a comprehensive and consistent workplace wellness initiative. It is a free program available exclusively to members of the Wellness Council of Indiana. No one can guarantee that any program will lower your company’s costs, but a properly run wellness initiative will greatly better your chances of reducing health care costs, injuries and absenteeism, while increasing productivity, presenteeism and engagement at work.
Phone: (317) 264-2168
Bridge Builder Strategies
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Program Description
Bridge Builder Strategies has a passion for connecting people and organizations to create engaged communities and lasting impact. This requires and building long-standing relationships . The power of community is then delivered when trust is developed and there is an ongoing commitment to dialogue, collaboration and partnerships. Success comes when a sense of community has been developed. |
Plainfield Economic Improvement District
Program Description
Plainfield's EID was created by local property owners to specifically address the needs and interests of the tenant businesses and local property owners within the designated District calling Plainfield home. With more than half of Plainfield's employees coming to work from outside of Hendricks County, the Plainfield EID has utilized collected revenue to maintain and enhance existing commuting services for these workers. Additionally, the EID supports the attraction, retention and training of employees through partnerships established throughout the town, county and region.
Phone: 317-538-4827
Plainfield's EID was created by local property owners to specifically address the needs and interests of the tenant businesses and local property owners within the designated District calling Plainfield home. With more than half of Plainfield's employees coming to work from outside of Hendricks County, the Plainfield EID has utilized collected revenue to maintain and enhance existing commuting services for these workers. Additionally, the EID supports the attraction, retention and training of employees through partnerships established throughout the town, county and region.
Phone: 317-538-4827
Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship
Description
The Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship serves to develop and implement a framework of various work-based learning pathways for both youth and adult populations. The office concentrates on three objectives:
Coordinate efforts and partner with the U.S. Department of Labor to expand registered apprenticeships in the state of Indiana. Develop and implement a framework of work-based learning pathways with a focus on the state’s key economic sectors and regional high wage, high-demand occupations.
Build public-private partnerships statewide to increase business and industry engagement with education systems based on local economic needs
For more information click here: OWBLA FAQ
The Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship serves to develop and implement a framework of various work-based learning pathways for both youth and adult populations. The office concentrates on three objectives:
Coordinate efforts and partner with the U.S. Department of Labor to expand registered apprenticeships in the state of Indiana. Develop and implement a framework of work-based learning pathways with a focus on the state’s key economic sectors and regional high wage, high-demand occupations.
Build public-private partnerships statewide to increase business and industry engagement with education systems based on local economic needs
For more information click here: OWBLA FAQ
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