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Illinois Skills Match (ISM) selects and matches the best qualified job seekers with the most suitable employers.

Job Seeker Instructions  |  Employer Instructions

Make it work for you. Job seekers build their profile based on skills and education, while employers post online job orders detailing required skills and education levels.  When real-time matches occur, both sides can be contacted via email, telephone or regular mail. There is no charge to either employers who list their job vacancies, or to job seekers who search for employment, and it's easy. To search jobs listed in Illinois Skills Match, go to Job Central.

JobCentral National Labor Exchange is a service of DirectEmployers Association, a nonprofit consortium of leading U.S. companies, in partnership with IDES.  Search hundreds of new Illinois job listings every week, by keywords, job titles, or by zip codes.

To browse federal contractor job listings for Veteran preference select Vet Central

To browse federal government job opportunities please click here

America's Job Exchange (the successor to America's Job Bank) is a comprehensive, career management portal designed to "Change Your World" when it comes to finding a new job or filling a position. Developed by the same team that created the first Internet-based job portal, America's Job Exchange offers trusted, comprehensive, and free career management services to job seekers, employers and states.