Hire Frequency

About Hire Frequency

Welcome to Hire Frequency, the official podcast of The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership. The Partnership operates one of the largest publicly funded workforce systems in the country, serving the great City of Chicago and the nation's second largest county, Cook County. Whether you're a job seeker or an employer, we hope this podcast offers you meaningful perspectives as we discuss national and local employment trends, dos and don'ts, hot jobs, and how to either develop or access talent. Your host is George Wright, Chief Executive Officer of The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership.

Publisher

Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jun 2021

Latest episode

21 May 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 44 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 May 2026

   Episode 43: The Road to a Career in Hospitality!

   Join The Partnership CEO as he talks to Erin Cohan, Director of Talent Acquisition, Northwestern Medicine and Yocelyn (Yessi) Pina, a Culinary Apprentice with the Navigate Program who has benefited from regional WIOA funding.  Both these women have healthcare and hospitality at their core. The conversation began as a discussion of the 9th Annual Hospitality Hires Chicago on May 28, 2026, but led to a profound discussion of the way a major healthcare employer values patient and employee care and how a young woman found her "health and wealth"  and says her culinary training  "goes beyond a career, this is my life."

2. 

   29 Apr 2026

   Episode 42: April is Second/Fair Chance Month

   "If there was a class about how to tie my shoes, I took it!" says Charlotte A., a reentrant who has worked for the past eight years at North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN), about her 20 years of incarceration. "I saw people leave and come back," she recalls, "and I knew I was not coming back."  She heard about CEO Brenda Palms and NLEN's programs for those with a background while she was still "inside," and "hit the ground running once she was out."  Listen in as we talk about Second (or Fair) Chance month and the importance of self-value and giving back no matter what your background may be.

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   10 Apr 2026

   Episode 41: Women in Charge: It's Not About Gender, It's About Skills

   Partnership CEO George Wright is joined by Diana Peters, Executive Director, Symbol Training Institute and Nicole Robinson, CEO, YWCA  of Metropolitan Chicago to discuss their career journeys as female leaders.  Ms. Robinson describes herself as a "walking ROI" who benefited from the 4 P's:  public schools; public parks, public libraries and public assistance. Ms. Peters notes that, as a manufacturing industry training leader, "it's not about gender, it's about skills." Both women reflect on their families' journeys, one from Eastern Europe and one from Arkansas to Illinois during the Great Migration from the South during the time of the Jim Crow laws.

Inside a recent episode

E04: Hospitality “Re” Hires Chicago- Part 2

Published 15 Jul 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And as we know, Navy Pier is a huge tourist attraction here in the city. And so it's my understanding that there is going to be a Chicago hospitality rally there to bring together 80 exhibitors, 800 people from theaters and hotels and restaurants. Are we ready for the return of the conventions and conferences in light of what you all have touched upon with respect to hiring challenges? Are we ready? Do we have the manpower in place to even support that type of demand? So that event you mentioned actually already took place. That was a couple of weeks ago and it was a great success. It was really kind of the first show that Navy Pier or McCormick Place has done a show like that yet. […]

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YouTube views

6,960

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

27

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