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Thank you for your interest in Cara Collective! Through our workforce training programs, transitional jobs on Cleanslate crews, and access to permanent careers with dozens of leading companies, we help hundreds of Chicagoans successfully get back to work each year. Click here to learn more about us.

If you’re ready and motivated to get back to work we’ll help you get there. Take the first step and enter your information below, and a member of our Recruitment team will be in touch at our earliest convenience.

Don’t have a phone number or email address? That’s okay! Give us a call at (312) 798-3309.

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Personal Email

Date of Birth

Mobile Phone Number

Street address

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State

Zip Code

Race

Ethnicity

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Military Status

Do you have a valid state-issued ID and a social security card?

Thank you for your honesty. Cara Collective is a job placement program, and we offer short-term work opportunities to qualified applicants as early as two weeks into programming at our company, Cleanslate. To be considered for the job placement program, please ensure you have the necessary identification and authorization to legally work in the United States. Once you have secured such identification and authorization, which are necessary for legal employment in the US, please resubmit this interest form. Until then, please see links below on how to obtain documents that may help establish your identity and work authorization.

Steps to obtain your driver’s license or State ID https://www.ilsos.gov/

Steps to obtain your Social Security card https://www.ssa.gov/

Steps to obtain documents to legally work in the United States https://www.uscis.gov/

Can you commit to a full-time mandatory schedule (Full-Time: Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4pm) for the first four weeks?

Thank you for your honesty. We will learn more about your availability and how we can best meet your needs during your in-person assessment.

How did you hear about Cara Collective?

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Have you been to Cara Collective before?

Please tell us what year you were at Cara Collective, and what happened during your last experience with us? This information will help us better understand your journey and whether we can support you moving forward.

What is your main reason for contacting Cara Collective? Please check all that apply

Job training, search and skills for success Short-term/temporary workLong-term work Advancement Opportunities (Alumni participants ONLY)

Can you please share your last job and how it ended?

Thank you for your interest in joining Cara Collective. Unfortunately we are currently at capacity for our upcoming August cohorts. We will re-open the online application process for our next cohort on 8:30 am CT on Thursday, August 21. Please check back at that time. Thank you for your understanding.

We also accept drop-in appointments every Wednesday at the following sites:

Our Downtown campus (237 S. Desplaines) beginning at 9:30 am CT
Our Cleanslate campus (6027 S. Wentworth) beginning at 8:00 am CT

Please note, drop-in appointments are contingent on whether or not a cohort has been filled. Appointments are limited to 10 people per location, per day and are first-come, first-served.