Community Job Link (CJL)

Our Mission
Assist individuals with disabilities in obtaining successful employment in the community through advocacy, job coaching, and follow-up services that ensure employee’s goals and employer’s needs are met.

Your Workforce Connection
Community Job Link serves as an employment service and matches individuals with disabilities to appropriate jobs in the community. Through this supported employment program, qualified individuals with a variety of skills and abilities work side-by-side with other employees, becoming independent, contributing members of the community. CJL can also assist with employee screenings and pre-employment testing.

Your Employee Connection

Job development, training and coaching are offered to help individuals find and keep jobs.
Potential employees’ skills and interests are matched with employers' needs. Matching employees to your particular requirements can be highly cost-effective for your business.
Certified Employment Specialists help individuals learn specific job duties and offer ongoing support to both employee and employer — at no cost to the employer.

Your Support Connection

Employers acquire competent, energized employees.
Certified Employment Specialists will help arrange any accommodations that may be needed for the employee to adapt to the workplace.
Employers simply have to identify their staffing needs. A successful, productive employee is just a phone call away.

Proven Success

CJL employees have an average retention rate of 84% over a 12-month period; for comparable businesses, the national average retention rate is 71%.
In a recent survey of CJL employers, 97% said that they were completely satisfied with the program.
Over 50 Evansville businesses currently employ individuals through CJL with great satisfaction at an average pay of $6.14 per hour, which is 19% higher that the national minimum wage rate of $5.15. In fact, according to a recent national survey, employers who hire persons with disabilities, have an 85% one-year retention rate (US Dept. of Education, 2003).

For More Information

Please call Rudy Winderlich at 492-1204 to find out how you can get connected
with an able, qualified, motivated, and dependable workforce.



	Community Job Link (CJL) Our Mission Assist individuals with disabilities in obtaining successful employment in the community through advocacy, job coaching, and follow-up services that ensure employee’s goals and employer’s needs are met. Your Workforce Connection Community Job Link serves as an employment service and matches individuals with disabilities to appropriate jobs in the community. Through this supported employment program, qualified individuals with a variety of skills and abilities work side-by-side with other employees, becoming independent, contributing members of the community. CJL can also assist with employee screenings and pre-employment testing. Your Employee Connection Job development, training and coaching are offered to help individuals find and keep jobs. Potential employees’ skills and interests are matched with employers' needs. Matching employees to your particular requirements can be highly cost-effective for your business. Certified Employment Specialists help individuals learn specific job duties and offer ongoing support to both employee and employer — at no cost to the employer. Your Support Connection Employers acquire competent, energized employees. Certified Employment Specialists will help arrange any accommodations that may be needed for the employee to adapt to the workplace. Employers simply have to identify their staffing needs. A successful, productive employee is just a phone call away. Proven Success CJL employees have an average retention rate of 84% over a 12-month period; for comparable businesses, the national average retention rate is 71%. In a recent survey of CJL employers, 97% said that they were completely satisfied with the program. Over 50 Evansville businesses currently employ individuals through CJL with great satisfaction at an average pay of $6.14 per hour, which is 19% higher that the national minimum wage rate of $5.15. In fact, according to a recent national survey, employers who hire persons with disabilities, have an 85% one-year retention rate (US Dept. of Education, 2003). For More Information Please call Rudy Winderlich at 492-1204 to find out how you can get connected with an able, qualified, motivated, and dependable workforce.