Bethany and Sam from the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce.
It is our pleasure to nominate the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce for the IWP Business Leadership Award. We have worked with the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce since 2018. They have demonstrated outstanding leadership in workforce development and made significant contributions to our area workforce.
They have mentored three of our Work Experience clients at their office. They provided these client’s an opportunity to learn applicable real-world skills within the confines of a nurturing learning environment. After our first Work Experience client completed her time there, Bethany Bland, their Executive Director, worked with our BRR, to help find an opportunity in the client’s field of study and expertise with a chamber member business. This resulted in an OJT for that client and she is now permanently employed by that business. We have had two other Work Experience Client’s at the Rock Falls Chamber. One client did such a good job that she was offered temporary employment at the chamber after completing her W/E.
The Rock Falls Chamber is a champion of BEST and WIOA by always sharing their experiences with the business community and recommending for others in the business community to use our services. The Rock Falls Chamber has sponsored numerous opportunities for our staff to get the word out about workforce services. This has been achieved through the use of their extensive social media outreach and sponsoring classes featuring BEST, Inc staff presentations to the business community. They have been a champion of our services and helping to grow the workforce for their chamber community and throughout their region.
