{"id":505981,"date":"2026-01-10T11:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505981\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:03:23","slug":"chicago-housing-authority-holds-college-networking-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505981\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Housing Authority holds college networking event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ihmhk000e01vrgqfvfgkj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">About 100 college students affiliated with the Chicago Housing Authority met Wednesday with representatives from major corporations and public agencies during a networking and recruitment event aimed at connecting scholars with internship and employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ixlxu002r357v083uedaa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The Take Flight Networking &amp; Recruitment Event brought students to CHA offices in downtown Chicago, where more than 20 corporate representatives shared career advice and discussed job pathways for 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ixlyw002s357vjy5yvxie@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Participating organizations included Northwestern Medicine, JPMorgan Chase, Chicago Police Department, Wells Fargo, Old National Bank, Enterprise, Lowe\u2019s and Ernst &amp; Young Markets, among others.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ixm08002t357vttglbuv5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The afternoon event featured a structured networking session, career presentations and a raffle, with representatives speaking about their professional journeys and available roles within their organizations.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ixm1m002u357vn9sfzlpc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Students in attendance included current CHA scholarship recipients, recent graduates and alumni of CHA\u2019s annual \u201cTake Flight College Send-Off\u201d program, which prepares students for the transition to college each August.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk7ixm48002w357vivc8kygf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The Take Flight Networking &amp; Recruitment Event was underwritten by Springboard to Success, the CHA\u2019s nonprofit partner that supports education and career development initiatives for public housing residents.<\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: Getty\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 100 college students affiliated with the Chicago Housing Authority met Wednesday with representatives from major corporations and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-505981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115870472856576950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}