The I Create Jobs (i.c.jobs) campaign seeks to accomplish the following goals:

1) raise awareness of the start-up entrepreneurs in Chicago who are positioned to create local new economy jobs

2) generate 30 prospective clients per month for i.c.stars to grow its social media outsourcing business and explicitly create jobs for its participants - 1 lead per day.

3) provide detailed, demand-side, job descriptions to support the Skills for America’s Future campaign to transform the community college system.

4) recognize the top members of our community who spread the word and create awareness - those who demonstrate that creating new economy jobs is ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY and that we can all contribute to the economic recovery in Illinois.

What can you do?

1. Share/Like/Tweet this page.
2. Add comments below to link to interesting articles about new economy job creation in Illinois
3. Tag anything and everything that has to do with job creation using the #icjobs hash tag
4. Nominate an entrepreneur to participate in the upcoming iOpener Conference by sending them to this page (http://ww2.icstars.org/iopener/2011/nominate)
5. Refer Technology Companies to buy social media outsourcing services from i.c.stars and help create jobs. Download the email to send along.
6. Over the following months, regularly visit this page to view the companies that have signed on and help promote them using the social promotion icons next to their profiles.

Learn more

Skills for America
The Obama Administration announced a team of prominent Chicago businesspeople to help participate in the Aspen Institute Skills For America’s Future program.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/08/president-obama-an…

Our Growth
The Emanuel Administration has a team focused on Developing job growth strategies for targeted industries and Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship
http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/supp_info/chic…

i.c.stars Growth Strategy
We have made some changes at i.c.stars this year. We are now offering outsourced services to help technology companies enhance sales effectiveness. We do this through raising brand awareness with blogs, discussion forums and email newsletters. Cultivating interest among the ‘weak ties’ in employees professional networks has been talked about for years. i.c.stars services now make it affordable for you to build your brand awareness and drive leads while also creating jobs in Chicago.

i.c.stars is positioned with the board, CIO network and organizational resources to scale this offering to create several hundred jobs in the Chicagoland area and several thousand nationwide. These are brand new job classifications that did not exist 5 years ago and a demonstration of the kinds of new economy jobs that are now being created.

Participating as an i.c.stars Corporate Client creates jobs, not by increasing your w2 headcount at the corporation, but through strategically purchasing services from organizations like ours that are intentionally making new opportunities.

The i.c.stars social media specialists are w2 employees of i.c.stars and are required to attend night school at one of the City Colleges of Chicago to pursue their Associates Degree in Computer Information Systems. This too aligns with the goals of the Skills for America’s Future program to help leverage the community college infrastructure to develop tomorrow’s talent.

Read more about the new program model: positioned to lead

Read more about our Social Media Manager offering.