FREE short-term training for high-skilled, high-wage jobs.
Struggling to earn a living that supports your family or yourself? Make it SWFT!
SWFT* provides short-term (1 year or less) training —tuition-free—that leads you to employment in in-demand fields with life-supporting wages. Besides tuition and fee waivers to take your classes, you may also receive assistance in the form of a stipend. A high school credential is not required to be a part of the program.
Enter your information at the end of the page so we may contact you about upcoming information sessions. NOTE: Information sessions are not currently schedule, you will be notified once dates are made available.
Training Options:
- Training options are currently being updated for the Spring 2021 semester.
Career Advising
Access information that can help start or reshape your career and provide you with avenues to receive career advising, start by clicking here.
Career Ready
Getting prepared for a career requires you to establish a professional presence, identify career/job opportunities, and network with associates and professionals in your field. Click here for a page filled with tips, links and other information that you can use to land the career opportunity you are seeking.
Jessie McClusky
SWFT Program Manager
217/353-2150
swft@parkland.edu
parkland.edu/swft
*A 2019 Illinois Workforce Equity Initiative (WEI) grant program