Career Partners
Our career partners, the businesses and organizations that employ P.A.C.E. students and may also serve as internship sites, include:
- Banner Pre-School Health Star
- Bright Horizons Childcare
- Cassiday Schade LLP
- Catholic Charities
- Century Theaters
- Chestnut Square Adult Care
- Council for the Jewish Elderly
- Crème de la Crème Daycare Center
- Double Tree Hotel
- Evanston Northwestern Health Care
- Hampton Inns & Suites
- Harkness House for Children
- Hyatt Residence
- Kohl Children’s Museum
- Lutheran General Children’s Services
- Lutheran General Hospital
- Mather Lifeways
- McGaw Evanston YMCA
- National-Louis University
- Pinstripes Bowling and Bocce Ball Center
- Pitney Bowes Management Services
- Ravinia Festival
- RUSH North Shore Medical Center, Skokie
- Sodexho Campus Food Services
- TJ Maxx
- Walgreen’s
Career Preparation
P.A.C.E. students train for a career, not just a job. As professional assistants in training, they set goals, develop a deep understanding of their field of interest, and over time, find employment in positions that benefit from their skill development and practice.
P.A.C.E. students accumulate more than 1,000 hours of actual work experience in three internship settings. They are preparing for careers in fields such as adult care, early childhood, food service, general office, supply and distribution, housekeeping, animal care, health care, and hospitality. Vocational training includes classroom work as well as on-the-job instruction, and is designed to help P.A.C.E. students find a field of interest suitable for lifelong employability and personal growth.
During their first year, they explore a variety of fields and, in the second year, many develop career goals based on their specific interests and abilities. Students are also well prepared for the actual job search process upon completion of the program.