Build your next move.
Learn a practical strategy for your career with a community in your corner.
Explore the free AcademyOUR MISSION / RE:WORK TRAINING
Talent is everywhere.
Social capital is not.
Your ability deserves a chance to be seen.
re:WORK TRAINING is a Chicago-based workforce development nonprofit. Through free career training and community support, we help people build skills and social capital—the trusted relationships that connect ability with opportunity.
THE MISSION THAT GUIDES US
Building the future of workforce development through the power of sales.
WHY THIS WORK MATTERS
Your starting point
should not define
your future.
Talent and ambition are widely distributed. Access to professional networks is not.
An introduction, useful feedback, or a conversation with someone in the industry can help a person’s ability be seen. People who start with fewer professional connections deserve access to those opportunities, too.
We help participants build relationships through useful work, thoughtful conversations, and follow-through. Our community of professionals contributes knowledge, feedback, and connections. Expanding opportunity takes effort from both sides.
SOCIAL CAPITAL MEETS SALES STRATEGY
Make ability visible.
Build trust over time.
Sales gives us a practical method for communicating value, understanding another person’s needs, and moving a relationship forward.
Practice the skills.
Research employers. Explain your value. Ask better questions. Prepare for conversations and make your next step clear.
Show what you can do.
Turn learning into work others can review. Use feedback, improve your approach, and build evidence of your ability.
Earn trust through action.
Contribute to your community, listen carefully, and follow through. Give people a reason to know and trust your work.
Our Social Capital Model connects performance currency—evidence of what you can do—with relationship currency—trust built with people who know your work. The purpose is economic mobility: greater access to opportunity and career advancement.
THE MISSION IN PRACTICE
A business of one.
A community
behind you.
The Go To Market Career Academy teaches people to run their job search with the discipline of a business: understand their market, communicate their value, build relationships, and manage opportunities.
Participants learn to act as their own business or sales development representative—often called a BDR or SDR. These methods help many pursue sales roles and can also transfer to other career paths.
Start the free, self-paced Academy in MissionXP with community support, or explore a quarterly cohort.
Explore the Go To Market Career Academy“Because of re:WORK I've grown such a deep understanding of the tech sales landscape and have planted roots by connecting with great people across all levels of experience.”
TECHNOLOGY BUILT TO SUPPORT THE MISSION
We built MissionXP
to support the work.
Created by re:WORK TRAINING, MissionXP connects career learning with the day-to-day work of a job search. Participants and coaches can see activity, relationships, and next steps in one place.
See how MissionXP worksTurn learning into practice.
Connect lessons and missions with research, outreach, conversations, and follow-up.
Make progress visible.
Track a job-search pipeline and see where a relationship or opportunity needs attention.
Support people with AI.
AI-assisted practice and coaching support the learning process. Human feedback, judgment, and trusted relationships remain central.
OUR REPORTED RESULTS / SEPTEMBER 2026
A mission grounded
in people and progress.
Our records document years of training, community support, and career outcomes. They also help us identify what we still need to learn.
- People supported through training, coaching, and community
- 1,000+
- Participants with at least one documented hired outcome
- 600+
- Cohorts represented in our records
- 35+
Source: re:WORK’s reconciled program records, current through September 2026. The hired-outcome count represents unique participant accounts. These are conservative thresholds: historical records are incomplete and identity matching is still being refined. They are not a placement rate or a guarantee of individual results.
Explore the evidence and how we countTHERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE
Help make
opportunity possible.
re:WORK TRAINING is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Participants, donors, corporate partners, and volunteer Champions all have a role in this work.
Keep learning accessible.
Help sustain free career training, practical learning tools, and the community support participants use to pursue their next opportunity.
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