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Welcome to JJ’s List – A Social Enterprise of Search, Inc.

07/19/13 - Uncategorized - 2 Comments

JJ Hanley is the new Associate Director of Ventures at Search, Inc. She spearheads jjslist.com and No Boundaries – Train for Work, Train for Life.

We are proud and happy to announce our merger with Search, Inc.

Six years ago, JJ’s List was started as a seedling…

Communications Skills and Technology Training for Employment Readiness

07/08/13 - Education, Press on JJ's List - 5 Comments

Learning appropriate communications and technology skills for the workplace is crucial for anyone working towards becoming gainfully employed – people with disabilities are no exception.

Technology and Communications Skills Training

We’re glad to say that we’ve just completed yet another great season of our Communications Skills and…

Matt, Brett and Allissa, our Volunterns at their computers at JJ's List

Professionals donate time to coach our volunterns with disabilities

12/19/12 - Uncategorized - 0 Comments

JJ’s List just completed its first 8-week Voluntern Program, where five individuals with disabilities worked weekly to build their Internet and professional business skills at the JJ’s List office.

Each was paired with one of our Voluntern Coaches, who came from various professional backgrounds and had…

JJ’s List participates in The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge 2012

11/27/12 - Events, JJ's List Fun, Using jjslist.com, Videos - 3 Comments

In our quest to strengthen jjslist.com, our website that aims to be a platform for people with disabilities to connect with businesses, JJ’s List applied to The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge 2012. Of 61 non-profit hopefuls, 12 were selected to be paired with teams of…

Lessons in Internet Safety and Productivity

02/20/12 - Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Each Saturday this month, if you peered through the windows of the Northbrook Public Library, you might have spotted a group of talented teenagers engaged in discussion and interactive games with the JJ’s List Team. That’s because we’ve been putting our Safe and Productive Internet Life…

3 lessons in disability-awareness we can all learn

01/20/12 - Disability-Aware Service, Using jjslist.com - 1 Comment

When David Kreiman, the Executive VP at Glenview State Bank, wrote a response to a jjslist.com review, he delivered a fine example disability-awareness.

He took the time to investigate the issue mentioned, rectify it, and write personally to the reviewer to thank her for bringing it…

Highlights of 2011

12/15/11 - Uncategorized - 0 Comments

2011 has been a very exciting year for the JJ’s List Team. We’ve been hard at work and are loving every minute of the journey. If we had the opportunity to cross paths with you this year, thank you. It’s been an honor and we…

Hello world!

01/28/11 - Press on JJ's List - 1 Comment

Hello and welcome to our spanking new JJ’s List Blog! You can look forward to some exciting news and updates on the world of disability, as well as all that’s happening with us here at JJ’s List.

If you aren’t already familiar with who we are…