remoting.work has been chosen to establish the necessary framework for small businesses to recruit and generate 36,000 local employment opportunities across Illinois by 2031.
MEMPHIS, TN, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce (ILBCC), the premier statewide advocacy group for Black‑owned enterprises, has formally designated remoting.work as a strategic ally to support the creation of 36,000 local jobs throughout Illinois by 2031.
This collaboration directly tackles the structural hurdle that limits income generation for thousands of small and minority‑owned businesses.
As enterprises expand, proprietors frequently require extra personnel to manage and attract new customers, promote their goods and services, and chase fresh revenue streams. Yet for many minority‑owned firms operating on slender profit margins, the expense of securing and retaining the skilled workers needed to fuel growth can pose a major obstacle to expansion and revenue generation.
Illinois is home to a thriving small business ecosystem that includes roughly 1.4 million small enterprises, accounting for 99.6% of all businesses in the state and employing nearly 2.4 million residents. Among these, about 447,000 are minority‑owned, with the vast majority—approximately 399,000—operating without any employees.
The gap is especially pronounced for Black‑owned businesses. Of the roughly 189,000 Black‑owned firms currently active in Illinois, just 5,943 have paid staff.
According to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Black Business Survey, 66% of respondents identified as microenterprises or sole‑proprietor operations. Moreover, respondents cited these as their most significant operational hurdles: implementing technology, marketing their goods or services, winning new customers, and broadening their client base.
Yet the expense of sourcing local employees to overcome these operational barriers only compounds the difficulty for small businesses.
For a business generating $50,000 annually, local hiring represents an insurmountable financial obstacle, and committing to salaries becomes extremely challenging. In Illinois, for instance, the average base salary for an executive assistant is $62,450 per year, while a marketing specialist earns an average of $64,500. Adding other employer costs such as benefits and administrative overhead can push the total expense of a single full‑time employee beyond the entire annual gross revenue of a small business.
Faced with these figures, small business owners routinely try to handle every role themselves. Serving simultaneously as CEO, administrative assistant, marketing director, and customer support representative ultimately stifles operational capacity and caps total revenue potential.
The strategic alliance between ILBCC and remoting.work resolves this dilemma by introducing a flexible, cost‑effective talent solution in the interim.
Through remoting.work, small businesses can leverage a secure, technology‑backed Employer of Record (EOR) and Workforce‑as‑a‑Service (WaaS) platform to access vetted full‑time or fractional remote employees from lower‑cost global economies in the interim.
Small businesses can now hire the executive assistant they need, or the social media manager and marketing specialist they require, starting at as low as $6 per hour from low‑cost economies in the interim. This enables them to market their products and services and grow revenue, so that within less than three years, the small business would have the revenue to hire locally in Illinois.
This growth is not confined to small businesses alone. It also flows back into Illinois’ economy over the long term.
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau highlights the transformative effect of shifting from a sole proprietorship to a team‑based structure. Businesses with 1 to 4 employees generate an average of $400,000 in annual revenue, compared to just $50,000 for single‑operator enterprises—a significant 8‑fold increase in earning power.
The macro‑economic implications for Illinois are substantial:
Direct Revenue Expansion: If 10% (39,990) of the 399,000 non‑employer small businesses in Illinois transition into employer businesses and reach the $400,000 annual revenue average, it would inject $15.96 billion in new revenue into Illinois’ small business economy.
Broader Economic Ripple Effect: As business revenues rise, local supply chain spending increases, stimulating community‑level economic activity and setting the stage for future local hiring.
“Small businesses have enormous potential to drive the economic growth of their communities when they have access to capital and systems that support their own growth,” said Larry Ivory, President and CEO of ILBCC. “Our partnership with remoting.work is targeted at providing that support in the interim for small businesses to access the right services that promotes capital and revenue generation so they can in turn become avenue for economic growth throughout the state of Illinois.”
“At remoting.work, we believe business owners should not struggle to grow revenue or market their products. They shouldn’t have to do everything by themselves as that can be detrimental for them and for the revenue growth of their business,” said Dr. Gregory Blumenthal, Director of Communication at remoting.work. “By creating the conditions for businesses to survive or minimize failure, businesses will grow revenue, which creates the opportunity to hire locally in Illinois.”
Through the partnership, remoting.work and ILBCC will work to help Illinois small and minority‑owned businesses increase operational capacity, grow revenue, transition into employer businesses and create more economic opportunities across their communities.
The long‑term target is clear: 36,000 jobs by 2031 in Illinois.
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Notes to Editor
About the Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce
The Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce (ILBCC) is the largest Black trade organization in Illinois. Headquartered in Peoria, it represents over 100,000 Black‑owned businesses. Led by President and CEO Larry Ivory, the non‑profit advocates for economic empowerment, corporate inclusion, and minority business growth.
About remoting.work
remoting.work believes small business owners shouldn’t have to struggle to market their products and services and sacrifice time with their families to build a successful business. We’re a comprehensive Workforce‑as‑a‑Service (WaaS) and Employer of Record (EOR) platform purpose‑built to solve small and medium‑sized business staffing and hiring problems. The platform integrates AI‑driven candidate matching humans in the loop to connect employers with pre‑vetted professionals from low‑cost economies around the globe. Job roles available cover a wide range, generally organized into 10 major categories: Accounting, Administrative Assistant, Creative Services, Customer Service, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Services, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal Services, and Tele‑Sales.
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