The City of Chicago announced that it is implementing a new job application preference for City positions for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) high school graduates in an effort to encourage students to stay in school and graduate. This is the first hiring preference for City of Chicago positions that is targeted for CPS students. With this new hiring preference, the City’s Department of Human Resources (DHR) will ensure that a minimum of 20 percent of the candidates referred for a position that has the CPS hiring consideration are CPS graduates. CPS graduates will be able to provide either their diploma or transcript as proof of CPS graduation when applying. CPS keeps transcript records dating back 50 years, and transcripts may be requested at www.cps.edu – the first request is free of charge.