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| Did you know? Early settlers called Rockford "Forest City" because of the river valley's verdant woods. Today, it's "City of Gardens." |  | Illinois companies First Midwest Bank began in Joliet, Illinois. From there they've grown to serve many Chicago suburbs, downstate Illinois and the Quad Cities area on t... Go to Site
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Geek Chic by Rebecca Ryan 5/16/2008
Where are all the geeks? I recently attended one state’s well-publicized “high tech” events. Not a single unkempt microserf in sight. Lawyers and suits galore, but no unt...
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Diversity = Success! by Tom Meisenheimer 5/16/2008
The people I dislike the most seem to be people who are the most like me. I thought about that a lot and have concluded that the reason is simple. I often see in them t...
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Mentors Steer Grads To Success by Noah Cirincione 5/16/2008
In The Graduate, a 1967 classic film, Dustin Hoffman plays a college graduate who returns home to Southern California and finds he is unable to commit himself to anything...
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 Jobs in IllinoisThe following articles focus on employment and jobs in Illinois as well as issues relating to careers and jobs in Illinois. | |
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"The Job Hunt: How to Land a Full-Time Job Following a Summer..." MidwestBusiness.com, IL - May 15, 2008 CHICAGO – With evidence that the slowing economy is prompting employers to put the brakes on hiring, the summer internship assumes a new level of importance...
"NCO Group and Best Buy announce new jobs" Joplin Independent, MO - May 15, 2008 In 2004 when JP Morgan Chase moved its Joplin SST workforce from 809 Illinois to Seventh Street, they promised to "initially house approximately 500 new...
"Breaking News" Pontiac Daily Leader, IL - May 15, 2008 Email dnelson @odcbn.org or apply ODC 360 Wylie Dr. Normal HELP WANTED Labor Ready Now Hiring! Various construction positions, CDL drivers,...
"Teens face obstacles in landing summer jobs" The Tennessean, TN - May 15, 2008 Companies that had been contacted in February or March either had already filled the majority of their summer jobs or were hiring fewer people,...
"THE TICKER UDM signs center who's... titanic" Detroit Free Press, United States - May 15, 2008 Bennett is the fourth heralded recruit to sign with the Titans since McCallum's hiring on April 11, following 6-7 forward Thomas Kennedy of Mott CC in Flint...
"Tom Oates: No matter how you judge it, Bucks made right hire" La Crosse Tribune, WI - May 14, 2008 Besides, Chicago and Phoenix are more attractive jobs than ours because they have better rosters and D’Antoni signed with New York for four years and $24...
"Summer job outlook brighter in suburbs than across the state" ElmLeaves, IL - May 14, 2008 The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern Illinois University reports that due to the slowing national economy, falling retail sales,...
"Board turns down expansion of enterprise zone" Alton Telegraph, IL - May 13, 2008 By LAURA GRIFFITH CARLINVILLE - The Macoupin County Board on Tuesday rejected a push to expand the county's enterprise zone to include Illinois Family Farms...
"Amid Layoff News, Many Companies Are Hiring" KFOR, OK - May 13, 2008 Around the nation, a wide range of companies are still hiring. Some of the new jobs are even in areas that are shrinking, such as financial services....
"Teen summer-job outlook mixed for Toledo area" Toledo Blade, OH - May 13, 2008 "Most employers have decided they're not going to scale back hiring of teens in the sense of new graduates and internships," he said. "But entry-level jobs...
"IT jobs holding their own, while the industry holds its breath" SearchCIO.com - May 13, 2008 Indeed, all but two of the top metro areas for tech jobs showed a year-over-year decline. Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, DC, and Chicago posted...
"They impart, then depart" Sacramento Bee, USA - May 12, 2008 So the trend swings back to hiring the proven. That might have been the case anyway, but no way the spotlight vacancies with the Mavericks (Rick Carlisle...
"INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Roche to transfer 300 jobs to Germany" nwitimes.com, IN - May 11, 2008 The company is hiring pathologists, clinical lab professionals, IT workers and service personnel. Maryland-based ChemGen Corp. is acquiring the former...
"Jobs can be found in northwest suburbs" Wheeling Countryside, IL - May 7, 2008 Despite a downswing in manufacturing jobs across Illinois and the country, it remains a viable line of work in the O'Hare area, says Mohammed Faheem,...
"People Rezko helped get state jobs step forward to get him out of jail" WQAD, IL - May 4, 2008 AP - May 4, 2008 10:14 AM ET SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Indicted political fundraiser Tony Rezko got scores of people state jobs under Illinois Governor Rod...
"State hiring curbs may chill hot market for government staff" International Herald Tribune, France - May 1, 2008 Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that the state will need to cut jobs to deal with a $550 million budget gap. He declined to say how many of the state's more...
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