Posted on July 23, 2014
Chicago Public School’s (CPS) Wildwood World Magnet School Annex project is helping create Chicago education jobs. The project is in the Forest Glen community on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The addition will bring a 34,000 square foot, three-story building to the school, including 12 classrooms, a computer lab, art room, library, administrative suite and lunchroom. The […]
Posted on July 8, 2014
A new Whole Foods has been built that will create Chicago retail jobs. The 5.5-acre retail development is planned for completion in 2016. The store, located on the northwest corner of 63rd and Halsted streets on Chicago’s South Side, will create 100 jobs and provide area residents with additional access to fresh and healthy food […]
Posted on June 25, 2014
The building of several new playgrounds ended up in the creation or more Chicago construction jobs. All in all, the city funded five rehabbed playgrounds at parks in neighborhoods across the City: Jackson Park in Woodlawn, Carver Park in Altgeld, Touhy Park in Rogers Park, Harold Washington Park in Hyde Park and Davis Park in […]
Posted on June 20, 2014
Step IT Up Chicago is a new program that will create IT jobs in Chicago for minority women. The program will train 100 women in various IT tracks over the next year and partner with local corporations to place program graduates into full-time employment. The inaugural class of 33 women began the program this week. […]
Posted on June 4, 2014
A new group of graduates have emerged from the Fire Academy and will be taking up available firefighting jobs in Chicago. Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago and the mayor held a ceremony honoring the 149 men and women. This year’s 149 Chicago Fire Department cadets join a fire department that continues to aid the City of […]
Posted on May 28, 2014
Chicago Park District is partnering with Nike for the second year in a row to offer free basketball skills clinics in neighborhood parks across the city, a move that will create recreational jobs in Chicago. The free clinics, known as Chi League Parks, will be held every Saturday this summer, starting May 31. Chi League […]
Posted on May 20, 2014
A group newly created in Chicago by the mayor, called the Minimum Wage Working Group of community, will convene to discuss the merits of raising the minimum wage, a move that is sure to affect Chicago retail jobs. The group will consider options for both short and long-term wage increases for Chicago’s workers to ensure […]
Posted on May 4, 2014
A round of projects funded by the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy will create many new green jobs in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Water Management (DWM) have announced the first round of green stormwater management projects. DWM will provide funding to the Space to Grow program, an initiative by Openlands and Healthy […]
Posted on April 30, 2014
The high school graduation rate in the city is now 82%, leading to the growth and fulfillment of more Chicago jobs. The Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) new targeted strategy to reduce course failure in the ninth grade has put CPS students on-track to achieve an 82 percent graduation rate, an increase of 25 percent from […]
Posted on April 24, 2014
A big move on the part of Motorola has created Chicago accounting jobs, among many other types of jobs, as the company moves their headquarters. Motorola Mobility announced its relocation from Libertyville, Illinois to Chicago’s historic Merchandise Mart in July 2012. Motorola Mobility is one of 27 headquarters that has relocated to Chicago during Mayor […]