Posted on May 28, 2013
The city of Chicago has just hired someone to fill Chicago CEO jobs. Jeff Malehorn has been selected as the new president & CEO of World Business Chicago. Malehorn will report to the Chair and Vice-Chair and work closely with the board of directors of WBC and the Mayor’s office on the attraction and retention […]
Posted on May 18, 2013
The number of leisure and hospitality jobs in Chicago is growing, as tourism also burgeons significantly. Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago recently announced another tourism record. For tourism, April was the best it has ever been in Chicago’s history, at 78.8 percent, a 3.1 percent increase over last year’s total of 76.4 percent occupancy in […]
Posted on May 5, 2013
The news that manufacturing jobs are flat left many people wondering if Chicago manufacturing jobs were lost. According to the Conference Board, the job market looks better than expected despite the sequester or issues like the rising cost of providing health care benefits. Manufacturing, however, is basically flat outside of auto assembly. The big story […]
Posted on May 1, 2013
Mobile marketing jobs in Chicago are highly coveted, but despite this, companies are having a difficult time filling these jobs. New insight from the Wanted Analytics points to some reasons why this difficulty hiring exists. On average, mobile marketing positions score an 87 on the Wanted Analytics’ Hiring Scale. The Hiring Scale ranges from 1 […]
Posted on April 15, 2013
A local company is expanding and creating marketing jobs in Chicago. John LaLoggia has been hired on at LiquidSpill, a provider of liquid spill MacBook repair solutions. The company provides free FedEx shipping, allowing their customers to send their MacBooks to their Apple-certified technicians were they repair it and send it right back. The company […]
Posted on April 2, 2013
A large company is relocating to Illinois and creating Chicago mining jobs. Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation is the largest U.S.-based primary silver producer and a growing gold producer. The Company has four precious metals mines in the Americas generating strong production, sales and cash flow in continued robust metals markets. Coeur produces from its wholly […]
Posted on March 26, 2013
A staffing firm in Chicago is creating Chicago jobs and has just been named 2013 “Best of Staffing” by Careerbuilder.com and Inavero. Smart Resources, Inc. and Accountable Search, its accounting division were named in the list that recognizes staffing agencies that receive remarkable reviews from their clients and the people they help find jobs (employed […]
Posted on March 12, 2013
Although not back to pre-recession levels, the small business jobs in Chicago are increasing, and nationwide they are increasing on a cellular level. This is according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Their survey was just released and shows that the NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism increased 1.9 points in February, to 90.8. […]
Posted on February 26, 2013
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer science jobs in Chicago and elsewhere across the U.S. are growing. This is a very hot industry right now, with several thousand jobs opening up. The U.S. Department of Labor projects that employment of computer scientists will increase by 19% through 2020 and a 2011 report by […]
Posted on February 19, 2013
Chicago unemployment appears to be sticking, at least for December it was. This is according to the latest report from the Illinois Dept. of Labor. In December, the last data available, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.7 percent. One year ago, the December rate was 9.7 percent. Total payrolls decreased -7,600 in December 2012, […]