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Train crew workers David Garcia, left, and Angel Perez walk along the tracks at the Union Pacific railroad yard on June 13, 2018, in Northlake.

Overwhelmed by freight loads, railroads offer hefty hiring incentives to fill jobs

December 31, 2018 at 4:49 a.m.

As Americans go on a shopping bender, railroad operators carrying train loads of consumer purchases are adding thousands of jobs, and some are offering hefty hiring incentives to draw applicants....

City Colleges sets ‘extraordinary’ goal to put thousands of graduates into apprenticeships, internships

December 13, 2018 at 6:54 a.m.

Chicago’s community college system has pledged to provide at least half of students who complete its programs with internships, apprenticeships or other work-based learning opportunities, an ambitious goal meant to...

Gabriel Villagomez, 27, right, works with Miguel Chacon, a Burnham & Sullivan Properties managing broker, at a property in Chicago on June 12, 2018.

Settling for a subpar job right out of college can hurt your career for years

August 18, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

Since graduating from college last month, Gabriel Villagomez has been polishing his resume, updating his LinkedIn profile — and worrying. Sure, the job market looks promising for new grads. And...

A Siemens building is seen in Munich. Siemens Medical Solutions plans to lay off more than 100 workers at its Hoffman Estates location.

Allstate, Siemens among employers notifying state of mass layoffs

June 13, 2020 at 7:44 p.m.

Allstate plans to lay off 220 people as it closes its printing plant in Wheeling by the end of the year. The job cuts at Allstate Print Communication Center, which...

<p>Manufacturing had more than 58,000 job postings in the Chicago region over the year ending this March, according to a new report, more than all but three sectors.</p>

Is manufacturing the answer to the joblessness that plagues parts of Chicago?

December 13, 2018 at 6:06 a.m.

Chicago, like other parts of the nation, is witness to two seemingly contradictory trends: persistently high unemployment in parts of its low-income communities, and thousands of job openings that employers...

A guest room at theWit Chicago, which will be adding a panic button system from React Mobile to comply with a city ordinance requiring the systems so that employees can summon help if they are sexually assaulted or harassed by a guest.

Chicago hotels roll out panic button systems to protect housekeepers from sexual harassment

December 13, 2018 at 5:57 a.m.

As Chicago hotels gear up for the busy summer tourist season, they are pushing to meet a July 1 deadline to supply their housekeepers with panic buttons. The portable buttons,...

Women Employed President and CEO Iliana Mora, center, shown ahead of the Women's March in Chicago in January, has resigned her position with the advocacy group.

Women Employed CEO steps down after less than a year

December 14, 2018 at 9:19 a.m.

Iliana Mora has resigned as president and CEO of Chicago-based advocacy group Women Employed less than a year after she took the position. Mora, who started last July, had succeeded...

Protesters gather outside of a Starbucks in Philadelphia on April 15, 2018, where two black men were arrested after employees called police to say the men were trespassing. Starbucks is giving anti-bias training to all employees.

‘All eyes are on Starbucks’ as it seeks to fight discrimination

June 24, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

Starbucks will close all 8,000 of its company-owned U.S. stores Tuesday afternoon to train employees to combat unconscious bias, marking the start of an effort by the coffee giant to...

Ulta Beauty beauty advisor Brittany Jones works at the checkout counter at a store on North Michigan Avenue on May 24, 2018, in Chicago.

More women are landing seats on Illinois’ corporate boards, but pace of change is ‘glacial’

December 14, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

Michelle Collins’ first experience on a corporate board felt like a box-checking exercise. Woman: check. Black woman: double check. A young banker, Collins felt her opinions were politely ignored by...

Signs advertise a going-out-of-business sale at the Carson's store in Evergreen Park on April 20, 2018. Bon-Ton, the parent company of Carson's, is shutting down and more than 3,500 Illinois Carson's employees are expected to lose their jobs this summer.

Carson’s to cut 3,500 employees in Illinois as it closes all stores

December 13, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.

More than 3,500 Carson’s employees in Illinois will lose their jobs this summer as the department store chain shuts down. The company’s 35 stores in Illinois, plus two distribution centers,...

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