Older workers face challenges after layoffs
After 26 years in the workplace, Linda Stanford had risen to customer service manager at the American Bar Association. With a house in the northwest suburbs, a steady income and...
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Changes coming to Hyde Park
After more than a decade of planning, change is finally tangible along Hyde Park's East 53rd Street corridor. Buildings have been renovated, a few restaurants have opened, and a site...
Changes coming to Hyde Park
After more than a decade of planning, change is finally tangible along Hyde Park's East 53rd Street corridor. Buildings have been renovated, a few restaurants have opened, and a site...
Job search not working out for vast majority of teens
Anjelica Pickett, 17, has been searching for a job for about a year. Despite making as many as five applications in a day during that time, Pickett, now a freshman...
MCIC for Chicago non-profits closing
Metro Chicago Information Center (MCIC) will close its doors by the end of the year officials confirmed Tuesday. The organization, which has provided research and data on the Chicago area...
Former Rolf’s Patisserie workers face uncertain future
During the holiday season, Maria's work day often stretched 10 or 12 hours, but she considered herself lucky. "I love to make beautiful things for other people," she said of...
U.S. lost quarter of its high-tech jobs in past decade
More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study. The United States shed 28 percent, or 687,000...
Verizon Wireless realizes $2 fee a bad call, drops it
Twenty-four hours. That's how long it took for Verizon Wireless to get the message. The carrier said Friday that it was scrapping a $2 charge for one-time online or telephone...
Former McDonald’s executive keeps food flowing as chief of Northern Illinois Food Bank
For years Pete Schaefer was an executive at McDonald's Corp., jetting back and forth to booming markets in Asia. Today, he runs the Northern Illinois Food Bank, and a road...
Grainger gives employees room to grow
Wiggle room is part of the culture at the Lake Forest-based industrial supplier W.W. Grainger. There's Pilsen branch manager Roger Lubert, who had a number of jobs before he found...