Chicago Virtual Career Fair For Veterans Being Held Thursday
On Thursday, a Chicago virtual job fair will be held for transitioning military, veterans and military spouses.
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On Thursday, a Chicago virtual job fair will be held for transitioning military, veterans and military spouses.
Dozens of unemployed people have told us they've waited weeks for a phone call back from IDES only to get disconnected.
Imagine being out of work, waiting weeks to get a call back from the state's unemployment office – and then when you do, the caller not only yawns, but says he has no idea what the problem is.
The pandemic has decimated many businesses, but one of the few exceptions has been Amazon. The online retail giant's success means they have kept expanding and hiring in the Chicago area.
They can't get unemployment money, and they can't get the state to tell them why.
Many companies with the highest number of job postings on Indeed.com in the Chicago-area were posted within the last two weeks.
Fraudsters are taking hundreds of dollars from an Itasca woman's state pension.
John R. White filed the small claims complaint in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday. He accused IDES of withholding benefits after a system "glitch" when he applied for unemployment online in May.
Unemployment claims across the nation have skyrocketed during the pandemic. In Illinois, more than 1.7 million new unemployment claims have been filed since early March.
This week we asked our career coach, how long can the job search take at this point in the pandemic?
The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, setting up a final vote on Saturday
A man is in custody after setting his belongings and himself on fire while on a CTA Blue Line train at the Damen stop Friday morning, Chicago police said.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law. Follow live updates here.
The Federal Transit Administration issued a letter Friday morning, rejecting the CTA's safety plan just hours into its implementation.
One person is dead, and another person is in critical condition, after they were pulled out of a burning home Friday afternoon in Chicago's far northwest suburbs.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
Chicago police said a recent spate of armed robberies in Greater Grand Crossing, Roseland and Englewood have targeted CTA riders.
This year has already seen eight of the busiest air travel days in TSA history. Could a December date join them?
It's the holiday season, which means it's the most common time of year for norovirus to spread. Here's what you need to know about this winter stomach bug.