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?
Fans were jubilant this weekend after the Chicago Bears sent the Green Bay Packers packing in a stunning victory.
At least seven burglaries were reported between Dec. 14 and Jan. 9.
Here is everything you need to know about how to watch and stream the 2026 Golden Globes live.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line train along the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning.
In a sure sign that the holiday season is over, the lights on Chicago's official Christmas tree in Millennium Park will be turned off on Sunday.
A man suspected of burglarizing a convenience store was arrested this weekend following a standoff with police in the north Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
This weekend, CBS News Chicago's Jermont Terry hosted a forum with Democratic candidates hoping to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois).
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.