Networking and
Job Search Support in Illinois:
40Plus of Chicago - contact info
Barrington Career Center - meetings, support, and volunteer opportunities in Barrington, IL
Business Network Club - for entrepreneurs and self employed, plus BNC-Jobseekers Group, meetings in various Chicago area locations
Business & Professional Women - the Alton Area
Career
Resources Center - Lake Forest, IL
Career
Transitions Center of Chicago
Chicago Executives Network - monthly meetings in Chicago, IL
Chicagoland HR Transition Group - for transitioning HR professionals (Yahoo Group)
Chicagoland Project Management Institute - monthly meetings in the Chicago area
Chicago Networking & Support Groups - from ChicagoJobTalk.org
Chicago Toastmasters (District 30) - learn public speaking and network at the same time, many Toastmasters groups in Illinois
Executives Network - meets in Chicago
Financial Executives International (FEI) - Chicago, IL, chapter
Gray Hair Management - meetings, networking, coaching, and more; relatively modest annual fee
Illinois CPA Society - chapters, events, news, and education for Illinois CPAs
Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services - helps people with disabilities find employment
Illinois Macintosh User Group - learn, share, and network at meetings in Joliet, IL
JVS
Chicago
Linux Users Group of Central Illinois - learn, share, and network at meetings in Springfield, IL
Northern Illinois Toastmasters (District 54) - various Central and Northern Illinois locations
One-Stop Career Centers - locations across the state
Quad Cities Computer Society - learn, share, and network at meetings in Rock Island, IL
Quad City Young Professionals Network - business networking for recent college grads in the Moline/Quad Cities area
St. Hubert's Job and Networking Support Ministry - evening meetings in Hoffman Estates, IL with Christian fellowship (Yahoo! Group)
University
of Illinois Alumni Association - for UI Alumni
Veterans Services
WorkMinistry/Illinois
- directory of support groups
Yahoo's Business
Organizations for Illinois
Yahoo's Community
and Culture Organizations for Illinois
Young Professionals of Greater Peoria - events, forums, and job listings
Illinois Job Sites:
Backpage/Chicago - online jobs classifieds
ChicagoJobs.com
- covers 11 counties, affiliated with many local newspapers
Chicago
Reader HelpWanted
Chicago
Sun Times Career Ads
Criagslist/Bloomfield-Normal - online employment classifieds for jobs and "gigs" in Normal, IL
Craigslist/Carbondale - online employment classifieds for the Carbondale, IL
Craigslist/Champaign Urbana - online employment classifieds for Champaign Urbana, IL
Craigslist/Chicago
- online employment classifieds for Chicago, IL
Craigslist/Peoria - online employment classifieds for Peoria, IL
Craigslist/Quad Cities - online employment classifieds for the quad city IL/IA area
Craigslist/Rockford - online employment classifieds for Rockford, IL
Craigslist/Springfield - online employment classifieds for Springfield, IL
Illinois Banker
Jobs - from the Illinois Bankers Association
Illinois JobNetwork
SearchChigagoJobs - employment classifieds from the Sun Times Group/Pioneer Press weekly papers
Jobs in Illinois Education:
Augustana College
- Rock Island, IL
Aurora University
- Aurora, IL
Champaign Community School District
Chicago Public Schools
City Colleges of Chicago - Chicago, IL
College of Lake County - Grayslake, IL
DePaul University - Chicago,
IL
Elgin Community College - Elgin, IL
Illinois Central College -
East Peoria, IL
Illinois Education
Job Bank - public school teaching and administration jobs from
the Illinois Association of School Administrators
Illinois Institute
of Technology - Chicago and Wheaton, IL
Illinois Valley Community College - Oglesby, IL
Loyola University
- Chicago, IL
NCSA
Job Openings - National Center for Supercoomputing Applications,
birthplace of Mosaic, part of the University of Illinois, Champaign,
IL
Northeastern
Illinois University Employment
Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, IL
Northwestern University
Job Opportunities
Robert Morris College - Chicago (main campus), DuPage, Orland Park, Bensenville, Springfield, Peoria, and Lake County, IL
Roosevelt University - Chicago and Schaumburg, IL
Saint Xavier University - Chicago and Orland Park, IL
Springfield College in Illinois - Springfield, IL
Springfield
Public School District 186
TeachinKane - from the Kane County Human Resources Consortium for participating Kane County school districts (K-12)
University
of Chicago Job Opportunities
University of Chicago
Hospitals & Health System
University
of Illinois Employment Center
Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL
Jobs in Illinois Government:
Champaign County Government
- Urbana, IL
Champaign-Urbana Mass
Transit District - Urbana, IL
Chicago Housing Authority
Chicago Parks District
Chicago
Public Library
Chicago Transit Authority
City of Aurora, IL
City of Champaign, IL
City
of Chicago, IL
City of Des Plaines, IL
City of Elgin, IL
City of Elmhurst, IL
(includes Elmhurst police, firefighter, parks, and library jobs in addition to city jobs)
City of Evanston, IL
City of Naperville, IL
City of Peoria
City of Rockford, IL
City of Springfield, IL
City of Urbana, IL
City of Wheaton, IL
The Chicago Airport System (O'Hare, Midway, and Gary-Chicago airports)
Cook County Government
DeKalb
County Government - Sycamore, IL
DuPage County Government
- Wheaton, IL
Federal Home Loan Bank - Chicago,
IL
Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago
Fermi NationalAccelerator Laboratory
Employment Opportunities
Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) - Peoria, IL
Illinois Department of Corrections
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois State Police Merit Board
(also see civilian jobs with the State Police)
Kane County Government
- Geneva, IL
Lake County Government
- Waukegan, IL
McHenry
County Government - Woodstock, IL
McLean County Government -
Bloomington, IL
Metra Commuter Rail - Chicago, IL
Peoria
County Government - Peoria, IL
Rock Island
County Government - Rock Island, IL
State of Illinios Job Opportunities
Town of Cicero, IL
Sangamon
County Government - Springfield, IL
Vermilion County
Government - Danville, IL
Village of Arlington Heights, IL
Village of Mount Prospect, IL
Village of Northbrook, IL
Village of Palatine, IL
Village of Scharuburg, IL
Village of Wilmette, IL
Village of Winnetka, IL
Whiteside
County Government - Morrison, IL
Will
County Government - Joliet, IL
Winnebago County, IL - Rockford, IL
To Page Top
Illinois Employers:
@properties -
several Chicago, IL, area locations
Abbott Laboratories
- Abbott Park, IL
Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers - HQ in Chicago, IL
Accretive Health - Chicago, IL
Ace Hardware - HQ in Oak Brook, IL
Acquity Group, LLC - HQ in Chicago, IL
Advocate Health Care
- includes 10 hospitals, ambulatory locations, home care/hospice,
fitness centers, laboratories and more in the greater Chicago area.
Afni - Bloomington, IL
Agility Networks, LLC - several Chicago, IL, area locations
Allstate
Insurance Company - HQ in Northbrook, IL
Aon - HQ in Chicago, IL
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) - HQ in Decatur, IL
Art Institute of Chicago Museum
Astellas Pharma
US (was Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.) - Deerfield, IL
Baxter International - Deerfield, IL
Beam Global Spirits & Wine - Deerfield, IL
Benefit Express - Arlington Heights, IL
Boeing - HQ in Chicago, IL
Brickyard Bank
- Lincolnwood, IL
Brunswick - HQ in Lake Forest, IL
Capital H. Group - Chicago, IL
Carson Pirie
Scott - part of Bon-Ton, Inc.
Caterpilar - HQ in Peoria, IL
CDW - HQ in
Vernon Hills, IL
Chicago Apartment Finders - Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Chicago, IL
The Clearing
Corporation - Chicago, IL
CME Group (Chicago
Board of Trade) - Chicago, IL
RR Donnelley - HQ in Chicago, IL
Dynamic Systems Resouce Menagement Inc. - HQ in Evanston, IL
Elgin Symphony Orchestra - Elgin, IL
Exelon Corporation
- Chicago, IL
Fannie May Confections,
Inc. - Chicago, IL
Feldco - Chicago, IL
First Midwest Bank - Joliet, IL
Fortune Brands - HQ in Deerfield, IL
GATX
- Chicago, IL
Geneca
-
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
W.W. Grainger - Lake Forest, IL
GrantThornton LLP - HQ in Chicago, IL
Greenville Regional Hospital - Greenville, IL
Grubb&Ellis - Chicago, IL
Harpo, Inc. - Chicago, IL
The Harris Bank
Holy Cross
Hospital - Chicago, IL
HSBC - US HQ in Chicago, IL
HUB International Limited - HQ in chicago, IL
Hyatt
Hotels & Resorts - Chicago, IL
Integrys Group - Chicago, IL
ISCO
International - Elk Grove Village, IL
John
Deere Power Equipment - HQ in Moline, IL
JPMorganChase
Leapfrog Online - Evanston, IL
MAVERICK Technologies - HQ in Columbia, IL
McDonald's - HQ in Oak Brook, IL
Midwest Underground Technology, Inc. - Gibson City, IL
Motorola - HQ in Schaumburg, IL
Museum
of Science and Industry - Chicago, IL
Navistar - HQ in
Warrenville, IL
Northshore University HealthSystem - several locations including Evanston, Glenview, and Highland Park, IL
Northwestern
Memorial Hospital - Chicago, IL
NorStates Bank - Waukegan, IL
Norvax - Chicago, IL
Office Max - HQ in Itasca, IL
OSF
Saint Francis Medical Center - Peoria, IL
Pepsi
Americas - Rolling Meadows, IL
Pipal Research -
Chicago, IL
Ryerson - HQ in Chicago, IL
Rush University Medical Center
- includes the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center and Apartments, Chicago,
IL
Sara Lee - HQ in Downers Grove, IL
Schawk, Inc. - HQ in Des Plaines, IL
Sears - HQ in Chicago, IL
Service Master - HQ in Downers Grove, IL
Sherman Health - Elgin, IL
Sinai Health System
- Chicago, IL
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp - HQ in Chicago, IL
State Farm
Insurance - HQ in Bloomington, IL
Switchfast - Chicago, IL
TDS ( Telephone and Data Systems) - HQ in chicago, IL
Tenneco - HQ in Lake Forest, IL
Tribune - Chicago, IL
United Stationers - Des Plaines, IL
U. S. Cellular - Chicago, IL
Vibes Media - Chicago, IL
Vosges Haut-Chocolat - HQ in Chicago, IL
Walgreen - HQ in Deerfield, IL
Walrus Brands - Chicago, IL
Wrigley - HQ in Chicago, IL
WRSCompass (Compass Environmental, Inc.) - Chicago, IL
More Local Resources:
Illinois Department of Employment
Security - register for state unemployment
insurance benefits, find jobs in state government, and much more
ChicagoJobTalk.ORG - all the
information you need to find a job in the Chicago area, run by Frances Roehm, Michael Buhmann, and Pat Gaines.
Employment
Profile for Illinois - Largest Employers, Fastest
Growing Occupations, Occupations with the Most Openings,
Highest Paying Occupations, and Occupations with Declining
Employment
In addition to the state-specific
listings, above, be sure to check the following sites or pages in Job-Hunt which have separate sections
for each state. And, of course, check the "Specialized Job Sites" and the "Other Job Sites & Career Resources" in the left column of this page:
Back to Job Search Resources Center Home
|
-- indicates a site we particularly liked when we reviewed it, an award
based on merit, not money. 
-- added to Job-Hunt
within the last 30 days.