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Company will place veterans in various Chicago jobs

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

The city of Chicago has announced a partnership with PeopleScout that will result in the hiring of many veterans for Chicago jobs and other jobs nationwide.

Chicago-based PeopleScout, a division of SeatonCorp, has been selected by Walmart as a recruitment partner to help hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years. The provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services currently places more U.S. Military veterans in full-time employment than any recruitment firm in the world, it said in an article.

“Veteran hiring efforts are core to our mission at PeopleScout and we are honored to partner with Walmart on this highly important initiative,” said Patrick Beharelle, CEO of SeatonCorp. “Our view is that the private sector has a special obligation to find a role for those who served and a unique opportunity to benefit from the skills acquired through military service. In our own offices, as part of our partnership with Walmart, the PeopleScout delivery team will be comprised almost entirely of U.S. Military Veterans.”

“PeopleScout is a wonderful Chicago company that is helping America’s heroes find jobs,” said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “I am proud of the company’s commitment to Chicago and this nation, and I look forward to continuing to work with them in the future. I also commend Walmart for their commitment to hiring veterans; this is a great program that will help many families around the country have a better quality of life and a brighter future.”

The agreement calls for PeopleScout to provide end-to-end recruitment and career counseling services and is the largest ever RPO engagement focused on veteran hiring. PeopleScout will hire 70 veterans in Chicago to lead the hiring effort.

In May, PeopleScout hired 70 recruitment professionals in its Chicago offices, with the vast majority of these new hires being veterans who will oversee the process of helping fill the 100,000 positions with Walmart.

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Chicago CEO jobs created

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

The city of Chicago has just hired someone to fill Chicago CEO jobs.

Jeff Malehorn has been selected as the new president & CEO of World Business Chicago.

Malehorn will report to the Chair and Vice-Chair and work closely with the board of directors of WBC and the Mayor’s office on the attraction and retention of companies to Chicago. Malehorn will spearhead the continued implementation of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs, which was produced by WBC at the Mayor’s request and is the outline for the City’s overarching economic development efforts.

Malehorn is a 28-year veteran of General Electric, having served as an officer since 2001. He has served as President & CEO of GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance, President & CEO of GE Healthcare Financial Services and President & CEO of GE Commercial Finance’s Global Financial Restructuring Business. Additionally, Malehorn served as Corporate Citizenship leader for GE Chicago and as the Co-Leader for GE Capital America’s Commercial Council. He has lived in and operated businesses headquartered in Chicago, Tokyo and Paris.

“Jeff is an excellent choice to lead WBC,” said Michael Sacks. “He will bring a lot of energy and excitement to this role, help us attract businesses and lead the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs.”

“I am excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with the Mayor and the WBC team in promoting Chicago’s business community,” said Jeff Malehorn. “With my domestic and global business experience, I can appreciate all that this city has to offer the business community, and I am enthusiastic about increasing the value of those offerings and bringing more jobs and opportunity to the city.”

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Leisure and hospitality jobs in Chicago grow

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

The number of leisure and hospitality jobs in Chicago is growing, as tourism also burgeons significantly.

Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago recently announced another tourism record.

For tourism, April was the best it has ever been in Chicago’s history, at 78.8 percent, a 3.1 percent increase over last year’s total of 76.4 percent occupancy in April. Occupancy eclipsed the previous record high of 78.2 percent occupancy, in 2008.

The industry is back to pre-recession numbers. The occupancy rate is the highest April ever; the ADR and RevPar statistics are the highest since 2008.

Year to date numbers are also outstanding so far. Total occupancy has hit 64.2 percent, up 1.7 percent from last year and challenging 2007 for the best numbers Chicago has seen. For the year, the ADR is $158.70, a 2.9 percent increase from last year, and total revenue from the hotel industry is the highest year to date that it has ever been, at $427 million.

This is a reflection of the increasing occupancy rates at the same time that there is dramatic increase in the number of hotel rooms available in the city. At present there are approximately 35,000 hotel rooms in the city, and more than 2,500 additional rooms are currently under construction.

“Our advertising and promotional efforts are working,” said Don Welsh, President and CEO of Choose Chicago. “We are off to a great start for this year and we are looking forward to a strong spring and summer. If this positive trend continues we will have a great year for tourism.”

“I am committed to attracting visitors to Chicago, for business and pleasure,” said Mayor Emanuel. “These numbers show a city that is moving in the right direction in this critical area and I look forward to welcoming more and more visitors to our wonderful city, and the positive economic impact they bring.”

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Has Chicago lost manufacturing jobs?

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

The news that manufacturing jobs are flat left many people wondering if Chicago manufacturing jobs were lost.

According to the Conference Board, the job market looks better than expected despite the sequester or issues like the rising cost of providing health care benefits. Manufacturing, however, is basically flat outside of auto assembly.

The big story is gain in the service sector, in addition to the secular gains in health and education. Final demand is relatively weak, so hiring in this sector could well represent some catch up – business finally hiring workers they have long needed but were leery of hiring if the economy was going to buckle under the ‘fiscal drag’ or the sequester.

The concern should be that sustaining this pace of hiring might prove difficult through the spring and summer months, as other key data signal that another spring swoon appears to be underway. Consumer spending power is rising slowly and sentiment is still very weak.

The Conference Board is a global, independent business membership and research association working in the public interest. Their mission is unique: To provide the world’s leading organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improve their performance and better serve society. The Conference Board is a non-advocacy, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States.

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Companies have difficult hiring for mobile marketing jobs in Chicago

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Mobile marketing jobs in Chicago are highly coveted, but despite this, companies are having a difficult time filling these jobs.

New insight from the Wanted Analytics points to some reasons why this difficulty hiring exists.

On average, mobile marketing positions score an 87 on the Wanted Analytics’ Hiring Scale. The Hiring Scale ranges from 1 to 99, with 99 representing the most difficult recruiting conditions. A job with an average score of 87 would be considered very hard-to-fill.

According to a blog on the company’s website, one reason that hiring is likely to be difficult is the growing hiring demand. In the past 90 days, more than 22,000 jobs were available online for mobile marketing professionals. This is a 25% year-over-year increase, when compared to the same 90 days period in 2012. Hiring has been growing steadily over the past 4 years.

There are currently 1,843 employers recruiting for mobile marketers. Not only are there a lot of companies hiring, but many companies are sourcing for several mobile marketing positions all at the same time.

Some of these are sourcing for 200+ jobs at the same time across the US. This means they will not only be competing against each other to attract candidates, but will also be competing against themselves to fill all jobs in a timely manner, the blogger writes.

There is a limited candidate supply in the US – approximately 19,000 people in the US work in mobile marketing. If there were 22,000 jobs in the past 90 days available, and only 19,000 potential candidates across the US, that means there aren’t even enough people to fill all the open jobs.

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