Posted on October 31, 2018
One company is expanding and creating more tech jobs in Chicago. Capgemini unveiled its new advanced technology and development center. The new tech center and expanded office space brings 500 jobs to Chicago and further strengthens Chicago’s presence as a technology and innovation hub. “Capgemini’s commitment to expanding in Chicago demonstrates the City’s growing strength […]
Posted on October 31, 2018
A new innovation center is creating more Chicago IT jobs. Illinois Institute of Technology opened the new Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship. The Kaplan Institute – the first new academic building on Illinois Tech’s campus in nearly 40 years – will foster collaboration among undergraduate students, faculty, alumni and business partners […]
Posted on September 30, 2018
One company is busy creating more Chicago tech jobs. HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location platform services, announced Chicago as the company’s official headquarters for the Americas region. HERE will occupy a newly renovated office space at 100 North Riverside Plaza. HERE is one of the largest tech companies in Chicago, employing […]
Posted on September 30, 2018
The enrollment rate for colleges is increasing, which will impact Chicago jobs. More students are enrolling in college than ever before, with 64.6 percent of the Class of 2017 graduates enrolling in a two-year or four-year college – a 20 percent increase from 2010 when the college enrollment rate was 53.7 percent. This is the […]
Posted on September 30, 2018
The city is busy creating more youth jobs in Chicago. The One Summer Chicago (OSC) initiative at the annual breakfast held at XS Tennis provided job and internship opportunities to 32,223 youth this year, and participants logged nearly 3 million hours overall. One Summer Chicago has grown 122 percent since 2011. “The young men and […]
Posted on August 29, 2018
Chicago is ranking big for small business jobs. Chicago ranks third in the nation in the number of fast growing small businesses according to the annual Inc. 5000 list. This year saw 110 Chicago companies named to list, including two in the top 10 and 16 in the top 500. These businesses account for 13,540 jobs […]
Posted on August 29, 2018
One company is expanding and creating more digital jobs in Chicago. Digital innovation firm Solstice has announced a major expansion of its North American headquarters to a 60,000-square-foot space in the West Loop. The move was prompted as a result of sustained growth across all areas of Solstice’s business including building mobile, connected, conversational, cloud-native, […]
Posted on August 29, 2018
A center under construction may create more logistics jobs in Chicago. The Olive-Harvey College’s Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL) Center site, which recently re-launched construction, will now be complete by spring 2019. Once complete, the first-of-its-kind facility in Illinois will prepare students for the tens of thousands of jobs expected to come to the region […]
Posted on July 27, 2018
One company is relocating and creating more Chicago tech jobs. DMG MORI is relocating its North American headquarters to Chicago. The move follows a meeting between the company and Mayor Emanuel during a recent trade mission to Japan. The company is working with the Illinois Institute of Technology to identify space on and near the […]
Posted on July 27, 2018
The building of a new facility will create many more Chicago construction jobs. Peoples Gas new 84,433 square-foot, two-story building, is set in the Peterson-Pulaski Industrial Corridor and will bring more than 430 workers to the Sauganash neighborhood. The construction work also will create 250 temporary jobs. “This significant new investment will transform a vacant lot […]
