Posted by Patrick I on Feb 3rd, 2010 | 3 comments

After countless hours of coding, testing, scripting and editing, I proudly present the new Connect Work Chicago website. With scant sleep accrued in the past 2 days, the synapses in my brain are firing like a damp spark plug.However, I wanted to unveil the site with a little context, so I hope this is all makes sense.
Notwithstanding a few tweaks that need to be taken care of, the site is looking...
Posted by admin on Dec 22nd, 2009 | 4 comments

Late December back in 2009……..Oh what a night we had last night!!! The First Annual ‘Company Holiday Party For Those With No Company’. That’s right I said First Annual. Last night was such a success I know we will do it again next year but it will be bigger and better (we learned a lot last night about what works and what doesn’t!). We had over 500 people in attendance and most of...
Posted by Amy Zagroba on Nov 19th, 2009 | 0 comments

Another great event last Tuesday. I have to tell you it is so fun for us to get to be at our events and watch people networking, interacting with the hiring organizations, getting tips from the expert and enjoying the speaker segment. The best part of our jobs is knowing that we are helping people and when we get to see that in action it truly makes our work worthwhile.
For those of you who...
Posted by admin on Nov 15th, 2009 | 2 comments

I hear from a lot of people who are out of work. In the early stages of job hunting, I’ve found most people are usually pretty confident. They know they have valuable skills and have worked hard — what employer wouldn’t want to hire them?
Then they get initiated into this job market.
Months later, the confidence has left their voice. They’re angry, depressed, frustrated...
Posted by Phil Roth on Nov 10th, 2009 | 6 comments

So, there you are, diligently working to find yourself a job. You are sitting at your computer searching through job sites such as Monster and CareerBuilder. Eureka! There it is. The job you really want. You are qualified and it is sure to be a good fit all around. So you start clicking buttons to submit your resume. Here is my question to you: Is this a good use of your time? ...