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Kimberly Palmer: How to bounce back when your income drops

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet
Aug 29, 2021 6:00 AM - Losing income is never easy, but it's become increasingly common over the last year and a half.
Schaumburg Library program to help holders of foreign degrees

Submitted by Schaumburg Township District Library
Aug 2, 2021 12:06 PM - Refugees and immigrants with foreign degrees will learn about opportunities to get back into their professional fields during an upcoming online program with the Schaumburg Township District Library.
Elk Grove Village hopes to pair jobseekers with companies in need

By Christopher Placek
Jun 17, 2021 10:07 AM - Seeing all the "help wanted" and "now hiring" signs in storefront windows and throughout the Elk Grove Village industrial park -- as well as temporarily shutdown lobbies at some local fast food eateries -- has prompted Mayor Craig Johnson to organize the municipality's first-ever job fair.
New trends in attracting and retaining talent

By Tony Alberico
Jun 29, 2021 3:02 PM - As the economy begins to steadily improve and competition for top job talent tightens, finding new ways to appeal to potential new hires continues to be an ongoing challenge for employers. With a new age of workers upon us, a new age of problems have surfaced as well.
US adds 559K jobs as firms still struggle to fill positions

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jun 4, 2021 9:26 AM - U.S. employers added a modest 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession.
McHenry County businesses struggle to hire workers as reopening continues

By Sam Lounsberry
May 11, 2021 3:02 PM - Grinders Ale House in McHenry is among several McHenry County businesses that encountered difficulty hiring as the COVID-19 outbreak slows with safe and effective vaccines more widely available and as public health officials loosen public health restrictions.
US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs

By PAUL WISEMAN
Apr 8, 2021 8:16 AM - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, consumers gain confidence and the government distributes aid throughout the economy.
Liz Weston: The tax credit fix many can't afford to miss

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet
Jan 31, 2021 6:00 AM - Families battered by the pandemic recession soon may discover that the tax refunds they're counting on are dramatically smaller -- or that they actually owe income tax. Congress offered a partial solution, but the fix hasn't been widely publicized, consumer advocates say.
US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 4, 2020 9:57 AM - America's employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.
Liz Weston: When life blows up your well-laid plans

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet
Nov 15, 2020 6:12 AM - Job loss, business failure, involuntary retirement, divorce, disability or the death of a breadwinner -- these are just some of the ways our finances can force us to come up with a Plan B. The biggest task after financial loss may be dealing with your emotions after the future you had envisioned disappears.

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