THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR JOB

• Immediately contact your nearest Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) office, formerly called the Unemployment Office, and register. Failure to contact them in a timely manner can result in loss of eligible benefits. You may be able to apply for benefits online.
  
  
• Determine the status of medical benefits from your former company, if applicable. Check on COBRA etc.
  
  
• Attend networking meetings at the Job Search Circle:
  
  JOB SEARCH CIRCLE
  Meetings held on Wednesdays, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Countryside Church, 1025 N. Smith Road, Palatine, IL. Charge to attend is $5 for all.
  
  See the Job Search Circle website for more information.
  
  
• Create a profile on LinkedIn a business-oriented social networking site used for professional networking.   As of early 2020 it had more than 675 million registered users, spanning more than 200 industries.    Be sure to join applicable groups.    You may join up to 100 groups.
  
  
  LinkedIn.com
  
  
  
• Find additional information concerning LinkedIn profiles on the LinkedIn Information Page:
  
  
  LinkedIn Information Page
  
  
• Post your resume on the Internet, if desired, on at least the following sites:
  
  
  www.monster.com
  www.careerbuilder.com
  Employment911.com
  www.job.com
  www.recruitersonline.com
  www.MRInetwork - St. Charles
  
  
  
  
  
• Search for jobs on the Internet using meta job search engines that allow you to rapidly search many job sites and literally millions of job opportunities at one time:
  
  
  Employment911.com
  indeed.com
  simplyhired.com
  
  
• Search for job opportunities on these web sites:
  
  
  www.monster.com
  www.careerbuilder.com
  Employment911.com
  www.job.com
  www.HotResumes.com
  www.recruitersonline.com
  www.MRInetwork.com
                 www.chicagojobs.com           
  
      www.topUSAjobs.com
      www.metrochicagojobs.com
     ziprecruiter.com
  
  
  
  
• For resume and cover letter suggestions check www.jobhero.com .
  
  
  
• Search for jobs on LinkUp. LinkUp is the new and unique job search engine that only lists jobs taken directly from company websites. These jobs listing are sometimes referred to as "hidden jobs" because they are typically unadvertised outside of company websites and can be difficult to find if you do not know where to look. When you search for a job on LinkUp, you are actually searching over 22,089 company websites. All of the job listings are from real companies. You will not find work-at-home scams, recruiters, or staffing agencies. You also will not find the same job listed multiple times from different sources.
  
  
  www.LinkUp.com
  
  
  
• Search for jobs on individual Illinois Company websites which use the Internet to list Job Opportunities online. This site lists the largest companies in Illinois:
  
  
  Illinois' Largest Companies
  
  
• Check out the networking opportunities offered on the following site:
  
  
  www.GrayHairManagement.com
  
  
• Order business cards for use during your networking activities.   This supplier offers a variety of high quality full color business cards for shipping charges only:
  
  
  www.vistaprint.com
  
  
• Check out this list of other Job Clubs and Job Support Groups located in the Chicagoland area:
  
  (Be sure to call first since some of these groups do not regularly meet and be sure to verify the information since this list is not always updated by the groups.)
  
        More Job Support Groups
  
  
  

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