Jobs

The jobless rate 4% is the Bloomington-Normal labor market. That's an improvement over the last few months, but still higher than a year ago.

Heartland Community College is celebrating national apprenticeship week with a signing ceremony for new career training enrollees.

A big part of job creation is developing more job creators. McLean County has seen a spike in new businesses. Now it's looking for more ways to help those startups grow.

Some of Bloomington-Normal's largest employers have kept the hybrid work model going post-pandemic, if they weren't already offering something similar before.

There is no single explanation for why Bloomington-Normal’s labor market is so crazy right now. But one employer hiring 7,500 workers in three years is the electric elephant in the room.

WGLT's weeklong series The Next Shift begins with a look at why three McLean County workers changed jobs — and what it did for their take-home pay in this inflationary economy.

The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, signed by the governor, set a timeline for phasing out fossil-fuel energy sources by 2050.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) says the 5% jobless rate is more than a point higher than at the same time last year (3.7%).

McLean County businesses expect to add more than 2,500 jobs in the next three years. That's according to a survey of more than 100 employers conducted for the Chamber of Commerce.

Bloomington-Normal added 3,000 jobs over the last year, according to data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES).