Job & Career Transition Resources for Chicago Executives

I encourage you to utilize this collection of links and resources to make your search more effective. And check back as we add more resources every week.

Chad Coe Autograph

Our Resource Categories:

Job Transition Sites | Services & Products | Groups & Organizations | Books

Career Transition Sites

LinkedIn The Premier Professional Network. Connect with Chad Coe (chad@mastermindconnections.com). His 4,500 connections will expand your network tremendously.

Best Jobs in the USA Today: A large site with lots of career exploration information as well as job listings. However, also advertises many for-profit services.

InDeed.com Consolidated Job Postings

Careerealism Career Advice For Inquiring Minds

Career One Stop: A publicly funded meta-site for all kinds of career information from wages and employment trends, state labor market conditions, career exploration, and job listings.

CarouselExpo.com: A listing of career fairs and company open houses in the Illinois area. This list is not comprehensive but it gives you more options.

ChicagoJobs.Com: Covering the employment scene across 11 counties in and around Chicago.

CareerJet Employment Search Engine

Find My Perfect Job: The Find My Perfect Job Formula is a step-by-step process to finding not just any job, but your perfect job.

Illinois WorkNet Center Tools to help you develop job skills, resources to help you connect to job listings, and we’ll help you through your job search and onward to reach your employment end goals.

Jibber Jobber – Career Management 2.0

The Muse offers exciting job opportunities, expert advice, and a peek behind the scenes into fantastic companies and career paths.

Recruiting Blogs See what is going on inside the industry.

Glass Door Provides current salaries, common interview questions, and research on companies nationwide.

Crain’s Chicago Business Tremendous Chicago business resources with up-to-date activity.

Dice Career Hub for Tech Talent

Directory of Chicagoland’s Best Specialized Recruiters

Executives Only – Listing of quality jobs.

ExecUNet – $150k plus networking.

Job Hunters Bible resources from the Author of What Color is Your Parachute?

Jobster Job Search Portal

Hunter Search Site – Good job search site

The Ladders – Job Matching for $100 K + Positions

MetroChicagoJobs.com

Lumity Non Profit Opportunities – Job Postings for Not-For-Profits

Recruiter.com – Connecting Recruiters and Job Seekers

SparkHire: SparkHire provides a new way for job seekers and consultants to present themselves more completely to companies. Coupling innovative video technologies with traditional online job board features, Spark Hire revolutionizes the application, screening and interviewing process for job seekers, consultants and companies.

Chicago AMA: The Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association provides job listings as well as networking and volunteering opportunities.

For Financial Executives

Our Resource Categories:

Job Transition Sites | Services & Products | Groups & Organizations | Books

Services and Products

Gary Nelson Resume Service

Career Direction Coaching – Proven, systematic approach to ask and answer the question: “What is the best and highest use of this talent?” from Chicago Executive Coaching

Coe Financial Group – 401K Rollovers, IRAs, Health Insurance

The Careers College – Self-Paced, Online Job Search Training and Career Resource Center

CPaths – Doug Seville – Executive Search. Has a great newsletter.

Hoovers – Subscription based service for corporate contacts and more. Access available for MasterMind Connectors Members.

Inspired Choice Executive Search – Transition Coaching by Gail Sussman-Miller

Improve-ization – Executive & Career Coaching by Rosemary Monahan

Legal

Labor Attorney – Jonathan Vegosen is an attorney specializing in labor matters

Owlish Communications – Linkedin Profiles by national keynote authority JD Gershbein

Vista Print Great business card resource- utilize both front and back sides.

Your Life Counselor – Robin Mitzen is great for reality check and motivation.

Realize Your Light – Betsy Rooth, Reiki practitioner

Our Resource Categories:

Job Transition Sites | Services & Products | Groups & Organizations | Books

Groups and Organizations

BNC Chicago – Business Network Chicago

Career Transitions Center – Chicago

Career Place – Previously Barrington Career Center – Barrington, IL

Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Events

Community Career Center of Naperville provides a supportive and professional setting where job seekers can conduct an effective and successful job search.

E.L.I.T LinkedIn Group for senior level Financial and HR people in search of their next career path. ELIT membership is comprised of Candidates, Sponsors and Alumni.

Jewish Vocational Center JVS Chicago – Working to transform lives, providing career coaching guidance, job training and crucial support to more than 10,000 people annually.

Society for Human Resource Management: Includes information on a wide range of human resources areas. Job postings are listed by location, job title and posting date.

Technology Executives Club Dedicated to the success of IT professionals