ILMR Archives

• Green Jobs: A Growing Part of Illinois’ Economy
  by Dave Bieneman and Yolanda Harris

  Study Reveals Illinois’ Youngest Veterans from Lowest Ranks Have Most Employment Challenges
  by Yolanda Y. Harris

  The Career Gateway Job Seekers Guide: a Tool for Career Planning
  by Lola Lucas

• Using Employment Projections to Assist the Workforce Training System
  by Tom Austin
  
  
• The Illinois Labor Market After the Great Recession: The Economy Improves, but Long-term Unemployment Remains High
  by Rich Reinhold
  
  
• IDES Helps Jobseekers Transfer Skills to New Jobs
  By Troy McMillan
  
  
• IDES Launches “ReNEW” to Help Adults Re-enter World of Work
  By Lola Lucas

• Not too Late to Find a Summer Job - IDES Resources Can Help
  By Lola Lucas
  
  
• Find Your Green Job
  by Lola Lucas
  
  
• Hiring Underway for New Prairie State Energy Campus
  By Vicki Niederhofer
  
  
• North Central Illinois Recovering Slowly from Recession
  By Norman Kelewitz

Download the February 2011 ILMR

• 500,000 Future Job Openings for Illinois
  by Yolanda Harris
  
  
• Business, Technology and Healthcare to Lead Growth of Illinois Economy
  by Yolanda Harris
  
  
• Illinois’ Changing Demographic Structure and its Impact on the Labor Force
  by Rich Reinhold

Download the September 2010 ILMR

• A Closer Look at IDES: Self-Assessments
  Lead to Career Fulfillment
  by Lola Lucas
  
  
• Effingham-Coles Corridor Primed for Expansion
  by Dennis Hoffman

Download the July 2010 ILMR

• Helping Job Seekers Overcome Barriers in their Job Hunt
  by Yolanda Harris
  
  
• Job Help Around the State
  by Yolanda Harris
  
  
• A Tool for Reshuffling Skills into a New Job
  by Lola Lucas
  
  
• Sizing up the Agribusiness Industry in Illinois
  by Ron Payne
  
  
• Rockford Recovery: Exploring the Past to Predict the Future
  by Tom Austin
  

Download the March 2010 ILMR

• Powering Tomorrow’s Economy Efficiently
  With Today’s Technology
  by Dave Bieneman, Ph.D.

• The Pink Side of Green
  by Lola Lucas

• Southern Illinois Corridor Prepared for
  Growth
  by Dennis Hoffman

• State of Illinois Enhances Services to Unemployed Workers
  by Yolanda Y. Harris

Download the February 2010 ILMR

• Vision 2020 Update: Economic Planning for
  Southwestern Illinois
  by Vicki Niederhofer and David Stoecklin

• Clearing up Misunderstandings about Discouraged Workers
  by Anthony V. Clark

• The Great Recession and its Impact
  by Rich Reinhold

Download the June 2009 ILMR

• Expanding the Labor Market Analysis Toolkit:
  Mapping and Disaster Assessment
  by Allan B. Ross and George W. Putnam

• Looking Beyond the Official Unemployment
  Statistics: Alternative Measures of Labor
  Underutilization
  by Rich Reinhold

• Developing a Biofuel Industry in Illinois
  by Jessica Maiorca

Download the January 2009 ILMR

• A History of the Illinois Oil Industry
  by Dennis Hoffman

• A Different Perspective on Outsourcing and Offshoring
  by Rich Reinhold

• New LED Applications Allow for Local Workforce Analysis
  by Rachael Halloran

Download the October 2008 ILMR

• A Clean Energy Strategy Could Bring New
  Life to the Illinois Economy
  by Dave Bieneman, Ph.D.

• Vision 20-20: Developing a Regional
  Economic Vision
  by Vicki Niederhofer

• The Benefits of Eating Local In Illinois
  by Rachael Halloran