Chicago Business Resources
Here is our personal directory of businesses, organizations and government institutions that provide a wide variety of business services and solutions for companies nationwide. We hope you find these useful and if you have any business or non-profit organization that you feel would be a benefit to the business community in Chicago or nationwide please let us know via our contact us page for consideration.
Note: We only consider legitimate businesses that provide great service. Adult, pharma and any site that seems remotely like spam will be rejected immediately, no exceptions, don’t even try.
Recruiter and Employment Resources
Wikipedia – Recruiters – A recruiter is someone engaging in recruitment, or the solicitation of individuals to fill jobs or positions within a corporation, non-for-profit organization, sports team, etc. Recruiters may work within an organization’s Human Resources department (typically) or on an outsourced basis. Outsourced recruiters typically work for multiple clients at once, on a third-party broker basis, and are variously called headhunters, search firms/agents, agency recruiters, or recruitment consultants.
Monster Jobs – Find the job that’s right for you. Use Monster’s resources to create a killer resume, search forjobs, prepare for interviews, and launch your career.
City Of Chicago Employment Services – This division within the Department of Human Resources employs Human Resource experts with years of public and private sector experience, many of whom are certified by the Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM). These individuals work as Managers, Recruiters, Analysts and Testing Administrators. This division governs the City’s hiring and promotion processes, and maintains and updates job classifications and compensation programs.
Career Builder – Search 1.6 million Jobs on CareerBuilder.com. Find new employment or work. Fresh job listings posted daily. Have jobs emailed to you.
Business Solutions
Federal Small Business Grants – Grants from the federal government are only available to non-commercial organizations, such as non-profits and educational institutions in areas such as, medicine, education, scientific research and technology development. The federal government also provides grants to state and local governments to assist them with economic development.
Small Business Advertising – Use Google Places to get your business found on local search results on both Google Search and Google Maps.
Score Small Business Mentoring and Training – SCORE provides free online and face-to-face business counseling, mentoring, training, business, and advice for small businesses just starting out or hoping to grow. SCORE Association is a nonprofit, resource partner with the SBA.
Unicom Answering Service and Call Center – Unicom began servicing it’s first clients in Chicago in 1990 and have grown into a global business solution provider servicing small entrepreneurial businesses to fortune 500 companies. Unicom’s answering service and call center solutions extend into the medical community of interrelated sectors encompassing professionals, organizations, institutions and supply-side providers requiring specialized seamless 24 hour live support in multiple locations across all time zones.
Cisco Systems, Inc. – is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate.
Salesforce Customer Management – CRM software solutions and enterprise cloud computing from salesforce.com, the leader in CRM and platform as a service. Free 30 day trial.
