Charleston, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Charleston
- Part-Time General Counsel Higher Education ComplianceEastern Illinois University
- Chief Financial OfficerSerenity Estates
- Chief Development Officer (CDO)Confidential
- Supply Chain ManagerJobot
- Supply Chain ManagerFerretti Search
- Supply Chain ManagerFerretti Search
Employers hiring most in Charleston
- Ferretti Search2 open roles
- Confidential1 open role
- Eastern Illinois University1 open role
- Jobot1 open role
- Serenity Estates1 open role
Charleston layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Charleston in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Charleston
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Charleston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Local Workforce Innovation Board 23
Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland
Coles County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
23,320
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
46,689
people in Coles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,040
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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- Mattoon24 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.