River Forest, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in River Forest
- eLearning Implementation SpecialistCatharsis Productions
- Dental Office ManagerSpecialized Dental
- Vice President for Advancement and President of the Concordia University Chicago FoundationConcordia University Chicago
- Institutional Data Analyst or Senior Institutional Data AnalystConcordia University Chicago
Employers hiring most in River Forest
- Concordia University Chicago2 open roles
- Catharsis Productions1 open role
- Specialized Dental1 open role
River Forest layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming River Forest 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 River Forest
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Concordia University-Chicago | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Dominican University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving River Forest. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- LWIA 7
Cook; City: Chicago
Cook County economy
5.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
2,707,833
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,185,812
people in Cook County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,797
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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.