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After working 12 years at Verizon, Aurio Grayson left his job as a District Manager in hopes of finding another career path. He began his job search immediately, but soon discovered that he wasn’t having much luck. “I was applying…

Terry Banike, a lifelong marketing professional, worked at the same organization for 14 years. Unfortunately, his company was purchased by its largest competitor and, as often happens, many positions were gradually eliminated – including Terry’s position. “It had been ages…

After 25 years at Siemens Healthcare, Rainer Mayer was informed that Siemens would be proceeding with some organizational adjustments, and closing down the facility he was working in. Although many of the individuals in supervisory roles were being offered the…

Jeff Grosshauser was with Motorola for 30 years, beginning in sales positions and working his way up to Area Sales Manager and Director – with about twelve different job titles and responsibilities in between! Ultimately, Jeff was part of a…

After 11 years working at the same company, Larry Klein was laid off. Fortunately, Larry had experience with job hunting, so he felt prepared to begin anew. However, it took Larry some time to realize that job searching has changed…

Randall “Randy” Spiess’s professional experiences encompass an array of expertise – from software engineer to business development consultant and many specializations in between. As a professional heavily submerged and experienced within the tech industry, his path to CareerPlace was quite…

Bill Hickey’s career started as soon as he graduated from Loyola University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Production Management and Personnel Management. Ultimately, Bill decided to join the family business – a full service travel agency in Mount Prospect. During…

Throughout Karen Arbir’s professional life, she never found herself unemployed. Even when she wanted to make a career change, Karen never had to look very hard to find her next opportunity. For 15 years, Karen happily worked with Sears, until…

Throughout Larry Weizeorick’s 28-year career at Tellabs, he advanced from a staff engineer to a senior principal engineer. Unfortunately, Tellabs downsized their workforce, and Larry’s job was affected by the mass layoffs. Larry didn’t want to waste any time finding…

Our new office is opening today! CareerPlace is now located at the following address: 2401 S. Plum Grove, Suite 201, Palatine, Illinois. This new office will host various programs and will be the epicenter of career resources for job seekers…