A day before the release of a hotly anticipated monthly jobs report from the government, a private firm said U.S.

Illinois employers announced 10,329 job cuts in March, a nearly five-fold increase over February.

Employers announced plans to cut 67,611 jobs in March, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

A consultant’s study aimed at identifying possible cost savings and fixes for Camden County’s overcrowded jail recommended short term steps such as leasing beds at other facilities to a long-term fix of hiring a private firm to build and operate a new facility.

Competition for holiday retail jobs could be fierce this year, according to several recent surveys, as stores cautiously hire in the face of flatlining sales and budget-conscious customers.

You see, this job loss resulted in my first and only exposure to outplacement counseling, and it changed the way that I would search for – and get – just about any job I applied for. How did I do that