{"id":5160,"date":"2019-10-06T22:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T22:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopchicagodev.wpenginepowered.com\/hospitality-hires-chicago-pairs-job-seekers-with-downtown-employers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:28:17","slug":"hospitality-hires-chicago-pairs-job-seekers-with-downtown-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/hospitality-hires-chicago-pairs-job-seekers-with-downtown-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality Hires Chicago Pairs Job-Seekers with Downtown Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"loop-intro wp-block-paragraph\">1 MIN READ &#8211; On March 19, more than 250 job seekers from across the city of Chicago passed through the Palmer House Hilton during the fifth\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hhcevents.weebly.com\/\">Hospitality Hires Chicago (HHC) event<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Candidates interviewed with 40 employers, many located in the downtown area, at this event presented by the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and partners Chicago Loop Alliance, Choose Chicago, the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association, the Illinois Restaurant Association, the Magnificent Mile Association, and the Near South Planning Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09__FocusFillWzEsMSwieCIsMF0.25.19-Hospitality-Hires-Chicago-08-credit-Hospitality-Hires-Chicago.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">HHC is a hiring event connecting jobs in the hospitality and retail industries to pre-screened job seekers across Chicagoland. Employers make on-the-spot conditional offers or invite candidates for second interviews on the day of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">During this iteration of HHC, more than 560 interviews were conducted, with an average of three interviews per candidate. 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This event is an asset to the businesses we advocate for, and an asset to the people of Chicago who are looking for work.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 250 job seekers attended Hospitality Hires Chicago.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loop-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hospitality Hires Chicago Pairs Job-Seekers with Downtown Employers - Loop Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/hospitality-hires-chicago-pairs-job-seekers-with-downtown-employers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hospitality Hires Chicago Pairs Job-Seekers with Downtown Employers - 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