The largest growing single occupation in Chicago, as projected by the Federal and State Departments of Labor, is that of Choreographer. Some of the major choreographers, dance schools, and dance companies of Chicago are in the following list:

• Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance School
• Bryant Ballet
• Dance Loop Chicago - video and biographies
• Giordano Jazz Dance
• Chicago Dance
• See Chicago Dance - Urban
• Thodos Dance Chicago
• Chicago Swing Dance Society
• Chicago DANCE CRASH
• Folk Dance Council of Chicago
• Bob Fosse - Choreographer's Biography
• Dance Wars - ABC
• Dancing With The Stars

Besides dance and choreography, additional growing occupations are those in the Healthcare Industry, Including Travel Nursing and Travel Physicians; Information Technology (IT), Trades and various other Technologies, Education, and Forensics.

Well known insitutions of higher education in Chicago incude the following vocational schools, community colleges and universites:

• CCPA - Chicago College of Performing Arts
• Malcolm X College of Chicago
• Moody Bible Institute
• Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
• City Colleges of Chicago
• Columbia College - Chicago
• Harold Washington College - Chicago
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• Kennedy-King College
• Loyola University Chicago
• Northwestern University
• Wilbur Wright College

A more complete listing is avaiable at:

Schools, Universities & Colleges in Chicago, Illinois

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• Educational and Health Services
• Health Care & Social Assistants
• Administrative & Support and Waste Management Services
• Professional, Scientific & Tech. Services
• Employment Services
• Educational Services
• Leisure and Hospitality
• Elementary/Secondary Schools
• Trade, Transportation, Utilities

Many of the companies that make up the Largest Employers in Illinois are located in the Chcago Area.

• Abbott Laboratories
• University Of Illinois
• Us Post Office
• University Of Chicago
• Johnston R Bowman Health Center
• John H Stroger Jr. (New) Cook County Hospital
• Northern Trust Bank FSB
• CNA Financial Corp
• CNA Insurance
• Deloitte
• Exelon Corp
• Raymond James & Assoc Inc.
• UIC Hospital
• University Of Chicago Medical
• University Of Illinois Med Center
• Abbott Laboratories
• UAL Loyalty Service Inc.