With unemployment hovering just under the 11 percent mark in Cook County alone and local government tightening its belt, Sheriff Tom Dart is offering some light on the horizon: a veritable hiring bonanza.
Today Dart’s office announced that as many 500 correctional officers will be hired in the new year. And the pay is decent: roughly $45,000 a year, including health, dental and vision insurance — not to mention a county pension.
- The jobs, approved by Cook County Commissioners as part of the county’s overall $3 billion budget for 2010, are part of a federal mandate to add correctional officer posts at the Cook County Jail.
We thought County was at its lowest population in years? Wasn't Dart thanking the FOP for its "efforts" in not filling the jail to overflowing? They should get plenty of applicants in any event - 11% unemployment in the county and even higher in the city.
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