What if cities had a resume? Chicago

THE CITY OF CHICAGO: RESUME PHONE: (312)-744-3334| EMAIL: [email protected] 3RD LARGEST US CITY, HUB FOR FINANCE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRY CHICAGO ILLINOIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG/ ADDRESS: 121 N LASALLE ST #507, CHICAGO, IL 60602 AN INTERNATIONAL HUB FOR FINANCE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRY- WITH MAJOR PLAYS IN BIOTECH, MANUFACTURING, PUBLISHING, AND FOOD PROCESSING, THE WINDY CITY OFFERS NEW YORK AMENITIES AT MID-WESTERN PRICES. SUMMARY AWARDS WORLD'S FIRST SKYSCRAPER WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING THE HOME INSURANCE BUILDING THE 1451 FT. SEARS TOWER, BUILT IN 1974, WAS THE WORLD'S WAS THE FIRST TO USE A STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME, ADVANCES NECESSITATED BY THE MARSHY LAND IN THE CITY. TALLEST BUILDING WHEN COMPLETED. 106 YRS WAITHOUT A WORLD SERIES THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE THE ONLY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM TO GO SO LONG WITHOUT A WIN. WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FINANCIAL ANALYST - JACKSON INTERNATIONAL - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS NOV 05 PRESENT HOME TO 4300 FINANCIAL TRADING COMPANIES, CHICAGO GENERATES NEARLY ONE QUARTER OF THE WORLD'S DERIVATIVE TRADING VOLUME. THIS IS TWICE AS MUCH AS NEW YORK AND AS MUCH AS ALL THE EUROPEAN EXCHANGES COMBINED. NOV 05 – PRESENT THE FINANCIAL TRADING INDUSTRY GENERATED $12.4 BILLION DOLLARS IN OUTPUT IN 2014 ALONE. BOOTLEGGER – CHICAGO OUTFIT – CICERO, ILLINOIS –1920 – 1933 A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK WOULD PULL UP AN UNSAVORY PERIOD IN CHICAGO'S PAST DURING THE PROHIBITION ERA. BOOTLEGGING MAY HAVE STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH BY THE AVERAGE WORKERS AND BUSINESSES JUST TRYING TO HOME BREW A BEER OR TWO, BUT BEFORE LONG THE PROFITS INVOLVED CAUSED VIOLENT COMPETITION 1920 – 1933 OVER CONTROL OF THE INDUSTRY. GANGSTERS LIKE AL CAPONE MADE MILLIONS, BRIBED OFFICIALS, AND TERRIFIED WITNESSES, BEFORE FINALLY GETTING SENT DOWN BY THE IRS. LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION MANAGER ILLINOIS – 1848 – PRESENT IN 1848 THE ILLINOIS & MICHIG AN CANAL CONNECTED THE ATLANTIC TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, VIA THE GREAT LAKES AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THEN ON, CHICAGO'S TRANSPORTATION SUPREMACY HAS NEVER BEEN DOUBTED. IN THE SAME YEAR, THE CITY SAW ITS FIRST TRAIN. TODAY CHICAGO IS A MAJOR HUB FOR RAIL, ROAD, WATER, AND AIR TRANSPORT, HANDLING OVER 1.6MILLION TONS OF AIR FREIGHT AND 1848 – PRESENT GOODS A YEAR. AS WELL AS NATION-WIDE TRANSPORTATION, INTERCITY IMPROVEMENTS SAW THE CITY BEING RAISED BY 5 FEET – ROLLING BUILDINGS AND EVEN WHOLE STREETS TO THEIR NEW POSITIONS – TO IMPROVE ROADS AND INSTALL A SEWER SYSTEM. FUR TRADER FORT DEARBORN, ILLINOIS – 1780 – 1830 STARTING AS AN OUTPOST BY LAKE MICHIGAN, THE FIRST NON-INDIAN SETTLER, JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DE SABLE, WAS A FUR TRADER. COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS, AMERICAN, BRITISH AND FRANCE, COMPETED FOR THE FUR TRADE AROUND THE CHICAGO RIVER. IN 1808 THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY WAS FORMED, DOMINATING THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE OF THE TOWN, AND RUTHLESSLY BUYING OUT OR UNDERCUTTING THE 1780 - 1830 COMPETITION. AS MORE WHITE SETTLERS ARRIVED, THE INDIAN SETTLEMENTS AND THUS THE FUR TRADE DWINDLED. IN 1833, THE TOWN OF CHICAGO WAS FORMED WITH 200 PEOPLE. JUST FOUR YEARS LATER, IT WOULD BECOME A CITY. EDUCATION THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NUCLEAR PHYSICS – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – ILLINOIS – 1942 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WAS THE LOCATION OF THE VERY FIRST CONTROLLED NUCLEAR REACTION –- THE TOP SECRET MANHATTAN PROJECT