Amy Rynell is the director of the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty, and she also directs the agency’s national transitional jobs network. Diane Wilson is the founder of Grimard Wilson Consulting Inc. The group works to counsel and coach professionals exiting and entering the workforce. They take your calls and emails about the current job search.

Related: Resource Guide for Low Income Illinoisans

Music Button: The Lions, “Ethio-Steppers”, from the CD Jungle Struttin’, (Ubiquity records)