The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that Illinois’ nonfarm payroll employment gained 400 jobs and the unemployment rate in November rose 0.3 percentage points to 5.7 percent, based on preliminary data released by the Department and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Illinois’ average job growth since the employment recovery began in January 2010 remains below the national average, and employment will not recover from the 2007 to 2009 recession until January 2017, according to IDES analysts.  The nation is currently 3.3 percent above its prior peak level of employment.  In November, the three industry sectors with the largest gains in employment were: Other Services; Trade, Transportation and Utilities; and Leisure and Hospitality.  The three industry sectors with the largest declines in employment were Construction; Professional and Business Services; and Education and Health Services.  The state’s unemployment rate is higher than the national unemployment rate reported for November, which held at 5.0 percent.  In November, the unemployment rate stood 0.5 percentage points below the unemployment rate a year ago when it was 6.2 percent.  The number of unemployed workers increased 5.1 percent from the prior month to 371,700 and was down 8.4 percent over the same month for the prior year.  The unemployment rate identifies those individuals who are out of work and are seeking employment.  An individual who exhausts or is ineligible for benefits is still reflected in the unemployment rate if they actively seek work.  IDES’ IllinoisJoblink.com program, which helps jobseekers connect with hiring companies, recently showed that 70,040 resumes were posted and 159,138 help-wanted ads were available.  The Department continues to conduct outreach through employer seminars and hiring fairs to better connect jobseekers to employers.