White-collar work force takes a hit.

As the Rock River Valley's manufacturing and construction job base has crumbled during the Great Recession, the companies that depend on them for their livelihood have suffered as well.

Companies in the professional and business service sector - a broad base of firms that includes employment agencies, accountants, travel agencies and clerical firms - and in the information sector have taken nearly as big a beating through the downturn.

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