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Archive for September, 2008

BankUnited to Cut Florida Banking Jobs

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

One Florida banking company is feeling the blows of the current economy and being forced to cut Florida banking jobs.

BankUnited Financial Corp. recently announced its plans to cut 12 percent of its workforce because of the failing economy. This means about 160 people will lose their jobs, and most cuts will be in residential lending support and operations.

According to an article by CBS4, the company plans to cut 85 jobs in Miami-Dade County, 21 in Broward and 13 in Palm Beach. More jobs will be eliminated on the west coast of Florida and outside the state, leaving BankUnited with only 1,000 employees.

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Florida Dental Jobs to Increase

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Looking for a dental job in Florida? Positions for dental hygienists are expected to grow during the near future.

Jobs for dental hygienists are expected to grow faster than the national average for all jobs through 2010. This is mostly because of an increase in demand for dental care and an increased level of need for services of hygienists previously performed by dentists. Overall, job prospects are expected to remain good.

In the State of Florida, dental hygienists earn an average annual salary of $51,168, and most workers in the occupation earn between $38,854 and $57,699. Dental hygienists usually work for dentist’s offices, the federal government or medical doctor’s offices.
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Progressive Energy to Cut 300 Florida Jobs

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

One energy supplier is planning to cut some jobs in Florida by the end of the year.

Progressive Energy, an energy company with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $9 billion in annual revenue, is slated to cut about 300 Florida jobs by the end of the year.

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based company doesn’t plan to cut any jobs in North or South Carolina, according to an article by Triangle Business Journal. About half of the positions to be cut are currently vacant, while only 151 positions to be cut have been identified so far.

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Receptionist Jobs in Florida to Regain Steam

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

While receptionist jobs in Florida are currently declining, they are expected to regain an upward trend through 2015.

Florida’s professional and business services industry, which includes receptionists, employed 1,297,700 in July 2008, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, a decrease of 1.9 percent from last year.

Employment of receptionists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2010, according to an article from the State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. The state’s professional and business services industry employed 1,385,133 in 2007, and that number is expected to reach 1,754,258 by 2015, an increase of 3.3 percent.

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