A new pilot program is helping to create Florida jobs. To find out more about Florida jobs, visit http://www.floridianjobs.com.

The Southwest Florida Jobs program, which was created in conjunction with the Suncoast and Southwest Florida work force boards, will work to leverage resources and programs of local economic and workforce organizations to provide tools to facilitate economic recovery and business expansion.

Several economic development agencies in the seven-county area have been selected to participate in the program, which is aimed at job training and high-wage job creation in targeted industries.

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The state’s economy continues to dwindle as the unemployment rate increases to more than 10 percent and more jobs in Florida are lost.

During May, Florida’s unemployment rate increased from 9.7 percent to 10.2 percent, which is higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. This is a departure from April, when the state’s unemployment rate actually decreased from 9.8 percent to 9.7 percent.

The state had a total non-farm employment of 7,389,100 workers during May, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 7,450,100 workers during April and a 5.3 percent decrease from last year.

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