A statewide recruitment event for Florida teaching jobs will be held online this year.
The Great Florida Teach-In will be conducted this Wednesday via the Internet. Although the event is usually held in a large conference center, allowing teachers to be interviewed for vacancies on the spot, increasing costs and fewer vacancies has forced the event to go virtual.
Through the Web, teaching candidates and employers will be able to conduct real-time interviews by communicating via instant messaging, telephone and e-mail. Job seekers will be able to upload resumes, transcripts and teaching certificates, as well as download employer information. During its first 24 years, the even brought in about 2,000 job applicants.
According to an article by the Orlando Business Journal, many school districts have been forced to cut jobs lately. However, some school districts have vacant positions in critical shortage areas, such as mathematics, science and exceptional student education.
A sign of the faltering economy, Florida’s education industry has seen a slight decrease in month-to-month employment, although it has managed to add jobs when compared to last year.
The state’s education and health services industry employed 1,048,200 workers during June, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,050,700 workers during May, but a .6 percent increase from last year.
Nationwide, the educational services industry employed 3,097,600 workers during June and had an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. During May, the industry had 44,000 job openings and 57,000 hires.
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