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Oil Spill Creates Labor Jobs in FloridaMay 2nd, 2010People lined up by the dozens to apply for hundreds of labor jobs in Florida as a result of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workforce Escarosa in Pensacola is offering the positions. According to an article in USAToday.com, Brittany Bailey, business services outreach representative, said Escarosa is recruiting 300 to 500 Gulf Coast workers for a Texas-based workforce development company called Advanced Employment Solutions. “They need the manpower immediately,” she said. Industrial Jobs in Florida DownApril 13th, 2010Industrial jobs in Florida fell 7 percent between February 2009 and February 2010, according to the 2010 Florida Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News. According South Florida Business Journal, in those 12 months, Florida lost 38,278 industrial jobs and 932 manufacturers. The Sunshine State is now home to 14,928 manufacturers employing 505,005 workers. Florida construction jobs are also down. “It’s a perfect storm of negative conditions,” said Tom Dubin, president of the Evanston, Ill.-based publishing company. “The country has suffered deep losses in manufacturing employment due to automation and technology, outsourcing and the recession, while the faltering housing market has affected industries such as wood products, furniture and building products. Florida Construction Jobs Fall by 20%April 7th, 2010Florida construction jobs have fallen by more than 20%, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America. Only 10 out of 337 metropolitan areas added construction jobs between February 2009 and February 2010. Florida lost 70,800 jobs, falling to 351,100 construction jobs in February from 421,900 a year earlier, according to AGCA, which gets its data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boeing Contract To Bring Florida Engineering JobsMarch 31st, 2010Boeing is promising to bring nearly two thousand jobs to Florida if it wins a military contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers, a contract that would add hundreds of Florida engineering jobs. The company is releasing new information about the project’s potential economic impact. The contract would help Florida’s burgeoning unemployment rate. Boeing spokesman Bill Barksdale says the contract could provide a major boost for the company’s Florida contractors. “We are projecting 19 hundred total jobs in the state of Florida and the annual estimated economic impact, if we would be selected for this contract, would be about 95 million dollars.” Thousands of People Apply for Construction Jobs in FloridaMarch 25th, 2010Almost 5,000 people showed up to a Tampa Bay job fair, resumes in hand, to apply for construction jobs in Florida. According to WTSP.com, the emotions of the job seekers ranged from hopeful to desperate. “Desperate… I am. I really want a job. It’s hard. We’re behind on everything,” says Georgia Smith of Hudson, who says she and her fiancé can do tile work. ZMG Construction is looking for all sorts of workers to help redevelop a 12 block area near downtown. The public/private project is called Encore. It will include commercial space, market-rate and low-income housing. Florida Unemployment Rate BurgeonsMarch 16th, 2010Florida labor officials reported a January Florida unemployment rate of 11.9 percent, matching the highest on record since the state began counting the jobless a generation ago. According to the Miami Herald, Florida’s jobless rate in January 2010 was 2.2 percentage points above the national average of 9.7 percent, the Agency for Workforce Innovation said. Unemployment figures for January rose one-fifth of a percentage point from Florida’s revised December rate of 11.7 percent. The 11.9 percent equals the record high established in May 1975 when Gerald Ford was president and Reubin Askew was governor of Florida. And while there are now 1.1 million Floridians out of work, the worst may not be over. Legoland Creates Florida JobsMarch 2nd, 2010Legoland Florida, an amusement park coined after the toys, is slated to open in Winter Haven in 2011 and is expected to create hundreds of Florida jobs (click here). The theme park has opened a Web site to list job opportunities and provide other information at legoland floridaresort.com. Florida Hospitality Jobs for Haitian ImmigrantsFebruary 16th, 2010The Florida Educational Institute will commit $3.7 million in scholarhip money to fund career training for Haitian immigrants, many of which are working Florida hospitality jobs. The funds are meant to assist the Haitian relief effort stemming from the disastrous earthquake last month. There are 398 Haitian immigrants in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, Florida, who have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by President Barack Obama. Florida Jobs On the DeclineFebruary 10th, 2010Florida jobs are decreasing, which is reflected in the numbers released Friday by the state labor department. Florida’s unemployment rate was 11.8 percent in December, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, and the highest rate since 1975. The Miami Herald pointed to Chick-Fil-A as an example of how desperate job seekers are becoming. According to the Herald, the new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Miami Lakes opened this week with a crew of carefully selected workers. “We had about 6,000 applications for 65 jobs,” said Tony Sampayo, the fast-food restaurant’s owner. “It has been great. We ended up with a really good team.” Florida Jobs Online IncreaseSeptember 1st, 2009Those looking for Florida jobs (Click here) last month probably had more luck if they were using online resources. The Conference Board recently reported that Florida was one of several states to see strong gains in online job demand during August. Demand in the state increased from 15,700 to 181,400 jobs online. That follows a 4,400 decrease during July. Throughout the country, online advertised vacancies increased by 169,000 during August. Demand has increased by 300,000 since April. |
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