A recent survey is shedding light on the state of employee retention and turnover at Florida jobs.

Results are mixed for Florida’s employers: a new study by Effective Resources, Inc., a leading human resources consulting firm, reports that the state’s employers are reporting a lower monthly employee turnover rate as compared to last year, while a lesser number are planning merit increases.

The 2011 - 2012 State of Florida Salary, Wage and Benefits Survey from Effective Resources, Inc., encompasses data from 181 Florida employers who represent over 822,000 employees nationwide and nearly 135,000 employees in Florida alone.
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A woman shareholder just snagged the coveted award for Florida jobs and movers and shakers.

-Sabrina R. Ferris, a litigation attorney with international law firm Greenberg Traurig and co-hiring shareholder for the firm’s Miami office, has been named one of South Florida’s “40 Under 40″ by the South Florida Business Journal. This recognition honors 40 young professionals under the age of 40 who have achieved career success and given back to the South Florida community. Ferris and the other honorees will be recognized at a luncheon hosted by South Florida Business Journal on Thursday, July 28.
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Florida jobs are not on the upswing, according to recent data from Forbes and Manpower.

Forbes released its annual best and worst cities for jobs, and Florida cities rank among the lowest. The western city expects to see its job numbers swing upwards dramatically in the next few months.

In fact, the worst city for finding a job this spring is Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Fla.

Jobs in Florida remain hard to pin down for desperate job seekers.

On the whole, though, Florida unemployment has decreased.

Forbes released the list in partnership with Manpower, the employment services firm.

ManpowerGroup has surveyed more than 18,000 employers in 100 metropolitan areas to find out who’s hiring, who’s firing and who plans to maintain their current staff levels in the third quarter of 2011, July through September.

According to the survey and Forbes, 20% anticipate an increase in staffing levels in their second quarter hiring plans, while 8% expect a decrease in payrolls. The difference between those numbers gives you what ManpowerGroup calls a net employment outlook of 12%–or 8% when seasonally adjusted, which is still up from 6% for the same period last year. Sixty-nine percent of employers expect no change in their staffing, and the final 3% of employers are uncertain.

The survey also found that employers in 11 of the 13 industry sectors reported a positive net outlook. Leisure & Hospitality (27%), Mining (25%) and Wholesale & Retail Trade (20%) are the most optimistic, overall.

A new, inventive hiring tool could spur on the creation of entry-level Florida jobs.

Hiring Box, based in Miami, FL, is thrilled to introduce a revolutionary concept in the job search industry. Created for both employers and job seekers, Hiring Box is a full service job search website that rivals internet based job search sites such as Monster, CareerBuilder and Craigslist. Not only does Hiring Box list thousands of entry, mid level and executive positions on their website, Hiring Box has positioned itself as the new leader in the job search industry by deploying hundreds of ATM style job search kiosks all over Miami Dade and Broward Counties.
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According to a new survey from Monster.com, Florida jobs are among the best in the nation.

Monster developed the hot markets/hot jobs ranking based on the relative abundance of job openings for the given local workforce– the higher the rank, the more jobs available per person in the market. Accordingly, the following markets are where seekers are best positioned to enter the war for talent and win.

1. Washington, DC

2. San Francisco, CA

3. Boston, MA

4. Baltimore, MD

5. Seattle, WA

6. Minneapolis, MN

7. Cleveland, OH

8. Tampa, FL

9. Dallas, TX

10. Kansas City, MS

“Within the markets we identified as prime spots for seekers, the hottest jobs fell largely within the IT and healthcare industries,” commented Jesse Harriott, Senior Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer for Monster Worldwide. “This is largely due to the economic recovery where communities across the nation are starting to spend more on things like IT infrastructure and other areas where they’d previously avoided spending on, for as long as possible. Meanwhile, healthcare has long been immune to the economic recession, especially given the skills shortage in that industry due to baby boomers’ retiring, taking those skills with them in the process.”

The highest growth occupations, as substantiated by the most recent Monster Employment Index (MEI), indicates that healthcare support and computer/mathematical occupations are indeed amongst the hottest jobs across the nation. These occupations include:

* Computer and Mathematical (+14% YOY)
o IT Project Managers
o Database Administrators
o Computer SW Engineers
o Computer Support Specialists
o Computer and Information Scientists, Research

Miami Access Tunnel LLC has announced a new initiative aimed creating Florida jobs.

The Miami Access Tunnel, LLC and Bouygues Civil Works of Florida today announced Operation 305, a new initiative aimed at spurring local hiring in Miami-Dade County on the Port of Miami Tunnel construction project currently underway.

he Port of Miami Tunnel is one of the largest and most complex public infrastructure projects in Florida history. The Expo is your chance to learn more about contracting and supplier opportunities for your firm on this exciting project. Does your firm operate in Miami-Dade County? Find out how your company can take advantage of opportunities on the Port of Miami Tunnel construction project.

Is your firm a registered DBE or interested in becoming one? At the Expo, you?ll have the opportunity to connect with DBE certification specialists who will be on hand to assist you.

Who:
Miami Access Tunnel, LLC and Bouygues Civil Works
What:
Announcement of Operation 305 local hiring initiative
When:
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 2 p.m.
Where:
The Port of Miami
1120 Caribbean Way
Miami, FL 33132
Terminal J
Why:
The Operation 305 initiative is designed to stimulate local hiring by creating contracting and employment opportunities on the Port of Miami Tunnel project.
RSVP:
You may RSVP to confirm your attendance by calling (305) 962-9388 or via e-mail at media(at)operation305(dot)com. For security clearance purposes, please bring a government-issued ID.

There’s reason to celebrate in the Florida, as a new report just released states that almost 1,100 tech jobs in Florida have been created since 2008.

According to the 13th annual Cyberstates report published on Wednesday, the modest 0.4 percent gain to 292,300 high-tech jobs during a recession compared with an overall 4.1 percent loss in the state’s private work force in 2008, the most current data available.

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