The Avon Park location where the Heartland Workforce Mobile One-Stop visits has changed. ...more

August 31, 2008

A Hispanic training consultant who helps companies develop cultural awareness in today's international marketplace, Ivette Mayo of Riverview is the last person to advocate judging a book by its cover. ...more

August 20, 2008

Highlands County's unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 percent in July, according to the Agency For Workforce Innovation. ...more

August 17, 2008

Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum. ...more

July 27, 2008

BRANDON - Job seekers flocked to apply for positions today at a new grocery chain that plans to open up to 10 stores in the Tampa Bay area. Called Aldi, the chain plans to open 10 stores from Lakeland to St. Petersburg, including two in Tampa. It is the chain's first foray into Florida, said Matt Cradick, director of operations for the company's Tampa Bay area stores. ...more

July 10, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2008 is 5.5 percent. This represents 512,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,261,000. The unemployment rate is up 0.5 percentage point from the revised April rate of 5.0 and is up 1.6 percentage points over the year. Florida's May 2008 unemployment rate is the highest since January 2003, which was also 5.5 percent. The state's unemployment rate is equal to the national unemployment rate of 5.5 percent. ...more

June 28, 2008

Kendra Rooker is tired of flipping flapjacks. After the 42-year-old Spring Hill resident lost her job as a corrections officer at the Hernando County Jail, she pounded the pavement and explored the Internet for a job with comparable pay. ...more

May 9, 2008

Job seekers flock to a local job placement center, where offers are scarcer but staffers remain optimistic. ...more

May 8, 2008

Karen Mateson recently approached the Career Central vehicle parked at Pasco-Hernando Community College with cautious curiosity. ...more

May 4, 2008

In an uncertain market, especially, independent contractors tend to do exceedingly well because companies are reluctant to beef up their payrolls and make permanent full-time hiring commitments. ...more

January 13, 2008