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November 26, 10:30 a.m., Finance Committee, Suncoast Workforce Career Center, 3660 N. Washington Blvd., Sarasota
November 29, 8:00 a.m., Suncoast Workforce Board Meeting, Sarasota County Technical Institute, 4748 Beneva Road, Sarasota
December 13, 8:00 a.m., Executive Committee, Suncoast Workforce Career Center, Sarasota |
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Businesses -- Did
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Effective January 1, 2013, Florida's minimum wage will increase from $7.67 to $7.79. |
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Equipment Maintenance Mechanic: Requires three years of journey level equipment maintenance, knowledge of electrical/electronic, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, math skills and due to nature of the job must be able to speak and write English. Must have a valid Operator License. Hours 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.. Minimum salary $14.25/ hour. Position located in Sarasota. For more information, visit Employ Florida and search for job number 9722869. |
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Greetings!
Each month, The Hamilton Project examines the "jobs gap," which is the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to create in order to return to pre-recession employment levels while absorbing the people who enter the labor force each month. As of September, Florida faced a gap of 991 thousand jobs and that loss was the second largest loss behind California. To view a map depicting the disparity by state can easily be seen at Job Gaps. Simply hover over the state with your cursor to see the number of jobs each state would have to add in order to bring its employment-to-population ratio to its pre-recession level.
Mary Helen Kress, President & CEO
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), U.S. (Hungarian born) Biochemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1937
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Adam Kendall, CFP®, representing Suncoast Workforce in Tallahassee |
Adam Kendall, CFP®, Associate Vice President with Morgan Stanley, provides strategic financial solutions to corporations, non-profits, governmental agencies, individuals and families. Adam has served on the Suncoast Workforce Board for six years and he is currently the Chairman-elect and Treasurer. He is also the past-president/CEO of the Art Center of Sarasota and recently served on a panel for Winning the Race for Talent hosted by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. Adam joined the Board because of his passion for the Suncoast Workforce mission "To recruit, train and retain talent for the Suncoast." In addition, he leverages his talents to contribute to the nations #1 ranked system for job placement/creation. When Adam was asked what he enjoys most about serving on the Board he responded: "The opportunity to work with dedicated community leaders toward promoting the Suncoast as a top destination for business, education and talent." Adam holds a B.A. in Economics from New College and he is a Sarasota County resident. Adam may be reached at adam.kendall@morganstanley.com. |
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Online Job Postings on the Suncoast Trending Upward |
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The Department of Economic Opportunity Labor Market Statistics Center releases a monthly report regarding the top jobs in demand according to The Conference Board, Help-Wanted Online Data Series. For the Suncoast (Manatee and Sarasota Counties), there were 10,328 advertised vacancies in October 2012. This represented an increase of 996 jobs (+10.7 percent) from October 2011. The major occupational groups with the most online jobs were sales and related occupations; healthcare practitioners; technical occupations; and administrative support. What we find most encouraging is the number of vacancies being posted since January 2012 has been trending upward. The number of jobs posted through Suncoast Workforce between January and October 2012 was 2,507, and increase of 483 (+24 percent) positions compared to the same time period last year. |
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