Help is Here - Resources for Business and Career Seekers

Help is Here - Resources for Business and Career Seekers
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 by Posted by Haines City EDC

Recently, CareerSource Florida held an open house at CareerSource Capital Region in Tallahassee with several of its local workforce development board partners to highlight programs to connect unemployed Floridians with employers hiring now.

The efforts of the CareerSource Florida network to help Floridians during this challenging time have been featured across the state including:

WTXL: Careers Source Capital Region prepares for more job-seekers and

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WFSU: Florida’s Career Source Network Strives To Connect Employers And Employees As Economy Rebounds | WFSU News

The Florida Channel: 4/15/21 Press Conference on Workforce Support for Floridians

Orlando Business Journal: CareerSource’s Local Worker Training Program Gets Funding Boost During Pandemic

Valdosta Today: FDC Looks to Improve Former Inmate Job Opportunities

WUWF: ‘Really Challenging Times’: Santa Rosa Businesses are Hurting for Employees

WFTS Tampa Bay: A Look at Top Industries Hiring, Skills Needed for Jobs Amid the Pandemic in the Tampa Bay Area

Orlando Business Journal: City of Orlando Funds Minority Entrepreneurship and High-Demand Jobs Program

Panama City News Herald: Some Bay County Contractors Struggle to Find Workers as Jobless Rate Remains Flat

WINK News: Employers Are Struggling to Fill Job Openings

WPTV: Dozens of companies hiring at Stuart job fair on Thursday

Lehigh Acres Citizen: Lee County is a ‘job-seeker’ market

Articles of Interest

This section features workforce-related articles.

Forbes: We Need to Finally Revamp Workforce Opportunities

NBC News: There are Now More Jobs Available than Before the Pandemic. So Why Aren’t People Signing Up?

McKinsey and Company: Seven charts that show COVID-19’s impact on women’s employment

NPR: Microsoft, Facebook, Uber Plan To Reopen Offices

State Update

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO):

DEO announced 11 consecutive months of decreasing unemployment rates in Florida. Florida’s unemployment rate for March 2021 remains at 4.7 percent. See more here.

Florida Department of Education (DOE):

DOE and Governor DeSantis announced the expansion of the Get There Faster Initiative, a $75 million investment toward two new initiatives to expand access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses, postsecondary credentials and work-based learning programs. Learn more here.

Federal Update

U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL):

USDOL has opened a two-week national online dialogue, as of April 12, to gather ideas for ensuring equity in employment policies and programs for people with disabilities from historically underserved communities. Learn more here.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA):

SBA announced the lending limit for COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans has been increased. See more here.

SBA announced small business owners may be eligible for certain tax credits and other tax relief due to economic impacts from COVID-19. Learn more here.