A new digital production studio could be in the works for Port Saint Lucie.
A private investment firm focused on entertainment and Internet technology, Wyndcrest Holdings, has started recruiting a senior leadership team and plans to occupy a 150,000 square foot facility in St. Lucie County.
This could translate to 500 new jobs locally.
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Showing posts with label unemployment. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Suit Filed Against Broward School District
The Broward Teachers Union has filed a lawsuit against the Broward School District to stop them from hiring new teachers.
The School District laid off close to 400 teachers in June but voted to rehire 124 of them to fill jobs. The district is also looking for 89 additional teachers they claim the laid off teachers aren't qualified to fill.
The union requested a list of the names, certifications, and assignments of the rehired teachers on July 2 and they have not yet received it, prompting the law suit.
In a written statement, union president Pat Santeramo said: “Everyone has a vested interest in making certain Broward school officials fulfill their legal obligations under the Public Records Act. District officials continue to let their employees and the public down by their failure to provide public information as required by Florida law.”
Copies of emails and the lawsuit can be found here.
The School District laid off close to 400 teachers in June but voted to rehire 124 of them to fill jobs. The district is also looking for 89 additional teachers they claim the laid off teachers aren't qualified to fill.
The union requested a list of the names, certifications, and assignments of the rehired teachers on July 2 and they have not yet received it, prompting the law suit.
In a written statement, union president Pat Santeramo said: “Everyone has a vested interest in making certain Broward school officials fulfill their legal obligations under the Public Records Act. District officials continue to let their employees and the public down by their failure to provide public information as required by Florida law.”
Copies of emails and the lawsuit can be found here.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Unemployed Man Turns to Unconventional Methods to Gain Employment
Jon Kolbe, a Boca Raton father of two, has been without a job for seven months. After applying for a couple hundred jobs, he found a lead from a stranger on Twitter.
The unemployed are flocking to the social networking site and using it to scour for job leads and listings. Tools like TwitterJobSearch.com have been created to help people sort through jobs in various industries.
Kolbe has taken it a step further. After he was laid off at an architecture firm, he created profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to market himself. He spent every day applying for jobs through Monster, Careerbuilder, EmployFlorida, Indeed and Simply Hired. After months went by with no luck, he built his own site, JonKolbe.com. He attaches a $2 gift card to every resume, hoping a cup of coffee will warm the hearts of recruiters.
In March, Kolbe launched the "Help Jon Kolbe Find A Job" contest. The winner gets a Flip Mino HD video camera.
Source
The unemployed are flocking to the social networking site and using it to scour for job leads and listings. Tools like TwitterJobSearch.com have been created to help people sort through jobs in various industries.
Kolbe has taken it a step further. After he was laid off at an architecture firm, he created profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to market himself. He spent every day applying for jobs through Monster, Careerbuilder, EmployFlorida, Indeed and Simply Hired. After months went by with no luck, he built his own site, JonKolbe.com. He attaches a $2 gift card to every resume, hoping a cup of coffee will warm the hearts of recruiters.
In March, Kolbe launched the "Help Jon Kolbe Find A Job" contest. The winner gets a Flip Mino HD video camera.
Source
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