FBI looks to hire some 3,000 agents and workers
The FBI has posted the largest job opening since immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Liberty Medical, distributor bringing up to 870 jobs to St. Lucie
As companies across the Treasure Coast cut back, St. Lucie County economic development officials announced on Tuesday that up to 870 jobs are coming to Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce. About 800 of the jobs will be new hires for call-center positions with Liberty Medical Supply, in Port St. Lucie. Meanwhile, J.J. Taylor Companies, the second-largest beer distributor in the state, intends to move 70 positions from Stuart to Fort Pierce.
Market booms for male nurses
Shawn Blouin started nursing school because he wanted to help people, to share the compassion he witnessed on a missionary trip last summer down the Amazon River.
SpaceX may bring 1,000 new jobs to the Space Coast
SpaceX and a Virginia company were awarded multibillion-dollar NASA cargo contracts Tuesday to resupply the International Space Station and possibly bring about 1,000 new jobs to the Space Coast.
Wal-Mart in West Palm taking applications for 300 jobs today
If you're looking for a job, a major retailer is looking for a few good workers and will start accepting applications on Monday morning.
Treasure Coast schools have glut of substitute teachers, likely because of the economy
Finding enough substitute teachers to fill in used to be a daily struggle for Treasure Coast school districts. But these days ? likely thanks to the economy ? local school districts don?t have a problem getting substitutes.
St. Lucie leads area jobless rate, rises to 10.4 percent
With 24,250 Treasure Coast residents qualified for unemployment in November, there were nearly 10,000 more people in the three counties listed as being out of work last month than a year earlier.
?It?s rough,? said Jean Larsen, president of Personnel Plus Inc., a Treasure Coast staffing agency. ?I would say to anyone looking for work, they don?t want to look for the job of their dreams right now. The primary thing is that it gives them an income, even if it?s beneath them."
Workforce Solutions hopes buses take place of closing career centers
One bus spends four days each week ? 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ? in Stuart. It is at Morgade Library at 5851 SE Community Drive on Mondays and Tuesdays, and at Blake Library at 2351 SE Monterey Road on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the organization.
New jobs anticipated as Northrop shows off upgraded plane
In addition to the 1,700 Northrop Grumman employees at the facility near Melbourne International Airport, the Joint-STARS upgrade program will bring 200 to 300 new jobs to the area during the next three to five years. The fleet of aircraft, based with the Georgia Air National Guard, will receive new engines and the more powerful radar.
R.J. Gator's restaurants won't reopen on the Treasure Coast
Shuttered R.J. Gator's restaurants will not reopen and 142 employees no longer have jobs, the result of a court ruling here Friday.
During a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Judge Paul Hyman granted a request by J.D. Restaurant Holdings to convert its Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7. The company, based in Palm Beach Gardens, filed for Chapter 11 in September and hoped to find a buyer for the popular chain.
Bank of America to lay off up to 35,000 over 3 years
Bank of America Corp. says it expects to eliminate 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next three years. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America says it hasn't yet completed its analysis for eliminating positions, and a final number will not be determined until early next year. It said the cuts will affect workers from both companies and all types of businesses.
Office Depot to close its doors in Jensen Beach
Office Depot will close its Jensen Beach location within the next three months in an effort to cut costs.
Private nurse takes creative approach in job search
Peggy Greco spends her day sometimes riding her bicycle 30 miles through Martin County as she advertises herself, hoping to find a job now that she?s out of work.
Jobs outlook bleak for Martin, St. Lucie counties in 2009
Martin and St. Lucie counties have the second-weakest employment outlooks in the country, the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey said Tuesday.
The region joins the Reno-Sparks area in Nevada and the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos markets in California for the No. 2 spot after the Barnstable Town, Mass., market near Cape Cod. The Flint area in Michigan came in third.
JPMorgan Chase Bank cuts in Melbourne to affect 300 workers
According to the Florida Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Web site, which requires employers to provide written notice to the state in workforce reductions, 300 employees will be affected.
Piper temporarily closing plant in usual seasonal shutdown
Piper Aircraft Inc. will again temporarily shut down its manufacturing plant in Vero Beach during December. Piper spokesman Mark Miller said the plant usually closes during the holiday season.
Jobless rates up across Treasure Coast
Numbers released Friday by the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation showed a double-digit increase in the year-to-year jobless rate in October for St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.
Piper Aircraft holding job interviews in Kansas today
Piper Aircraft Inc. is holding job interviews Thursday at the Hilton Wichita Airport in Kansas.
QVC announces 900 job cuts companywide; 10 lose jobs locally
QVC Inc., which has a large call center in Port St. Lucie, is cutting about 900 jobs in the next 14 months. QVC spokeswoman Tara Hunter said 10 employees were laid off locally.
Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach trims workweek at facility
Piper Aircraft Inc. is implementing a reduced work schedule for employees at its manufacturing facility in Vero Beach, company executives confirmed Friday.
