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CareerSource Pinellas has a variety of employer resources to help great, Pinellas County employers connect with qualified business professionals. These employer resources help local organizations, business associations and chambers of commerce meet their business development needs. For example, is your business:
- Looking to have a booth at a career fair?
- Wanting to post a job on this website?
- Wondering about local labor market information?
- Unsure about what do you do if you have to layoff multiple staff members?
CareerSource Pinellas is here to help answer all of your questions!
Explore all of the employer resources CareerSource Pinellas offers below.
Some of CareerSource Pinellas’ newest resources include Industry Asset Maps. The Tampa Bay Area has numerous resources to help match businesses and employers to job seekers in your area. Each map will show local employers per industry, as well as contact information and addresses of each company. Plus, you will find industry-specific labor market information such as population, unemployment rates and average industry wages.
Industry Asset Maps
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Explore what the finance industry in the Tampa Bay Area has to offer! LMI, employers, contact info and more!
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Explore what the manufacturing industry in Tampa Bay has to offer! LMI, employers, contact info and more!
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Explore what the IT industry in the Tampa Bay Area has to offer! LMI, employers, contact info and more!
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Explore what the healthcare industry in Tampa Bay has to offer! LMI, employers, contact info and more!
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Strategic Solutions
Business Services
CareerSource Pinellas offers a variety of Workforce Solutions and Business Services, such as Career Fairs, Job Postings, In-House Recruitment Events and more!
Outplacement Services
CareerSource Pinellas understands that not all staffing decisions are positive. Sometimes, layoffs are a necessary part of doing business.
While a major focus of CareerSource Pinellas is to work with job seekers and increase employment opportunities, it also dedicates itself to assisting local employers with staff reorganization. This reorganization may include temporary and permanent business layoffs, which can definitely be a sensitive and challenging subject to handle alone.
Businesses experiencing staff reorganization are encouraged to schedule an on-site session with members of CareerSource Pinellas’ Workforce Transition and Outplacement Team. There, members of your business’ management team will receive the guidance they need to ensure a smooth transition for employees affected by layoffs.
At on-site sessions, CareerSource Pinellas staff will provide an in-depth review of the Reemployment Assistance Program, which includes:
- Calculations for benefit amount
- How to apply for Reemployment Assistance
- When to apply and how to claim benefit weeks
- Requirements while on Reemployment Assistance
- What is considered income
- How 401K, Severance, Pensions, Social Security and Child Support affects Reemployment Assistance
- Working Part Time while on Reemployment Assistance
- Training opportunities through Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Free Resume and Interviewing Skills classes available through the Workforce locations
- How to navigate Employ Florida
- Workforce Job Fair Information
Florida no longer has a local unemployment office, therefore, this is valuable face-to-face opportunity to have unemployment questions answered.
If a WARN notice has been filed, a member from the CareerSource Pinellas team will be contacting your company to offer services. If your company does not meet the requirements for filing a WARN, a staff member can be contacted directly to set up on-site sessions.
For more information regarding Workforce Transition and Outplacement Services, please email Pam Perkins.
Tampa Bay Gap Analysis
Tampa Bay Skills Gap Analyses were undertaken to quantify the current and future demand for skill sets so that a pipeline of talent could be developed to the area’s most challenging-to-hire skill sets. Research included focus groups, interviews and skill set surveys. The Analyses sought to understand skill sets on the granular level at which hiring managers must make decisions.
Labor Market Information
Labor Market Information (LMI) is comprised of employment data per location and occupation, labor supply and demand, earnings, unemployment rates and demographics.
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Current Market Information
Unemployment Rates – September 2019
- United States: 3.3%
- Florida: 3.0%
- Tampa – St. Petersburg – Clearwater MSA: 2.9%
- CareerSource Pinellas (Pinellas County): 2.7%
- note: these rates are not seasonally adjusted and are the most recent available through the Department of Economic Opportunity.
In September 2019, the Tampa‐St. Petersburg‐Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had the highest annual job growth compared to all the metro areas in the state in financial activities (+4,300 jobs.
Average Annual Wage – 2018
- Florida: $50,090
- CareerSource Pinellas (Pinellas County): $49,281
Click here for a detailed report on industries showing growth or declines in jobs, population totals and other information specific to Pinellas County.