First-Time Unemployment Claims See a Rise in South Florida

The latest unemployment figures are in and the news is concerningB for the Miami-Dade county area. First-time unemployment claims are not ringing in the new year on a positive note. The public sector, health and...

5 Tips for Returning to the Workforce

As the economy turns around and people begin to return to the workforce there are going to be challenges. Remember these five suggestions when you make these first steps back to work. To get back...

Unemployment Rises in South Florida

Have you been hearing the news about South Florida's unemployment rate continuing to rise? The rate which was set at 11.4 percent in May has now made its way to 11.8 percent throughout the month...

South Florida Adds Jobs in April, but Unemployment Remains High

Although hiring has been increasing in South Florida, the areabs unemployment rate has remained shaky, according to The Miami Herald. In Miami-Dade County, unemployment rose from 12.9 percent to 13.1 percent. Fortunately, in Broward County,...

Florida Unemployment Rate Fell in March

Florida and Palm Beach Countybs unemployment rates fell in March, according to The Palm Beach Post. At 11.5 percent in February, the statebs jobless rate dropped to 11.1 percent last month. Palm Beach County showed...

Unemployment Claims Fall

Nationally, new applications for unemployment benefits were falling this month, indicating company lay-offs are beginning to fall as well, according to

Robots Marketed for Businesses

As a corporate real estate company, webre always interested in workplace changes, trends and innovations. Needless to say, bThe Robot in the Next Cubicleb headline from Businessweek caught our eyes. Creating a new challenge for...

Hiring to Increase in 2011

As webve mentioned on the blog before, the bleak unemployment situation is one factor in slowing down the nationbs---and commercial real estatebs---recovery. So we were happy to see CareerBuilderbs annual job forecast show that more...