REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ANNOUNCED FOR JANUARY 2019
CareerSource Capital Region to host Leaders Evolve and Develop Training Program
TALLAHASSEE, FL – According to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the regional unemployment rate for Gadsden, Leon, and Wakulla counties was 3.9 percent for January 2019, which is 0.1 percent less than January 2018.
The region’s rate was equal to the state’s rate of 3.9 percent for January 2019. Wakulla County’s unemployment rate remained the lowest in the Capital Region at 3.6 percent. Leon County followed at 3.8 percent. Gadsden County was at 5.0 percent. There were a total of 7,376 unemployed residents in the Capital Region.
The top six advertised occupations in the Capital Region in January 2019 were as follows:
- Registered Nurses
- Retail Salesperson
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workforce
- Customer Service Representatives
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- Software Developers, Applications
“Although the unemployment rate is low in the Capital Region, statistics show that 71% of Millennials expect to leave their employer in the next two years. And, statistics also show that most employees leave their employer due to dissatisfaction with leadership,” stated Kara Palmer Smith, Senior Director of CareerSource Capital Region. “To combat turnover, employers must develop their leaders and managers. That’s the number one reason we’re offering our Leaders Evolve and Develop (LEAD) Training Program.”
Designed to maximize the leadership capacity for emerging, new and existing managers and based on modern, research-based, leadership theories, the LEAD training program delivers critical concepts that can be immediately applied in the workplace. Businesses that are interested in developing leaders and managers should take advantage of this exclusive, 1.5 day opportunity on Thursday, April 25th and Friday, April 26, 2019. There are only 20 seats available, and they are going fast.
Leaders Evolve and Develop Training Program
Thursday, April 25, 2019
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday, April 26, 2019
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
FSU Conference Center
555 W. Pensacola St.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
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For more information about the Capital Region’s Unemployment Report for January 2019, click here. For more information about the Leaders Evolve and Develop (LEAD) Training Program, click here.