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Conventional wisdom dictates that it is easier to find a job when you already have a job. Now there is increasing proof that companies are openly telling the jobless that they need not apply.
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Conventional wisdom dictates that it is easier to find a job when you already have a job. Now there is increasing proof that companies are openly telling the jobless that they need not apply.
Florida has been steadily nibbling away at unemployment benefits, including reducing the number of weeks most people receive. Now, the state may force you to be trained for a new career to get the benefits you earned when you lost the old one.
The Fresh Market, a chain of specialty grocery stores, is looking for a few good men and women to become employees of its new Fort Lauderdale store opening in January.
The Millennials are here! What's a Millennial you ask? CBS4's Cynthia Demos explains the generation of people between adolescence and thirty... who are inching into the workforce as the baby boomers are starting to leave it.
The state of Florida's jobless rate remains well above the national average, but did decline by 0.3 percent in October to a monthly average of 10.3 percent.
Will Florida's jobless figures be better or worse than last month? We'll find out Friday when the state's October unemployment rate will be released.
The Marlins will be hosting a Job Fair next week as the team makes a transition into a new home. The club said they will be required to fill over 2,000 positions.
South Florida veterans and military service members who are in need of a job can get help at the Hiring Our Heroes/RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expo.
More than a dozen Fortune 500 companies are looking to hire new employees on the second day of the Vanguard Management Group's job fair.
South Florida veterans and military service members who are in need of a job can get help at the Hiring Our Heroes/RecruitMilitary Veteran Opprtunity Expo.
At least 30 employers participated in The South Florida Diversity Job Expo Friday in Davie.
Even though new claims for unemployment are dropping, 10.6 percent of the people in the state of Florida are still unemployed.
When more than 40,000 troops leave Iraq in the next two months, many will make their way back home to re-join the civilian world. In addition to emotional challenges, many of these heroes will find themselves unemployed, without civilian skills.
Miami-Dade County and Broward County both saw some improvement in the jobs front, according to numbers released Friday by the Department of Economic Opportunity.
Are you looking for a job? There are about 30 companies participating in a job fair in Davie Thursday.
Florida Governor Rick Scott outlined his 2012 job creation agenda Wednesday morning and it includes several of the hot button conservative issues being pushed in both Washington and Tallahassee.
Spirit Airlines wants you to apply for a job. Fort Lauderdale's hometown airline will host a job fair Wednesday as it seeks to fill a variety of positions.
Gov. Rick Scott again changed his stance Friday on the jobs promise he made during last year's campaign in a written statement titled in part, "Setting the Record Straight."
A program to help Florida kids who are poor, but not poor enough for Medicaid, is not growing despite a poor economy that's leaving parents without extra money or, in some cases, jobs and health insurance for their families.
Some call it another sign of our struggling economic times. With a nationwide unemployment rate of more than nine percent, Hallmark has come out with a line of cards for people who have lost their jobs.
The latest job numbers out of the U.S. Labor Department and private employment analysts showed unemployment dropped in about two-thirds of the major metropolitan areas around the country, giving hope to the jobless around the area.
It's a sign of the approaching Holiday Shopping Season; a holiday hiring fair at Sawgrass Mills brought out some pretty good crowds Tuesday.
Are you looking for a job? There are more than a dozen companies participating in a job fair in Coral Gables Thursday.
Unemployment remains stagnated in double digits some eight months after Governor Rick Scott pledged to get Florida workers back on the job.
Jerold Nelson was hard at work Thursday at his new job at Interactive Blue Communications (IBC), a small design and consulting firm in Miami-Dade. The 51 year-old husband and father landed the job after ten months of unemployment and a seemingly hopeless outlook.
Jonathan Escobar admitted during an interview to cashing altered money orders against accounts without customers' knowledge, police say.
More than a decade after a Georgia 19-year-old was sexually assaulted and kidnapped, a Florida man is facing charges. Officials say they believe more victims are still unidentified.
Fort Lauderdale is averaging $4.16 a gallon and Miami $4.13, with diesel hitting $6.50 at one Davie truck stop.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
The fallen drilling rig shut down streets near Brickell Bay Drive for 2 days, hitting nearby businesses hard, before reopening Tuesday afternoon.
Jonathan Escobar admitted during an interview to cashing altered money orders against accounts without customers' knowledge, police say.
More than a decade after a Georgia 19-year-old was sexually assaulted and kidnapped, a Florida man is facing charges. Officials say they believe more victims are still unidentified.
Fort Lauderdale is averaging $4.16 a gallon and Miami $4.13, with diesel hitting $6.50 at one Davie truck stop.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
The fallen drilling rig shut down streets near Brickell Bay Drive for 2 days, hitting nearby businesses hard, before reopening Tuesday afternoon.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.