CFEC Career Fair video highlights. Yes, some great companies have jobs in Orlando!

CFEC.org is a non profit who has 6 career fairs each year. While unemployment in Orlando is still over 11%, this career fair certainly showed some hope that employers are starting to hire again.

6 HOT Careers with A LOT of jobs (you guessed it...healthcare)

I saw this article at Investopedia naming six careers that have great job potential.

READ ARTICLE HERE

What I find interesting is that the education needed for some of these jobs may only take 18 months. The list you see below is in the "hot" industry....ready...healthcare!!!

If you are in between careers, want to change careers or struggling with a career choice, healthcare can be a winner. What separates healthcare from most industries is that is is recession proof. Also, it does require additional education and training. In other words, you can't be a healthcare professional without a commitment. This commitment will always separate the contenders to the pretenders (therefore eliminating a lot of the competition for great jobs)

Healthcare is going away anytime soon.

The Hot 6 Careers:

1. Pharmacists
2. Physical therapist Assistant
3. Dental Hygienist
4. Dental Assistant
5. Personal Home or Healthcare Aide
6. Medical Scientist

Oil Spill Creating Jobs- Want to help? Florida has a oil spill job website.

As the gulf oil spill continues to grow, it will actually create jobs. Sure, this is not the job stimulus we are looking for but it is a reality. Actually, the jobs to clean up the gulf may be some of the most important jobs created in Florida in years. Why? If the oil takes over our beaches, our already fragile tourism industry will take a huge hit. Some of the jobs will be located in Orlando, but most will be near the spill area.

Governor Charlie Crist has a new oil spill jobs website called www.floridagulfrecoveryjobs.com.

As this site grows in popularity, it will give those seeking jobs a great resource to see what companies are hiring. Most of the companies will be contracted to clean up the mess.

Jobs open today:

Oil Spill cleanup Laborers
General Labor
Site Supervisors
Dozer Operators
Hazardous removal Workers (20.00- 30.00 hour)
Marine Specialists
Community Responders
Vessel Site Inspectors
Crew Leaders

In addition, you can expect to see jobs in transportation, wildlife cleanup, logistics, food services, mechanical, construction and many more. The challenge for those from Central Florida may be housing in the area of the clean up.

OrlandoJobs.com will keep you posted to any information we get. We need to get this mess cleaned up!

Lake Eola Fountain roars back to life! Is the Orlando Job market? (it is starting)

After nine months of repairs, the Lake Eola fountain in downtown Orlando was turned back on today. At OrlandoJobs.com, we are seeing the Orlando job market get a little better as well. It is just nice to see a great symbol for our city back in business.

It is our goal to get anyone who is seeking a job back to work!

Video Highlight from Mayor's Career Fair May 19...A lot of great Orlando Jobs!

5 Resume Mistakes you Can't Afford to Make!

Our monthly newsletter is hot off the press. In this month's edition of "The Juice" I have put together the top 5 resume mistakes I have seen over the years. If you are going for a job in Orlando, if you make sure your resume has all of these elements. You will have a better chance of being noticed by the person screening your resume.

Click on this link to read the entire story:

Orlando Jobs Monthly Newsletter The Juice

Please email me with any questions.

Roger

roger@orlandojobs.com

OrlandoJobs.com releases 2010 Central Florida Employment Outlook on FOX 35 News!

This morning OrlandoJobs.com spent 2 hours at FOX 35 News in Orlando, Florida blogging about jobs and being interviewed about our lastest 2010 Central Florida Employment Outlook paper.

View the interview and read the blog questions here:

Fox 35 Orlando talks to Roger Lear from Orlando Jobs about the Central Florida Employment Outlook

You can download the Hiring Outlook Whitepaper (no cost) by clicking on this link:

www.orlandojobs.com/whitepaper

We also have tips for you on how to find these jobs in a very hidden job market.