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Jobs COUNTY'S TOP EMPLOYERS
Top 10 non-governmental employers in Manatee County
- Tropicana Products, 3,200 employees
- Manatee Memorial Hospital, 1,492 employees
- Blake Medical Center, 1,050 employees
- Beall's Department Stores Inc., 1,018 employees
- Wellcraft Marine, 950 employees
- Staff Leasing, 700 employees
- Hi-Stat Manufacturing, 603 employees
- Freedom Village Retirement Community, 600 employees
- Security Link, 536 employees
- Eaton Corp., 510 employees
Source: Individual companies and Manatee Chamber of Commerce LOOKING FOR A JOB? HERE'S HOW Some resources for Manatee County job seekers include:
- Careerworks, a 10-month, state-funded job-training program that prepares people to fill manufacturing jobs and teaches skills including welding, precision machining, industrial mechanics and
soldering.
The program is operated by the Florida Center for Manufacturing Excellence. FCME, 700 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto. Call 1-941-723-3100.
Jobs, etc., a full-service employment and training center operated by the Suncoast Workforce Development Board, offers a job bank, resume preparation and counseling.
Jobs, etc., 1003 Eighth Ave. W., Bradenton.
Call 1-941-747-5323.
The Manatee Chamber of Commerce and Manatee Economic Development Council presents an annual job and career expo at which businesses in Manatee and Sarasota counties recruit employees. This year's job fair
will be held May 12, 1999, at the Manatee Convention and Civic Center in Palmetto.
Manatee Chamber of Commerce, 222 10th St. W., Bradenton. Call 1-941-748-4842.
The Manatee Economic Development Council offers a Web site listing job openings in Manatee and Sarasota counties. The Web address is www.jobfocus.com.
Job seekers can call the council 24 hours a day, toll free, 1-800-749-4500, ext. 6001 to apply for manufacturing, warehouse distribution and customer-service jobs by phone. Manatee EDC, 222 10th
St. W., Bradenton. Call 1-941-748-3411.
Manatee Technical Institute offers vocational skills courses in areas including medical and dental, culinary arts, cosmetology and automotive repair.
MTI, 5603 34th St. W., Bradenton. Call 1-941-751-7900.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY Manatee County's population grows steadily younger as quality of life and diversity of employment opportunities draw more and more new residents to this vital segment of southwest Florida
coast. The county is an increasingly appealing employment center with an unemployment rate consistently lower than that of either state or nation. More than half of the county's employment is found in local
service industries and the retail trades. Both are supported in large part by a $250 million tourism industry and a sizable retirement community, which pumps more than $1.1 billion into the economy.
Manufacturing and agriculture also greatly contribute to the prosperity of our area. Local government is committed to providing companies with a variety of financial incentives and specialized assistance in relocation
and permitting. MANUFACTURING A strategic location, plenty of industrially zoned land with necessary infrastructure readily available, and a transportation network that provides access to both domestic and worldwide
markets attract industry to the county. A growing number of national and international companies have a Manatee County address. AGRIBUSINESS An estimated 7,000 people are employed in the agricultural industry,
which records more than $300 million in annual sales. The top agricultural commodities, vegetable crops and livestock, flourish on 59 percent of the county's nearly 300,000 acres of farmland.
COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL FISHING Fishing is a heritage that goes back 100 years and more. On Sarasota Bay, the fishing village of Cortez is one of the oldest surviving fishing villages in the US. True
to its heritage, Manatee County is one of Florida's foremost seafood producing counties and it attracts a steady stream of recreational fisherman as well. PORT MANATEE Located just north of Palmetto, Port
Manatee is the closest of the three Tampa Bay deepwater ports to the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of the state's busiest, ranking fourth among Florida's 14 seaports in total annual cargo tonnage. |
