Florida's small business employment rose by 43%

In an article written by Marcia Heroux Pounds for the Sun Sentinel, the payroll company, Intuit reported an increase in the number of jobs created by Florida small business. To read the full article, click on the link: http://sunsent.nl/qBCuls

With a million Floridians still out of work, Gov. Rick Scott has a tall mountain to climb if he's to make good on his promise to create 700,000 new jobs over the next six years.

This was another interesting article. Gray Swoope, Florida's Enterprise Florida head and soon to be Secretary of Commerce met with local business & political leaders in Pensacola to discuss Governor Scott's job creation plan. Read the full article here - http://bit.ly/pgNf17

Economic Bright Spot: Small Businesses Are Hiring

This was an interesting article detailing the results of a survey conducted by Manta Human Resources Center. In short, 57% of small businesses indicated that it has hired or plans to hire new employees in 2011. Of those businesses hiring, one of the most important factors when deciding on an employee is experience. This is food for thought. To draw some insight from the full article, please click on the link below:

Economic Bright Spot: SMBs Are Hiring Manta Human Resources Center