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U.K. telecom company BT Group plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade and replace some of them with artificial intelligence.

Brightline is hiring more than 170 positions in Orlando for its new station at Orlando International Airport.

Gloria Palacio with UCF Global was teaching a class full of Rosen Hotels and Resorts employees how to greet visitors in English.The class is part of a free program that helps workers better communicate while on the job.

Ivonne brown takes pride in being a school bus driver for Osceola County’s School District.

The Walt Disney Co. will be laying off several thousand employees this week, a second round of cuts.

The effort hopes to help low-income students obtain a two-year certification program in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois and Texas.

Walmart has announced that 400 employees at its distribution center in Polk County will be affected in a “reduction in force,” according to a letter from the company to Florida officials.

Disney’s CEO announced Monday that phase one of a three-phase plan to lay off thousands of Disney workers would begin this week.

Here are recently released statistics in four categories.

According to responses we’ve gotten to the idea, many are receptive to a four-day workweek.

Universal is hiring 2,000 new team members ahead of Halloween Horror Nights.

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Believe it or nut, Hormel Foods – the maker of the Planters brand – announced they are seeking college graduates for a “once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity” driving Mr. Peanut across the county in the company’s NUTmobile.

Daytona International Speedway officials announced they are hosting three hiring events in advance of the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona.

CareerSource Central Florida is hosting its 10th annual “Paychecks for Patriots” job fair for veterans and their partners in Winter Park on Thursday.

Instawork connects local veterans and workers with flexible jobs.

More than 40 companies hiring at November 9 event

It's one of dozens of union locals that has launched a recruiting blitz to bring in "unrepresented" journeymen and offer paid apprenticeships to the potential next generation of skilled welders.

You don't have to go far to find workers who are burned out, fed up and looking for a new job.

Thanks to the pandemic, technology and just trends, traditional office life is becoming less appealing.

The Osceola County School District will host a job fair to fill multiple positions across different district departments.

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State officials have taken steps to make it easier for people in areas affected by Hurricane Ian to receive unemployment benefits, as recovery efforts from the massive storm continued Monday and the death toll mounted.

As the holiday season gets closer, Universal Orlando Resort is looking to hire more than 2,500 new team members across the entire theme park.

Ironworkers Local 808 in Orlando has launched a recruiting blitz to bring in “unrepresented” journeymen and offer paid apprenticeships for the next generation of skilled welders.

Thinking about getting a new job? You should sleep on it. Literally.

The first day of school in Osceola County is two weeks away and the district is still in need of bus drivers.

Students are being alerted of summer employment scams as con artists are using summer jobs online, according to a news release from the Florida Attorney General’s Office.

Volusia County Schools held its Summer 2022 Job Fair this week as the district seeks to fill hundreds of positions ahead of the school year.

Applying for a job is easy, but anyone will tell you that the interview is the hard part.

A job fair will seek to hire more bus drivers for the Osceola County School District as district officials say the school year is on track to start with a shortage.

Orange County Public Schools needs 100 bus drivers and 20 mechanics, and they are willing to pay.

Orange County Corrections is set to host a Community Resource Fair next week to raise awareness and provide resources for recently released inmates and those who are homeless.

The police department currently has 41 vacancies. Part of city leaders’ plan to fix that are raises starting in July and some proposed incentives that will also go to vote next month.

Over a dozen companies handed out applications and even did on-the-spot interviews, including Seminole County Public Schools Transportation Services.

The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of unfilled jobs remains high and companies are still desperate to hire more people.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hyatt Place Hotel located on 6299 Riverfront Boulevard.

It’s to the point the educators estimate about 1,500 children are on waiting lists, stuck at home because there are just not enough teachers for the classes.

Walmart is trying out a new program called "College 2 Career."

Dozens of companies came together Friday to bring job opportunities to people in Parramore and surrounding communities.

As communities continue to grow, so does the amount of garbage. But cities and companies are struggling to keep workers willing to do these "dirty" jobs.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released numbers Friday, predicting Florida’s unemployment rate for March is 3.2%. The state said that number is 2% lower than one year ago.

The school is the Be Aveda Institute in Winter Park, which is affiliated with the parent company Aveda.

Inflation is a word that fills many with dread. A recent Harris Poll found that 55% of Americans are worried about inflation and what it will do to their cost of living.

Whether it’s people retiring earlier than expected or changing careers, it’s left a plethora of jobs available for employers to fill.

In a buoyant sign for the U.S. economy, businesses stepped up their hiring last month.

Workers at Target stores and distribution centers in places like New York, where competition for finding and hiring staff is the fiercest, could see starting wages as high as $24 an hour this year.

Career and technical education used to be thought of in a very narrow way: an alternative to high schoolers who weren’t going to college.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, but remain near historically low levels, reflecting relatively few layoffs across the economy.

There’s currently a shortage of about 30 bus drivers, which means some students have experienced delays getting to and from school, according to the district.

Wholesale inflation in the United States surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier in a sign that price pressures remain high at all levels of the economy.

The Florida woman told News 6 she was first contacted by text to provide basic information that led to the job offer complete with a salary of $40.25 an hour.

In a surprising burst of hiring, America’s employers added 467,000 jobs in January in a sign of the economy’s resilience even in the face of a wave of omicron infections last month.

The Department of Children and Families is hosting a hiring event in Ocala to fill roles all across Central Florida.

Orange County is hosting a job fair to hire everyone from entry-level to experienced workers for roles in its utilities department.

Osceola County Schools needs nearly 40 new bus drivers to handle regular routes.

A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year’s coronavirus recession.

Job growth in Florida will outpace the national economy, and unemployment will continue to decline in 2022, according to a new economic forecast for the Sunshine State.

Florida’s aerospace agency pushed forward with negotiations Tuesday to bring 2,100 spacecraft manufacturing jobs to Brevard County over the next three years.

While many companies are offering bonuses or higher pay as a way to lure and keep workers, a central Florida business is offering a drawing for two brand new and mortgage-free houses.

Prices at the wholesale level surged by a record 9.6% in November from a year earlier, an indication of ongoing inflation pressures The Labor Department said that its producer price index, which measures inflation before it reaches consumer, rose 0.8% in November compared to October, the highest monthly reading since June.

Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8% in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left Americans enduring their highest annual inflation rate since 1982.

The company is hoping to fill a variety of part-time and full-time positions, including culinary, housekeeping, custodial and transportation roles.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession.

A new Amazon fulfillment center is coming to Daytona Beach and city leaders said it’ll bring 1,000 jobs with it.

Social unrest, negative headlines, COVID-19: those are just some of the things local sheriffs and chiefs listed when News 6 asked them about recruitment troubles.

Heading into Thanksgiving and the holiday shopping rush, Florida had its lowest four-week run of new unemployment claims since before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession.

Marion County Public School announced mobile hiring units to help hire bus drivers

A new partnership is preparing Orange County Public School students for high-paying jobs in the construction industry.

Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000 last week, another sign that the job market is recovering from last year’s sharp coronavirus downturn.

OIA, accompanied by travel dining company HMSHost, is hosting the hiring fair to fill these part-time and full-time jobs between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10 through Friday, Nov. 12.

This is the second time this year the retailer has hiked workers' pay.

Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs in what's being dubbed the "Great Resignation" by economists.

Orange County's Public Works Department held a job fair on Wednesday as part of an effort to fill dozens of open positions.

One reason America’s employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves.

Loews Hotels at Universal Orlando Resort is looking to fill hundreds of positions ahead of the busy holiday travel season.

Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs will invest $3.5 billion within the next 10 years to address the climate crisis.

CVS Pharmacies is hosting a nationwide hiring event Friday, looking to fill open 25,000 positions including 2,400 in Central Florida.

ID.me, the security system used to verify the identification of Florida unemployment account holders, has been infiltrated via "social engineering."

We know it and you know it, too: The pandemic messed with a LOT of people’s jobs.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs.

It was a busy Tuesday morning inside the Daytona International Speedway, though there were no races.

Amazon is looking to offer an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour to fill some transportation and fulfillment roles, with some of the positions receiving up to $22.50 hourly.

Orange County hosting another job fair on Monday, this time at Horizon High School in Winter Garden all to recruit bus drivers.

Besides packages, UPS is promising to deliver something else fast: job offers.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to widespread layoffs.

Marion County Public Schools continue the search for bus drivers and substitute bus drivers.

The Orange County Public School District says 278 people showed up to their first of three job fair events Wednesday as the district looks to hire about 150 cafeteria workers.

Orange County Public Schools is looking to fill about 150 positions next week at their three-day job fair hosted by Food and Nutrition Services, according to a release from OCPS.

Amway Center and Camping World Stadium vendors are looking to fill part-time positions in security, ticketing, event staff, cleaning, parking and food and beverage.

Orlando International Airport is hanging up the help wanted sign for dozens of roles.

The Department of Economic Opportunity starts the first wave of PIN reset instructions to claimants stuck in the PIN reset loop.

Employees at CVS will be starting at a new minimum wage rate in the next year, according to a press release.

The Walt Disney World resort is hiring for a variety of positions.

The Daytona International Speedway is hosting one of five hiring events starting Thursday for the Wawa 250 and Coke Zero Sugar 400 races at the end of August.

Universal hiring 2,000 new team members ahead of Halloween Horror Nights.

Osceola County is hosting a job fair to fill an additional 35 bus driver positions before the upcoming school year begins.