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Shoe Carnival makes first acquisition
Shoe Carnival makes first acquisition (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- More than three decades after Wayne Weaver acquired control of the footwear chain, Shoe Carnival Inc. made its first acquisition. The Evansville, Indiana-based company still...
ICYMI: Meet the 2021 Tech Leaders of the Year honorees
ICYMI: Meet the 2021 Tech Leaders of the Year honorees (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- For the past three years, the Jacksonville Business Journal has honored some of the men and women whose technology leadership has helped local organizations grow,...
Apprenticeships Benefit both Employers and Job Seekers in Florida
Apprentice Florida Businesses are searching for employees with specialized skills and training, while job seekers want to gain work experience and earn good wages. In Florida, the apprenticeship employment model is helping to meet both the needs of job seekers and...
Area HCA Healthcare Hospitals named among America’s Best 100 Hospitals
Area HCA Healthcare Hospitals named among America's Best 100 Hospitals (Courtesy of Memorial Hospital) -- HCA Healthcare’s Orange Park Medical Center and Memorial Hospital (pictured above) have been named among America’s Best 100 Hospitals for stroke, pulmonary,...
Kroger CEO reveals how Ocado sheds are performing
Kroger CEO reveals how Ocado sheds are performing (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- Kroger Co.’s new Ocado automated customer fulfillment centers are performing better than the company expected less than two months after it opened the first two...
Building Relationships is Key to Sourcing Talent, Says Panasonic
Building Relationships is Key to Sourcing Talent, Says Panasonic (Courtesy of Industry Week) -- Choosing the right person to join their company is something that Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America takes very seriously. In fact, the company takes pride...
Businesses seeking to hire as many Jacksonville workers start year hunting for new jobs
Jan. 14, 2022 - Florida Times-Union - What’s the job market like around Jacksonville? One recent afternoon, dozens of employers staffed terminals for a joint online hiring fair organized by a state-sponsored employment agency, while another firm set up its own fair to...
2 Florida Credit Unions In a War Over Brand Taglines
2 Florida Credit Unions In a War Over Brand Taglines (Courtesy of Credit Union Times) -- Two Florida credit unions have been embroiled in a war of words over their individual taglines. The $11.4 billion VyStar Credit Union in Jacksonville asked a federal...
RumbleOn has Completed its Acquisition of Jacksonville-based Powersports Retail Location
RumbleOn has Completed its Acquisition of Jacksonville-based Powersports Retail Location (Courtesy of the Associated Press) -- RumbleOn, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBL), the nation’s first technology-based Omnichannel marketplace in powersports, today announced the completion of...
Unaddressed health care staffing shortages could lead to worker crisis
Unaddressed health care staffing shortages could lead to worker crisis (Courtesy of Florida Politics) -- Almost every industry is facing a current workforce shortage. But unlike restaurants and retail, most health care entities need to be 24/7, 365 days a year. These...