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Florida Governor Charlie Crist has applauded the most recent film and entertainment industry figures showing that film and entertainment in the state is a $17.9-billion-a-year industry that generates 207,000 industry and related jobs in Florida. The Governor met with Florida Film Commissioner Lucia Fishburne and industry leaders to discuss the importance of film and entertainment in Florida, which is projected to grow jobs faster than any other targeted industry in the Sunshine State.

“As we continue to seek growth opportunities for Florida’s economy, it is important to remember the significant role film and entertainment plays in our state, generating more than 200,000 Florida jobs,” said Governor Crist, who hosted the roundtable in Tallahassee.

The Office of Film & Entertainment, within the Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development, recently conducted an independent study showing that in 2007, Florida’s film and entertainment-related spending accounted for:

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Bad news for jobs in Chicago, as Resurrection Health Care (RHC) has announed the elimination of 125 management, ambulatory services and system support positions. Eighty-one employees were laid off and an additional 44 vacant positions will not be filled. Most of the affected positions were managers in corporate system services areas; none of the employees provided bedside care. Less than one percent of the System’s work force of more than 14,000 employees was affected.

RHC joins a growing number of local hospitals and health systems that have been implementing various cost-cutting measures in response to a deteriorating economy that has impacted the entire health care industry.

Resurrection Health Care lost $73 million in 2008, and projects additional significant losses in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has launched a free new career toolkit to give college students a competitive advantage in their job search. The online material, titled “Recession-Proof Your Job Search: How to up your chances in a down economy,” features short video vignettes with career tips, a video Q&A addressing students’ top-of-mind career questions and downloadable worksheets to help students develop a career plan that maximizes employment opportunities.

The interactive toolkit, available at no cost through http://www.pwc.tv, provides students with sound, objective advice that assists their job search efforts during this difficult economic period. It can be valuable not only for graduating seniors, but also underclassmen seeking internships or looking for guidance on how to shape their personal brand. The materials are being distributed to career services offices and faculty at more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities.

PricewaterhouseCoopers partnered with Lindsey Pollak, career development specialist and author of “Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World,” to create the dynamic, interactive toolkit. The online resource leverages content from successful workshops recently conducted at The University of Texas at Austin and The Ohio State University. As part of the toolkit, Pollak is hosting a blog that enables students to ask additional career development questions.

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With the current condition of the economy, many people are in the process of searching for a job. The problem is, with fewer employers hiring, there are so few jobs in comparison to the number of job seekers that competition is high. To make matters worse many people have trouble deciding where to start their job search. At the same time, newspapers are experiencing a decline in subscriptions and are, therefore, looking for any way to bring in or keep readers. Because of this, one job search website has paired up with a newspaper in order to benefit both.

In a recent press release, The Washington Post and Simply Hired announced their new partnership. Through this collaboration Washingtonpost.com users across the nation will now be able to access Simply Hired’s database of 3 million jobs listed throughout the country.

Through Simply Hired, Washingtonpost.com users will be provided with targeted job widgets on news pages. Job seekers will be able to tailor their search to a variety of specifications, enabling them to find the positions in their area that best suit their needs. The job search Web site will be supplementing The Washington Post’s already existing large number of listings of job ads in the Washington D.C. Metro area by adding positions for everyone across the country through their new National Jobs channel.

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Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that NBC Universal is in negotiations with the state on a project that is anticipated to result in a large television production studio at the Rich Forum Theater in Stamford, bringing approximately 150 to 200 Connecticut jobs and an initial infrastructure investment in excess of $3 million to the state.

“This is terrific news for the state and for Stamford – it will bring much-needed jobs, revenue and excitement and we’re proud as a peacock to pull it off,” Governor Rell said. “This is good news at a time when we need good news, and my Administration will continue to do all it can to bring good, dependable jobs to the state.

“Not only are these jobs themselves important, many of these production facilities can become tourist attractions in their own right, becoming an additional economic development tool,” the Governor said. “Last month we held a grand opening for Blue Sky Studios’ new digital animation production facility in Greenwich. Now NBC Universal is in negotiations with our state, both in large part because Connecticut has made wise, targeted use of tax credits to make our state more attractive to this major industry. It is critical that Connecticut continues to enhance its reputation as a leader in the entertainment industry.”

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With the current state the of the economy, it’s no surprise that finding a job in Atlanta has gotten increasingly more difficult in the last few months. Between November and December unemployment jumped from 6.9 percent to 7.6 percent. During the same time the national jobless rate was 7.2 percent.

According to the most recent report from Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center, things may not get better until 2011. In the mean time, the situation for those looking for jobs in Atlanta and elsewhere in the state is expected to worsen. Experts are now saying that as many as 143,100 jobs in Georgia could be lost before the end of this year. Of these, approximately 92,200 are expected to be jobs in the Atlanta area.

During the first half of 2010 the report stated that approximately 10,200 Atlanta jobs will be lost. After this period, a small recovery is expected. For the second part of the year employers in the area will create somewhere around 400 jobs, which will bring the city’s job losses to 9,800 for the year. After this Atlanta’s economy will begin to strengthen. In 2011 a total of 34,000 new jobs will be created, if the report is correct.

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