Water cooler: Pasco, it's your turn to speak out on future

Finally, it's Pasco's turn. Reality Check Tampa Bay, a group of regional economic and planning organizations, has been soliciting the opinions of bay area residents all month and will hold a session from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey.

By Times Staff
Published October 28, 2007

Pasco, it's your turn to speak out on future

Finally, it's Pasco's turn. Reality Check Tampa Bay, a group of regional economic and planning organizations, has been soliciting the opinions of bay area residents all month and will hold a session from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey. The workshop is meant to give residents a say on what they want the bay area to look like long term in the arenas of transportation, land use and natural resources. There is no cost, but registration is required. To sign up or for more information, visit www.myonebay.com.

No plans to keep the good workers

What retention strategy? Three-quarters of managers say their company does not have a formal plan for keeping good employees, says a new Hudson survey. They're in a good position to be blindsided: One in three workers say they've been contacted by a recruiter at another company in the past year. Hudson tracks worker confidence in 11 major cities, including Tampa.

In the market for a seasonal job?

Halloween is just three days away, which means Christmas is right around the corner. (Thanksgiving is in there somewhere, but it rarely incites mad crowds at the mall.) To celebrate, about 16 percent of American adults plan to look for a seasonal job this year, says a survey by SnagAJob.com. That percentage increases among those more likely to be strapped for cash: 24 percent among ages 18 to 34 and 28 percent among those earning less than $25,000 annually. Retailers, shipping companies, movie theaters and portrait studios will be glad to have them. SnagAJob didn't report the number of Florida real estate agents filling out applications at the mall, but we're guessing it's high.

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