REPORTING LIVE IN TAMPA JEFF
PATTERSON 8 ON YOUR SIDE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY MIGHT
BE THINKING THAT WE ARE CLOSE
TO HOME IT OR WE'RE NOT
HIRING.
A STORY ON YOUR SIDE
BROUGHT YOU THIS WE CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF A LARGE SCALE
MANUFACTURING PLANT IN
LAKELAND AND HAS PEOPLE IN
POLK COUNTY STRUGGLE WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPANY IS
FINDING IT HARD TO RECRUIT
WORKERS. POLK COUNTY BE
REPORTED STACY DE SILVA JOINS
US NOW LIVE FROM LAKELAND WITH
DETAILS ON THESE HIRING
CHALLENGES STACY.
THAT'S RIGHT JUST I
REPORTED THIS WEEK ON POLK
COUNTY HAVING TAMPA BAY'S
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT
STORY STOP STAFF HERE AT TEAM
ARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
RIGHT IN THEIR TRACKS AS YOU
MENTIONED THIS IS UNEMPLOYMENT
IS SO HIGH YET THIS COMPANY IS
HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING NEW
WORKERS.
EMPLOYEES TELL 8 ON YOUR
SIDE KEY MARKET CORPORATION IS
A PLACE TO BUILD A CAREER
WORKING THAT NIGHT HE WOULD
GET MY FEET AWAY ALL ITS THE
LAKELAND COMPANY HAS FOUND
ITSELF IN AN UNUSUAL
PREDICAMENT STRUGGLING TO
RECRUIT WORKERS IN AN
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS HIRED TO
THE PANDEMIC ADDED I DON'T
FEEL LIKE IT WAS HARD TO FEEL
TO FILL THE POSITION. IT'S
BEEN SINCE COVID A MACHINE
WHERE AND REACHED OUT TO 8 ON
YOUR SIDE AFTER SHE AND HER
CO-WORKERS OUR COVERAGE OF
POLK COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT
PROBLEMS. THE COUNTY HAS TAMPA
BAY'S HIGHEST JOBLESS RATE AT
MORE THAN 13% EASTERN POLK
COUNTY HIT EXTRA HARD DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC'S IMPACT ON
TOURISM AND ACTUALLY TOUCH A
YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS
THAT YOU'RE HIRING THE COMPANY
SHAPES AND SHIPS, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF
ALUMINUM EACH DAY. IT'S WIDE
ARRAY OF JOB OPENINGS COVER
EVERY POSITION IN THE
PRODUCTION LINE NEW HIRES ARE
GIVEN ON THE JOB TRAINING WE
HAVE PACKING SHIPPING
EXTRUSION WHICH IS THE KING OF
WHAT WE DO SAFETY MANAGER GUY
CALLAHAN TELLS 8 ON YOUR SIDE
HE BELIEVES SOME WOULD BE
EMPLOYEES FOR FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IN FEEL SAFER AT HOME
WHEN THIS ENDS AND THEY'RE NOT
ABLE TO FIND JOBS BECAUSE THE
WORKFORCE, SORRY START TO GO
BACK AND WORK PLACE THAT WE
CAN HAVE.
YOU KNOW TAKE A LOT OF THAT
PRESSURE OFF THESE PEOPLE.
SO KEY MARK WENT SO FAR AS
TO OFFER THEY UNEMPLOYED MAN I
INTERVIEWED ON WEDNESDAY, A
JOB HERE AND GET THIS IF
ENOUGH PEOPLE IN EASTERN POLK
COUNTY SPECIFICALLY DAVENPORT
APPLY TO WORK HERE THIS
COMPANY WILL PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION HERE TO THE
PLANT IN LAKELAND IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN APPLYING. I'VE
POSTED ALL THAT INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE WFLA DOT COM AND
