Free Workshops - Workforce Alliance

Free Workshops

As the county's workforce broker, our goal is to help job seekers with one or a combination of the following:

obtain employment
secure services to help gain self-sufficiency
gain work skills to obtain employment
upgrade skills to maintain employment

We offer a wide ranging variety of resources through both the Career Centers in Palm Beach County and this web site.

Services to Businesses	Recruitment Services
Post Open Positions	Hiring Veterans
Tax Credits & Training Grants/Incentives	Business Resources
Professional Placement Network	Links
Featured Events

Services to Job Seekers	Veteran's Employment Services
Job Search	Resources for Veterans
Free Workshops	Youth Programs
Professional Placement Network	Youth Helpful Links
Training Opportunities

Department of Labor Overview of Workforce Provision	Information for Private Sector Employers
The Florida Office of Economic Recovery	Information for Training Providers
WorkForce Alliance Plans and Communications	Information for Job Seekers
Information for Municipalities	Contact us for Comments or Questions
Information for Non Government Organizations	View all comments and Q&A

Summer Summer Youth Program 18-24	Year Round Youth Program 18-21

Latest Unemployment Data for PB County

The unemployment rate in Palm Beach County in Sept. 2009 was 11.7 percent, up 4.1 percentage points from the Sept. 2008 rate of 7.6 percent. The County’s unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the state’s rate of 11.2 percent in Sept., and 2.2 percentage points higher than the USA rate of 9.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted.

Out of a labor force of 626,400 in Palm Beach County, 73,415 were unemployed.

Industries that had job growth during the past twelve months included education and health services (up 1.4 %), government (up 0.9 %), and other personal services (up 0.4 %).

Greatest job losses during the past year were in: construction (down 18.2 %); manufacturing (down 9.4 %); leisure and hospitality (down 6.8 %); and retail trade (down 6.7 %).

Find out about the Workforce Alliance Community Partners