[anniegetyourgun]

''The IT field in South Florida has diminished,'' he says. ``Companies have moved out, and others downsized the budget.''

This flies in the face of recent reports of lowest unemployment in the country, "business-friendly" climate reports, and the classifieds.

BTW, hubby does IT work in S. FL - he can't find qualified staff...and the only people applying these days are foreigners he doesn't intend to hire.

[RaceBannon]

Is hubby allowing people time to train on this? To learn these skills on the job?

I am ready to relocate!

[harpseal]

How many hundred people is your hubby looking to hire I am certain I can refer at least that many who would be more than willing to relocate or even temporarily relocate to South FL for a good job in the field. This is just from peopel who have called me because in the mid nineties my business was hiring. I had to scale back when muy wife was ill but I can probably refer as I said quite a few people for the positions he is looking to fill. These are experienced Americans who have been laid off.

Now I am really really happy to hear about the fact that FL is doing well and I hope teh rest of teh USA picks up very soon. I do understand FL's numbers are not the national numbers.

[Euro-American Scum]

BTW, hubby does IT work in S. FL - he can't find qualified staff...and the only people applying these days are foreigners he doesn't intend to hire.

I'm surprised he hasn't been hit with a civil suit or been arrested for hate crimes for not hiring the oppressed workers of the third world.