The Trade & Logistics Committee Meeting hosted a program titled, Help Wanted: Bringing Employers and Job Candidates Together, in early April. The event was curated by the Talent Pipeline Subcommittee to focus on connecting locally educated talent with business...
World Trade Month Kicks Off with a Collaborative Effort
The month of May is internationally recognized as World Trade Month. The Miami-Dade Beacon Council was proud to collaborate with World Trade Center Miami and WLRN Media on a joint program that launched our local celebration of the role trade plays in our local economy...
Miami-Dade County Created Over 26,300 Jobs in the Last Year
February Employment Report Presented by CareerSource South Florida The numbers analyzed In February 2019, Miami MSA area was the second largest metro area in year-over-the-year job gains in Florida, following Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford area. The County created 26,300...
Job Growth Continues To Be One of The Strongest in The State at 3.9%
January Employment Report Presented by CareerSource South Florida The numbers analyzed In January 2019, Miami MSA area was the second largest metro area in year-over-the-year job gains in Florida, following Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford area. The County created 30,000 new...
Positively Disruptive: 2019 World Happiness Summit
By Dyan Brasington, Executive Vice President, Economic Development, Miami-Dade Beacon Council I embarked on a new adventure just a day or so ago and had the opportunity to attend the World Happiness Summit, held on the gorgeous campus of the University of...
Miami to Draw Thousands of Fashion Reps, Investors as Apparel Textile Sourcing Miami Show Gets Underway May 28-30
Miami’s fashion industry is getting a major revival, thanks to new global investment with the return of the Apparel Textile Sourcing Miami (ATSM) to the Mana Wynwood Conference Center May 28-30. The second annual event — the largest apparel and textile sourcing trade...
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