Workforce development resources for the citizens and business community of Polk County, Florida

Polk Works is NOT conducting screenings for the Oil Spill Clean-up jobs. For more information about these positions, please visit the Employ Florida Marketplace website by clicking here.

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Annual Breakfast Meeting and
Best Places to Work Awards Ceremony
August 19, 2010
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church
175 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland, FL 33801

$25 - per person
$250 - Company Table
$1000 - Community Sponsor
$1500 - Title Sponsor
$2500 - Partner Sponsor
$5000 - Corporate Sponsor

RSVP by August 13. Click here to register.

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How to File for Unemployment
Unemployment claims are handled by the State of Florida. To file a claim or check the status of an existing claim, please visit www.fluidnow.com or call toll free at800.204.2418. If you have questions about extended benefits you can call 888.896.0091.


Polk Works
Aces Golf Tournment

Friday, October 1, 2010
at The Club at Eaglebrook
For more information on this event
or to be a sponsor click ACES

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Professional Networking Group

August 10, 2010 
BB&T Bank Building
600 N Broadway Blvd
Bartow, Florida 33830
10:30am to Noon

Register Today

Flyer for Event 

Board Members

Member
Since
Member
Since
James Barnes Business Manager International Brotherhood of Boilermakers 2009
Richard Bryant, SPHR
HR Manager
Wal-Mart Distribution Center 2008

Colleen Burton
Executive Director

 

Polk Vision, Inc. 2006


Rodney Carson
Director of Business Development

Central Florida Development Council 2008


Ed Chambers
President

United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1625 2007
Rod Crowley
State Director of Operations

 

Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida 2008

Gary Clark
Chairman
Polk County Veterans Council
2010
Hector Gonzalez
Assistant Manager Multicultural
State Farm 2007

Stacy Hackworth
Operations Manager
Ferguson Enterprises 2008
Steven Hall Business Representative
International Union of Painters & Allied Trades 2009
(No photo yet available)
Lisa Hall
Business Development Manager
Rita Staffing 2010
Eileen Holden
President
Polk State College 2006

Marie Horton
Director of HR
Bartow Regional Medical Center 2007

Timothy Jackson COO
Nujak Companies 2009 (No photo yet available)
Albert Kirkland, Jr.
Executive Director
Lake Wales Housing Authority  2010

Mike LaPan Director
The Lakeland Center 2009
Ed Lastinger
Director of HR
Velda Farms 2008

Betsy Levingston
Associate General Manager,
General Services
Lakeland Electric 2008
Elka Lopez
HR Director
Kegel Corporation 2007

Katrina Lunsford
Senior VP,
Relationship Manager
Wachovia Bank 2007
Robert F. Lusa Jr. Treasurer
R.F. Lusa & Sons Sheetmetal, Inc. 2009

 
Gail McKinzie
Superintendent
Polk County School Board 2003

Michael A. Micallef Jr. President/CEO
Community Southern Bank 2009
Larry Miller Owner
Spherion 2000

Alice Murray Associate VP, Campus Planning & Facilities Operations
University of South Florida Polytechnic 2009

Joe Ouellette Director of Administration
ALDI, Inc. 2009
Jane Patton President
Haines City-Northeast Polk County Regional Chamber of Commerce 2009

Jeffery Payne V.P. of HR
Lakeland Regional Medical Center 2008
Erlinda Rada-Pilkington Director of Physician, Community and Government Relations
Heart of Florida Regional medical Center 2009

Rebecca Rodgers Campus President
Keiser University
Lakeland
2003

Anthony Rodriguez HR Director
The Ledger Publishing Company 2009
Edna B. Rohland Community Affairs Manager
Bright House Networks 2009


David Sorg
HR Manager

The Mosaic Company

 

2008
Gary Tarr
Plant Manager

Pepperidge Farm

2003

Laura Taylor Assistant Director
Lakeland Economic Development Council 2006
Judy A. Dertod
Area Supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2010

Edith Tiencken President
Staff Builders, Inc. 2006
Dick Till Owner
Till Office Equipment 2000


Phillip Walker
Agency Principal



Allstate Insurance Co.


2006

Lori Walsh V.P. of Human Resources
W.S. Badcock Corporation 2007

Mike Wilkerson V.P. of Human Resources

Center State Bank

2008

Randy Wilkinson County Commissioner
Polk County Commissioners 2008

Christine Samuel
Board Treasurer
 Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc.  2010 (No Photo yet available)

Diana Simmons
School Director    
 Florida Career Institute  2010
(No Photo yet available)

Liesta Sykes
Community Relations Manager
 
 Department of Children & Families  2010