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 

Committee & Council Members

Mike Wilkerson

Executive Committee

Mike Wilkerson, Chair
Executive Committee

Rod Crowley, Chair-Elect

Career Council

Stacy Hackworth, Chair

Elka Lopez, Co-Chair
Lori Walsh; James Barnes; Marie Horton; Ed Lastinger; Joe Ouellette; Anthony Rodriguez; Gary Tarr; Gary Clark; Judy Dertod; Liesta Sykes; Christine Samuels; *Jennifer Schuster
Edith Tiencken

Youth Development Council

Edith Tiencken, Chair

Richard Bryant, Co-Chair
Rod Crowley; Lisa Hall; Steven Hall; Herb Hernandez; Albert Kirkland; Robert Lusa; Gail McKenzie; Edna Rohland; *Lily Romine; *John Small; Randy Wilkinson

Finance Committee

Katrina Lunsford, Chair

Ed Chambers; Hector Gonzalez; Michael LaPan; Erlinda Pilkington; Larry Miller; Michael Micallef; Rebecca Rodgers; Phillip Walker; Michael Wilkerson; Dick Till

Business Competitive Council

Jeffery Payne, Chair

David Sorg, Co-Chair
Laura Taylor; Colleen Burton; Rodney Carson; Eileen Holden; Timothy Jackson; Betsy Levingston; Alice Murray; Jane Patton; Diana Simmons
*Committee members only, not appointed by the Board of County Commissioners.