2013-2014 RFP 4-18-13.docx.docx

Unemployment in Polk exceeded 12% for 19 individual months after mid-2009, and recovery continues to lag behind the state and the nation in the extreme. The Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area (Polk) has the nation's third-weakest hiring outlook for the third quarter of 2013, according to last month's employer survey from ManpowerGroup. ................
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