Once known as the “Queen of Winter Resorts,” Jacksonville still offers the best of a warm climate and freedom from winter, but unlike landlocked Sunbelt cities, JAX has water!
Once known, too, as ‘Cowford’ for the narrow spot in the St. John’s river where herds could cross, Jacksonville, Florida, is actually built on an estuary, where the freshwater St. Johns flows into the sea. On the ocean side, you’ll find some of the cleanest, most pristine, and easily reached beaches on the whole Atlantic coast. Jacksonville employment offers vacation perks right at home.
Jacksonville employment includes jobs in financial services, information services, manufacturing and insurance, among others. Transportation is a major source of Jacksonville employment (another Jax nickname is Gateway city — it boasts the largest passenger rail station outside of Washington, DC.), and aerospace and airline industries. Jacksonville employment jobs require skill levels of every type.
Being a major center for biomedical technology, Jacksonville employment calls for many types of medical workers. The growth of specialist offerings in many industries is a modern feature of Jacksonville employment.
Jacksonville is home to corporations of prominence in the US economy, including three Fortune 300 companies: CSX Corporation, Fidelity National Financial, and Winn-Dixie Supermarkets.
Jacksonville employment can be particularly attractive to foreign workers and investors; opportunities abound for foreign investors and employees of foreign or foreign-owned companies to work in the US on renewable visas.
The Jacksonville employment picture would not be complete without mention of available military jobs, including their many benefits. The military is a major provided of Jacksonville employment, both Air Force and Navy, and advertises openings of high-level technical jobs. Currently listed, for example, is a position with the Air Force for a Cryptologic Linguist Apprentice, to operate voice communications equipment and analyze messages and help ‘break codes.’ The benefits of working for the military include education assistance, tax-free housing, comprehensive medical care for you and your family, and 30-days paid vacation every year.
The unemployment rate in Jacksonville has remained low for decades, with a spike during the economic crisis of 2008-9; every time the rate has risen, it has returned to a low 3 or 4 percent.
According to Forbes Magazine, Jacksonville ranked #3 in the top ten US cities to relocate to find a job. It has also been named the 10th fastest growing city in the US.
Looking for Jacksonville employment is an easy process for anyone. A quick Internet search reveals many websites of Jacksonville employment agencies, covering every available type of job, ranging from unskilled labor, truck drivers, clerical, medical, technical and corporate positions. Here are just a few:
Apple One Agency (www.appleone.com) is a company devoted to developing workers’ careers, seeing workers more as clients, rather than a commodity to be sold. They seek to be a client’s job-seeking partner through a long employment life.
Adeco (www.adeccousa.com) looks to help job seekers in the Jacksonville employment market develop strategic job searches, improve their skills and upgrade resume-writing skills.
For all medical personnel, check with www.allmedstaffing.com for all types of medical jobs, with a special emphasis on temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire for any type of job.
The Jacksonville Employment guide is used by all major companies in the Jacksonville area (http://jacksonville.employmentguide.com to find hourly, skilled workers, truck drivers, all types of medical jobs and other industries.
At Jax Jobs, (www.jaxjobs.com) you can post your resume and study opportunities, compare available salaries and fine a job that suits your requirements. They partner with Station WJXT, channel 4, to feature a “Job of the Day” video.
Living and working in Jacksonville brings unique adventures in ultimate contrasts. Downtown, living in the midst of Jacksonville employment, you can experience the absolute epitome of the modern lifestyle; the young, (Jacksonville has one the highest percentages of young people of any US city) hip, upwardly-mobile, active population basks in the excitement of a high energy, high culture city. In addition to a fine business environment, the arts, music, and professional sports take a prominent role in the Jax experience. Jacksonville’s Alltel Stadium, downtown area home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, was the hosting site for Super Bowl XXXIX, in 2005; Jacksonville is squarely ‘on the map,’ sports-wise. Numerous museums, cultural organizations, and a major symphony raise the city to a high level of culture. At the same time, popular and indigenous performances keep the unique flavor of this tropical town.
As a tropical town, a swamp, if truth be told, but a glorious example of nature expanding on a theme, living in Jacksonville is a balm for the soul, with countless species of trees and moss and living green. Add to that the fact that Jacksonville has devoted public space to parks and nature preserves – 80,000 acres are set aside, more than any other American city. Add to that the prospect of mild to chilly winters; it’s enough to warm a snowbird’s heart.
Why not put it this way? If you could live and work in a high-rise in one of the top cities, like New York, Paris, or Los Angeles, but any time you wanted, you could take one short step “across the ditch” (the Johns River) and suddenly be in a far-off, quiet, peaceful, pristine and utterly beautiful beach, well wouldn’t you want to do that? All for an extremely reasonable cost of living. More amenities, less stress.
Now is the time to make your move to Jacksonville. Employment is vibrant, forward-thinking, and growing, and the climate, both natural and cultural, is conducive to 21st century living. Jacksonville is a study in contrasts, and can satisfy the desires of your soul, whether for urban sophistication or hanging at the beach in cutoffs. With a population of more than a million unique individuals, you are sure to find a compatible situation, whether in one of the offerings of Jacksonville employment, or neighborly living, or like-minded individuals, Jax is THE new destination for anyone who wants to have it all.
