Did you miss the Orange County Sheriff Forum?

Click here to watch the forum in its entireity brought to you by Insight Magazine and the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce. Take a look as Candidates John Tegg, Bill Armstrong, Malone Stewart and Jerry Demmings discuss the important issues facing Orange County. 

Be sure to vote on August 26 to help determine the first new sheriff in Orange County in more than 16 years.

                                    Insight is the only media outlet to have the entire forum for                                               broadcast.

Watch the 2008 Orange County Sheriff Forum. 

Insight Magazine and OrlandoJobs.com are partnering throughout the month of July to present the East/Southeast Employment Showcase, profiling and highlighting the companies of the Innovation Way corridor and all of East/Southeast Orlando.

The showcase is designed like a virtual career fair, which will allow you to visit each “booth” and learn about some of the brightest and best companies in the East/Southeast Orlando area. Check out their profile pages to find out which companies call the Innovation Way corridor home and how you may be able to land a job at one of them!
Visit OrlandoJobs.com today to learn more.

Want to learn more about the Innovation Way corridor? Click here for area information, trends in business and resources about the growing community of East/Southeast Orlando.

Dear Readers,

In looking at the state of our area’s workforce for this issue of Insight, we returned to our partner from last year,
Co-Publisher of Insight, David Mullins. OrlandoJobs.com, and are creating an East/Southeast Employment Showcase – a way for you to get to know the businesses located in, and moving into, the Innovation Way corridor, many of which are high-tech companies. Want to know more about Innovation Way? Then click here for articles and resources dealing with the high-tech corridor.   During the entire month of July, just log on to www.OrlandoJobs.com and you’ll have access to a company’s profile, plus any of their current job openings. In the meantime, check out our Special Employment Section featuring articles detailing:

Where the Jobs Are

What to Expect When You Lose Your Job

Transitioning Careers

Advancing Within the Job You Have  

Hot Jobs in the City


Co-Publisher of Insight, Jennifer Thompson.Be sure to check out our Small Business Profile - a new section detailing a different small business in East/Southeast
Orlando debuting this month. Sara Au recently reviewed her exciting learning experience while  she was in the Leadership In Action program for the
East Orlando Chamber of Commerce.

We are proud to feature UCF’s Graduate School on our cover and are firm in our belief that East Orlando has a great education base feeding our workforce. Students today are educated to stay here, and now the region will host the types of careers that will entice them to stay. Our East/Southeast Employment Showcase will highlight those kinds of jobs.

With summer in full swing, why not try out Wekiwa Springs for a back-to-basics getaway? Finally we’d like to join in the Salute to Dad’s and all the ways they enrich our lives. Reading the submissions from local families was incredibly moving. Happy Father’s Day, especially to Tim & Glenn!

 

Happy Reading!

 

Jenn & Dave

Updated on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 03:22PM by Publisher

The four men running for election to head the Orange County Sheriff’s Office have at least one thing in common: they all believe more deputies on the street are needed. This necessity was echoed recently at OCSO’s East Orlando substation, where they are stretched very thin across Sector Two, the largest in the entire county. Zone makeup, which distributes deputies across the county, was determined in the mid-70’s, and has not kept up with the current explosion of growth, especially in our areas. At the beginning of the year, current Sheriff Kevin Beary announced he would not seek a fifth term. The office says it has a budget over $140 million and more than 2,400 employees. Another substation is planned to be built near the intersection of Lake Underhill Road and Rouse Road by the summer of 2009.

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