FAR THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED
THE NAME OF THE VICTIM OR ANY
POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
WE'LL LET YOU WHN THAT HAPPENS.
>>> TIME FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL
EDITION OF FLASHPOINT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING
OPERATION MARIA JOBS FAI
>> REPORTER: GOOD MORNING.
I'M VANESSA ORIZA.
SINCE HURRICANE MARIA'S
LANDFALL ON PUERTO RICO, THEY
HAVE TURNED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
FOR HELP.
AND THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP,
NEWS 6 IS WORKING TO GET
RESULTS FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY
THE STORM BY HELPING THEM GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET AND JOINING
US TODAY ON FLASHPOINT, WE HAVE
TONYA ELLIOTT MOORE AS WELL AS
JENNY ASH, THE DIRECTOR OF
UNIVISION ORLANDO.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES,
FOR COMING HERE THIS MORNING
AND BEING WITH US AND TALKING
WITH US.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> REPORTER: FIRST, WE ARE
DOING A BIG JOB FAIR AND SEEN
NEED FOR JOBS AS PUERTO RICANS
COME OVER TO THE MAINLAND.
AND, TONYA, JUST KIND OF TELL
US, WITH CAREER SOURCE, HOW
IMPORTANT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE YOU SEEN COMING IN?
>> WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO
GREET FOLKS AS THEY COME INTO
CENTRAL FLORIDA?
>> WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL SHOULDEDS
AND FAMILIES COMING IN AND SOME
HAVE IMMEDIATE NEED TO
EMPLOYMENT.
THE IDEA OF THE JOB FAIR IS GET
THEM CONNECTED TO WORK
IMMEDIATELY SO THEY CAN START
PREPARING AND LOOKING AFTER
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN THE IMPORTANCE
WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO A
VOLUNTEER AND SAY I NEED A JOB!
HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE OUR OSCEOLA STAPH STAFF
AT OSCEOLA HERITAGE PAGER AND
PEOPLE ARE COMING IN ABSOLUTE
TEARS AND CRYING OVER THE
SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST
DEVASTATING.
EVERYTHING FOR THEM IN THEIR
LIFE SEEMS TO BE GONE AND WHAT
WE CAN DO AND HELP THEM WITH IS
GET CONNECTED TO THE EMPLOYMENT
THAT STARTS TO STABILIZE THEM
AND GET INTO STABILITY.
>> WHEN DID THIS IDEA BLOSSOM?
I KNOW HERE AT NEWS 6 WE'RE
ABOUT GETTING RESULTS AND
HELPING PEOPLE.
WHEN DID THIS BLOSSOM?
>> THIS BLOSSOMS BECAUSE
CHANNEL 6 WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS AND
YOU WERE EAGER TO MAKE AN
IMPACT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND YOU REACHED OUT TO THE WORK
FORCE BOARD TO HELP WITH THE
WORK FORCE NEEDS AND CAME TO US
AND SAID WHAT CAN WE DO?
AS WE BRAIN STORMED, WE
REALIZED AN IMMEDIATE JOB IS
WHAT WAS NECESSARY SO BEING
ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO
EMPLOYERS RIGHT AWAY WAS A
CRITICAL STEP IN FINDING THOSE
JOBS.
>> AND WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
JENNY,WORKING WITH UNIVISION,
HUARE YOU WORKING TO GET
RESULTS?
>> WE ARE SPEAKING THE SAME
LANGUAGE AND THEY'RE PAYING AND
WHAT THEY'RE COMING FROM AND
THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN, YOU
KNOW, LIKE AN OPEN EYE TO ALL
OF US BECAUSE EVEN, YOU KNOW,
LIKE PUERTO RICO, AND IT IS
PART OF THE U.S. TERRITORY.
SOMETIMES THEY FEEL THAT IT'S
NOT THEIR COUNTR
AND A LOT OF HELP BEING
DENIED TO THEM THROUGH THIS
PROCESS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A
CATASTROPHE LIKE THIS IN
DECADES.
SO FOR THEM TO KIND OF HAVE TO
LEAVE THEIR ISLAND, COME HERE
WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW THE
SYSTEM, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW IT
WORKS.
A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW THE
LANGUAGE BECAUSE THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE IN PUERTO RICO IS
SPANISH.
TO COME HERE AND START FROM
SCRATCH IS WHERE WE LIKE HELP
THEM.
LIKE BY HELPING THEM AND GIVING
THE NEWS AND NOT ONLY ONES THAT
ARE HERE, BUT FROM THERE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE STAYING
CONNECTED WITH SOME OF THE
EDITORIAL PARTNERS WE ALSO HAVE
IN THE ISLAND.
SO WHEN THEY CAM HERE, AT LEAST
THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND
HOUSING, JOBS, HELP, LIKE
GOVERNMENTAL HELP.
AND IN ALL OF THIS THAT, YOU
KNOW, IS BASIC, AND FOR THEM TO
GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.
>> REPORTER: A LOT OF IMPORTANT
ISSUES TO GET TO AND HOPEFULLY
WITH THE FORCES COMBINED, WE
CAN DEFINITELY HELP AND STILL
WANT TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION BUT WANT TO TAKE A
SHORT BREAK RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THE COME
REPWELCOME BACK TO FLASH POINT
TODAY AND WE ARE TAKING ABOUT
THE OPERATION MARIA JOB FAIR
HAPPENING LATER THIS WEEK ON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.
THAT IS AIMING TO HELP PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY HURRICANE MARIA.
NEWS 6 HAS COVERED MULTIPLE
STORIES OF WORKERS GOING TO
PUERTO RICO AND SOME HAVING A
VERY PERSONAL CONNECTION.
YOU LADIES HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU
WORKING WITH UNIVISION.
DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL
CONNECTION AND STORIES THERE ON
THE ISLAND?
>> UM, I DO HAVE MANY PERSONAL
CONNECTIONS.
A LOT OF MY STUFF IN UNIVISION.
THEY'RE PUERTO RICANS.
I AM FROM COLUMBIA, BUT LIKE
THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO ME.
AND WITH THIS TRAGEDY, WE
BECAME MORE CLOSE.
LIKE CLOSER.
BECAUSE WE WERE JUSSHARING
ALL THAT PAIN THAT THE FAMILY
WERE GOING THROUGH AND THAT IS
A SPECIAL BOND WE HAVE
DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS.
AND ALSO THE CONNECTION WITH
THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I MEAN
LIKE BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THEM IN THE SAME LANGUAGE
AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE
TRIBULATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH, IT IS PRICELESS.
LIKE THEY CAN GO TO THE
NEWSROOM AND SAY LIKE I'VE BEEN
SLEEP NOTHING MY CAR WITH MOM
AND DAUGHTER AND IT IS FROM
THOSE THAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT WE
HAVE NO PLACE TO GO AND LIKE
THOSE STORIES THEY FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE TO COME TO US AND
BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND AND
THEY KNOW THAT WE CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH.
>> AND ONE STORY THAT WE HAVE
IT OUR DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE IS FROM PUERTO
RICO RICO AND WAS TASKED WITH
LEADING PROJECT IRMA AND WE
WEREABLE TO PLACE HER INTO
DOING HUMANITARIAN WORKS AND
EFFORTS FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS AND
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK AND PUT
THEM INTO THOSE POSITIONS SOTO
COME HERE AND PUT ABOUT 16 TO
WORK AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC TO
GET THEM IMMEDIATELY INTO $1
AN HOUR EACH.
WONDERFUL.
>> AND WE'RE SEEING THERE ARE
THOUSANDS UPON HOUR THOUSANDS
AND OVER THE NEXT2 MONTHS
THERE WILL BE 40,000 COMING
INTO THE AIRPORT ALONE.
ARE THERE THAT MANY JOBS TO
HELP?
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US
THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT WHEN WE
WORK WITH BUSINESSES IS THE
AVAILABILITY OF TALENT AND THE
DIVERSE TALENT PIPELINE.
NOW WE'RE GETTING THE INFLUX OF
NEW, DIVERSE TALENT HERE INTO
CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THAT HELPS
ECONOMY AND THAT ENCOURAGES
BUSINESSES TO COME HERE BECAUSE
NOW WE HAVE THE TALENT, THE
PIPELINE AND THE WORK FORCE TO
MEET THAT NEED.
SO WHAT'S COMING OVER FROM
PUERTO RICO IS VERY DIVERSE.
IT'S GIVING US ENGINEERS AND
HEALTHY CARE PROFESSIONALS AND
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE RETAIL.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE HUGE
INDUSTRIES HERE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES, ALL OF THOSE ARE
INDUSTRIES THAT NEED A WORK
FORCE RIGHT NOW IN CENTRAL FLA.
SO THAT IS HELP.
>> AND THAT THEY'RE A U.S.
CITIZEN AND READY TO IMBARK ON
ANY QUESTION AND IN ANY FIELD
WITHOUT HAVING IMMIGRATION
ISSUES STOPPING THEM TO GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET WHICH IS A
GREAT ADVANTAGE BY COMPARING TO
PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED IN
MEXICO IS PROBABLY TRYING TO
FIND A BETTER PLACE TO GO AND
GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND LIKE
THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE AT SOME
POINT TO STOP THEM TO GET A JOB
TO START A CAREER AND TO, YOU
KNOW, GET THE FAMILY SITUATED.
SO PUERTO RICANS, I KNOW THIS
IS A TOUGH TIME, BUT THE
RESOURCES ARE THERE, YOU KNOW?
>> AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT
CENTRAL FLORIDA IS IT'S A
FAST-GROWING ECONOMY, WHICH IS
FANTASTIC.
IF IT WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE
THE ECONOMY WAS NOT GROWING AS
QUICKLY, IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM,
BUT HERE WE HAVE THE NEED FOR A
WORK FORCE AND THIS IS AN ADDED
PIPELINE WE CAN ALL BE HAPPY
ABOUT.
>> AND WE'RE SEEING MAJOR
COMPANIES LIKE LINKS AND THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM HIRING PUERTO
RICANS WHO HAVE COME OVER
LOOKING TO GET A JOB AND GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET AND THIS JOB
FAIR IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR HUB.
WHAT OTHER BIG PLAYERS ARE
GOING TO BE THERE?
>> SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGON
A IS THE WE HAD A CAREER FAIR
AND 40,000 BUSINESSES THERE TO
MEET 400 FOLKS AND OUR
CONSULTANTS ARE HAVING THE
BUSINESS TELL THEM YES, WE'RE
INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH IT
AND CONNECTING WITH IT AND
THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED SEASONAL
WORKERS WRITE NOW AND THEY NEED
A GOOD TALENT PIPELINE.
>> AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE
HOLIDAY SEASON AND IT'S LIKE
THE PERFECT TIME AND THE
PERFECT SET UP.
>> AND IN THE UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION.
>> AND IN THE UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION IT IS GOOD TIMING
BECAUSE IT IS THE SEASONAL WORK
AREA THATWE'RE COMING INTO AND
THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> ASK YOU'VE BEEN AN EXTREME
HELP!
YOU HAVE THE PERSONAL
CONNECTION AND THE EMPLOYEES
ARE FROM PUERTO RICO AND HOW
ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP EVEN MORE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH A CLOSE
CONNECTION?
>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP,
YOU KNOW, LIKE ON THE FIELD
ESPECIALLY LIKE HAVING THE
REPORTERS THERE AND
COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE
AND ALSO WE HAVE A SEGMENT AND
WE, IT USED TO BE A FRANCHISE
IT WAS ONCE A WEEK, BUT NOW,
WITH THIS WHOLE LIKE HURRICANE
SEASON WITH IRMA AND MARIA, YOU
KNOW, IT HAS BEEN US TO THE
RESCUE EVERY DAY AND THAT IS
OUR TROOP THATGOES OUT TO FIND
HELP AND YOU DO IT HERE TO GET
HELP AND FIND THE SOLUTION AND
WE ALSO HAD A DRIVE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH 91 98.1 AND IT
IS OUR SISTER RADIO STATION AND
WE DID IT COLLECGOODS AND
LIKE THE CHALLENGES TDELIVER
ALL THE GOODS TO THE ISLAND
WERE HUGE, THEY WE GET WHAT WE
NEED.
WE SENT TO THE ISLAND TO
DELIVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE
COLLECT AND ON THOSE TWO DAYS
THE RESPONSE WITH THE COMMUNITY
IS AMAZING AND MAINLY WE TRY TO
KEEP THEM INFORMED AND RIGHT
NOW THROUGH THE ISLAND 80% OF
THE PEOPLE STILL HAVE NO POWER.
AND THAT IS KIND OF OUR WAY TO
COMMUNICATE AND TO SHOW THEM,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND
WHATEVER YOU NEED, YOU KNOW,
LIKE UNIVISION, WE'LL NOT SOLVE
YOUR ISSUES BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE
THE MAGIC ONE TO DO IT, BUT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM
AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP
THEM WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO ON NOVEMBER 16.
I MEAN LIKE WHEN ALEXAN, YOUR
NEWS DIRECTOR, CALL ME AND SAY
HEY, JAMIE!
YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAVE THIS
GREAT INITIATIVE BECAUSE
ALLEYEXAN IS INQUISITIVE AND I
SAID ALEXAN, TELL ME MORE!
LIKE WHEN TO JUMP AND I WILL
ASK YOU HOW HIGH DO I HAVE TO
JUMP!
>> AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO THEY JUST WANT
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND
ARE ITCHING TO GET BACK TO WORK
AND ANY SORT OF NORM ALS THEY
CAN GET BACK TOAND AT CAREER
SOURCE YOU HAD A JOB FAIR AND
THE THIRD OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WENT THERE AND WE KNOW THE JOBS
ARE GOING TO BE THERE BUT ARE
THERE GOING TO BE ANY OTHER
SERVICES AT THIS JOB FAIR?
>> THE PURPOSE OF THE JOPJOB
FAIR IS TO CONTACT THEM TO THE
PAPER BUT IT CAN BE CONCERNING
WHEN IT COMES TO THE EMPLOYMENT.
AND IT IS THAT CONNECTION AND
WHETHER OR NOT THE VISION FOR
YOURSELF MATCHES WHAT THE
ORGANIZATION'S GOALS ARE AND
WHETHER YOU CAN CONNECT WITH
THEM.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO DO
SOMETHING BIG AND QUICKLY AND
IT IS ALMOST LIKE SPEED DATING
REALLY.
>> LIKE A PAYCHECK.
>> AND IT IS TO MEET ALL THE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH THESE
COMPANIES AND YOU GET A
CONNECTION WITH THEM SO YOU CAN
BOTH FIND THE RIGHT FIT AND
THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT THERE.
BUT CAREER SOURCE FLORIDA
DOESN'T GO AWAY WHEN THE JOB
FAIR IS OVER.
WE HAVE ALL THESE REGIONS TO
SERVE THESE CUSTOMERS SO YOU
CAN COME TO US IF YOU NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH BUSINESS
ENGLISH AND WE HAVE RESOURCES
TO HELP YOU WITH THAT, TOO.
>> IT'S NOT JUST THE JOB FAIR
EVEN AFTER THAT.
>> NO.
CAREER SOURCE CAN HELP YOU
PREPARE FOR THAT INTERVIEW AND
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE
INTERVIEWED IN A LONG, LONG
TIME BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN
THE JOB ATHOME FOR A LONG TIME
AND DIDN'T THINK I NEED A
RESUME AND HOW TO PREPARE.
>> AND ESPECIALLY INTERVIEWING
IN ENGLISH WHICH IS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND IN A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT
WHICH LIKE FROM PUERTORICO,
LIKE TO HERE AND THAT HELP IS
GREAT.
>> AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
TALKING TO US AND IT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IT IS NOT
GOING AWAY.
AND THIS JOB FAIR IS THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 16TH.
WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH UNIVISION
AND CAREER SOURCE OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH
JOBS.
BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES AND
PROGRAMS IN THE AREA.
THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE
OSCEOLA COUNTY CAREER SERVICE
CENTER IN KISSIMEE AND INCLUDED
A LINK TO THE CAREER
REGISTRATION FORM AND HEAD OVER
TO OUR WEBSITE ON
CLICKORLANDO.COM
WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR GUESTS
FOR JOINING US TODAY ON
FLASHPOINT.