Improving housing market leads to 150 job openings

PGT Inc. plans to expand its workforce by more than 8 percent, as it prepares to hire up to 150 people to work at the North Venice-based manufacturing company.

PGT — already the largest employer in Sarasota County with 1,800 workers — has partnered with CareerSource Suncoast to host a hiring event on May 9. Job openings include manufacturing assembly, Class A and Class B mechanics and more, according to an announcement from CareerSource Suncoast, a private nonprofit that is one of 24 regional… …read more