Future of Work Florida invites all to embrace career and technical education

Florida has more jobs looking for people than people looking for jobs. Many Floridians aren’t properly qualified for these open positions—although these jobs are mid- to high-wage, and high-demand. That’s according to the recently launched “Future of Work Florida”-initiative—which promotes career- and technical-education as one solution to the state’s workforce-needs. Mark Wilson is president and C-E-O of the “Florida Chamber of Commerce and Foundation”… “We’re uniting Florida’s job-creators, industry-leaders, and partners, to showcase the careers of the future—and the sectors with the most career-opportunity. Florida needs to create nearly one-point-six-two-million net new jobs, by 2030—including in-demand occupations that are experiencing significant shortages of skilled workers.” Henry Mack is senior chancellor at the “Florida Department of Education”… “With little to no barriers to enrollment—and 17 career-pathways to choose from—individuals, across the state, can acquire needed skills, today—through real-world, hands-on experience. Career- and technical-education is a modern approach that can help Florida achieve its goal of becoming a top-10 global economy, by 2030.” To learn more, visit “future-of-work-f-l”-dot-com.