WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU The Workforce Employer Survey is conducted annually to collect data from our region to inform our Southwest Florida network, specifically our education partners, about...
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Not a day passes without a news headline about the red-hot housing market and the skyrocketing home prices in southwest Florida. Most of the time, the stories are couched in fairly simple economic supply and demand terms: as the COVID-19 pandemic wains, there is a pent-up demand for housing among a limited supply, pushing up home prices.
In this issue: FutureMakers Partner Spotlight, New Regional Action Team Announced!, Get Involved!, Upcoming Events, Courageous Conversations, Data Reports and What We Are Reading.
2022 may be the first year that we truly begin to understand how well southwest Florida’s students navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic. For parts or all of three academic years...
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In this issue: FutureMakers Partner Spotlight, Get Involved!, Upcoming Events, Courageous Conversations, Data Reports and What We Are Reading.
As high school seniors approach graduation, many are contemplating their next steps. Some of these graduating seniors may be asking themselves whether college is really “worth” it. The answer to that question has become more complicated over time.
As the Corporate Programs Coordinator for the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University Tifarah Pardue works on talent initiatives across the university as well as directly with…
In this issue: FutureMakers Partner Spotlight, Get Involved!, Black History, Upcoming Events, Courageous Conversations, Data Reports and What We Are Reading.
The Southwest Florida Educational and Workforce Outcomes Report 2020-2021 stated that the region’s skilled workforce reached 41.5 percent of the total working age population (ages 25-64 years) in 2019, representing a small but steady increase from 39.0 percent in 2013.
Noemi Y. Perez is the President & CEO of The Immokalee Foundation, a 30-year-old, non-profit organization in Immokalee, Florida. The Foundation’s flagship program, Career Pathways, is laser- focused on education…
