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And the Award Goes To…
We have been honored by Governor Ron DeSantis with the Veterans Performance Incentive Award for our exemplary work providing training and employment opportunities to thousands of veterans across the region — granting $39,000 to further enhance our priority services of individualized career coaching, advance skills training, and job placement activities to help veterans transition from […]
Read More »A Car or a Faster Horse
“If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” – Henry Ford October is National Manufacturing Month; a month dedicated to recognizing the value of manufacturers and the importance they serve to our economic prosperity and independence through innovation. October is National Manufacturing Month – we’re celebrating by […]
Read More »Celebrating Victories in Connecting Central Floridians to Sustainable Careers
September is National Workforce Development Month and it’s dedicated to the individuals working behind the scenes to ensure the local economy is growing, people are working and businesses are thriving. In Florida, CareerSource Florida’s 24 boards collectively connect thousands of Floridians with career opportunities every month and assist nearly 80,000 businesses annually with talent development. […]
Read More »New Spaces to Launch Careers
Earlier this year, we recently relocated our Lake-Sumter Career Center to the campus of Lake-Sumter State College – our first ever college-based career center. This move allowed us to be more accessible to individuals at the beginning of their career journeys and centrally located for local businesses looking for qualified talent. We’ll follow this same […]
Read More »Looking Back to Launch Us Forward
When President Kennedy declared we’d have a man on the moon – he didn’t know how we’d accomplish this huge mission but that was his North Star vision. Similar to President Kennedy, our organization has a bright North Star and that is to redefine what a career means…and we’re determined to fulfill it. In our […]
Read More »Grand Opening of Our First-Ever College-Based Location
The grand opening of our first-ever college-based career center was monumental for our Board members, local organizations, businesses and community leaders. This newly renovated and re imagined career center places us in a greater position to truly impact and transform the lives of residents and businesses in Lake and Sumter counties. Our new career center […]
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