Meeting Notice — Careers & Workforce Subcommittee, House of Representatives (October 14, 2025)

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Meeting packet of the Careers & Workforce Subcommittee of the House of Representatives for Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The committee meeting notice is titled Closing Florida's Skills Gap: The Employer Perspective, a panel discussion with employers on challenges hiring and retaining qualified talent. The packet includes a FloridaCommerce presentation with J. Alex Kelly, Secretary, listing successes and challenges. Among the successes it lists is an economy approaching $1.8 Trillion, and among the challenges is that more than 50% of Florida's manufacturing workforce is aged 45+.

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     Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
               Tuesday, October 14, 2025
                      11:00 AM
                 Morris Hall (17 HOB)




Daniel Perez                               Tiffany Esposito
Speaker                                               Chair
                                         Committee Meeting Notice
                                               HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




                                         Careers & Workforce Subcommittee

Start Date and Time:                Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:00 AM

End Date and Time:                  Tuesday, October 14, 2025 01:00 PM

Location:                           Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Duration:                           2.00 hrs




Closing Florida’s Skills Gap: The Employer Perspective

Panel discussion with employers on challenges hiring and retaining qualified talent.




                             NOTICE FINALIZED on 10/07/2025 2:32PM by Hamilton.Kendall


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FloridaCommerce
Careers & Workforce
Subcommittee 10.14.25
J. Alex Kelly, Secretary
FloridaCommerce
                     Economic      Community
                    Development   Development
FloridaCommerce
and SelectFlorida


                     Workforce    International
                    Development    Commerce
                   Life Science (incl.                   Aviation & Aerospace (incl.
                     Digital Health)                       MRO, Pilot Training, Air
                                                        Traffic Control, AAM, Drones)

   Manufacturing (incl.                                             Information Technology
AgTech, Food Processing,                                            (incl. Data Innovations,
Maritime Industrial Base)                                                Cybersecurity)

                                         Corporate
                                         Headquarters
   Military, Defense (incl.                                         Financial Services
       Dual Use, Law                                                 (incl. Insurance,
        Enforcement)                                                     FinTech)

            Energy Security                              Transportation (incl.
           (Semiconductors,                             Logistics & Distribution,
     Superconducting, Nuclear, etc.)                          Packaging)
                              University

                              State College
     Vertical
  Alignment of                Technical College
   Workforce
Pathways for Job              OJT: Internship, Apprenticeship
    Creation
                   --- Community-Based, Mentorship
                   •••


                   ~
                   ·n:.....   K-12
                  Exporting

                  Manufacturing
    Vertical
 Alignment of
                  Full Commercialization
   Economic
Development for   Venture Capital/Fundraising
   Business
  Formation       Prototype/Accelerate/Incubate

                  Postsecondary Innovation
                Aerospace and Aviation
                Military and Defense
                Computer and Electronics
                 Products
Manufacturing   Boating/Marine
                Medical Devices
Leader in…
                Medicine/Pharma
                Chemical
                Food/AgTech
                Microelectronics
Successes and Challenges
Successes                                    Challenges
Approaching $1.8 Trillion Economy ($1.1     Nationwide: Younger Learners Losing
 Trillion in January 2019)                    Interest in Skilled Labor
#1 in Business Formation since 2019 (3.7        Information Gap about High Tech, High Wage,
                                                  Exciting Aspects of Modern Skilled Labor
 million)
                                             >50% of Florida’s Manufacturing
#1 in Talent Development and                 Workforce Aged 45+, Disproportionately
 Recruitment 3 Consecutive Years              Older than Most Sectors
 (Lightcast)
                                             Significant Competition for the Same
#1 in Higher Education, 2-Year and 4-Year    Skilled and High Tech Talent
 Systems, 10 Consecutive Years (US News)         Convergence of Demand Across Industries
#1 in Manufacturing Establishments          Quantifying Emerging Demand
 Growth
                                             High Demand for Up-Skilling
#1 in Tech Establishments Growth
             Thank You!
       Cell: (850) 443-8626
Email: Alex.Kelly@Commerce.fl.gov
                      SELECTFL~RIDA


                      ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                     TOOLKIT




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