The Future: Building Florida’s Workforce

What does it take to build a semiconductor industry from scratch? Not just fabs and funding, but people. In this episode, we dive into the heart of Florida’s workforce strategy and ask: How do you prepare thousands of workers for jobs that didn’t exist a decade ago? How do you turn a high school student into a cleanroom technician, or a career-changer into a semiconductor expert?

This episode showcases how partners of the Florida Semiconductor Engine are answering those questions with bold, future-focused solutions. By creating high-tech job opportunities across education levels and career stages, the state is keeping talent local, attracting new residents, and laying the foundation for a thriving semiconductor ecosystem. Listen now!

Featuring: Pamela Nabors, CEO of CareerSource Central Florida; Joe Battista, Vice President of Workforce, Career, and Professional Education at Valencia College; and Dr. Mark Shanoff, Superintendent of the School District of Osceola County.