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The 2020 State of the Workforce Conference has been postponed to July 23 due to COVID-19.

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Last year’s inaugural conference explored ways to cultivate the 21^st
century workforce by addressing complex challenges faced in growing
the region’s talent pipeline.

For 2020, Focusing on Your 21^st Century Workforce examines
how best to retain a workforce critical to the region’s collective
economic prosperity and quality of life. This event is designed to
provide workforce retention insights and inspiration for business
and community leaders, HR professionals, education and economic­­
development partners and local decision makers.

We’ll cover:

• Retaining employees by capitalizing on Millennials in the workforce
• Getting the most out of the 2020 Workforce Retention Survey
• Leveraging the region’s Labor Market Information and trends
• Presentation of the Second Annual Bridging the Gap Award

Keynote Speaker Engaging, hilarious, unique and impactful, Matt Havens has been at the forefront of generational issues for the past decade. His presentation, “Stop Acting Your Age,” draws on his diverse leadership experience helping C-suite executives transform their Fortune 50 business to better capitalize on the Millennial opportunities present in the marketplace and workforce. 

Featured Speakers include

• Adrienne Johnston – Chief of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunities’ Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
• Ruth Dillard (invited) – Director of Workforce Services at the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
• Kristen Barry – Director of Workforce Solutions at Thomas P. Miller & Associates
  
  
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The Levy County Youth Career Expo features three sessions in rotation: a career fair/expo, industry round-table and a nationally acclaimed motivational speaker. The expo gives students an opportunity to  interact with local businesses to begin understanding their role in the talent pipeline.

Students will be identified and invited to attend by their individual schools. Please contact your student’s school for information about attending.

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The Citrus County Youth Career Expo features three sessions in rotation: a career fair/expo, industry round-table and a nationally acclaimed motivational speaker. The expo gives students an opportunity to  interact with local businesses to begin understanding their role in the talent pipeline.

Students will be identified and invited to attend by their individual schools. Please contact your student’s school for information about attending.

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The Fifth Annual Marion County Youth Career Expo for High School students features three sessions in rotation: a career fair/expo, industry round-table  and a nationally acclaimed motivational speaker. The expos are designed to  give students a chance to interact with local businesses to begin understanding their role in the talent pipeline.

Students will be identified and invited to attend by their individual schools. Contact your student’s school for information about attending.

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The Fifth Annual Marion County Youth Career Expo for Middle School students features three sessions in rotation: a career fair/expo, industry round-table and a nationally acclaimed motivational speaker. The expo gives students an opportunity to  interact with local businesses to begin understanding their role in the talent pipeline.

Students will be identified and invited to attend by their individual schools. Please contact your student’s school for information about attending.

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JOIN US in celebrating the young men and women of the tenth graduating class of the Phoenix Rising YouthBuild program.

All of these incredible young adults have been striving for their educational and career goals. They have worked with Habitat for Humanity of Marion County to build homes for deserving families in our community. And they have worked diligently on obtaining industry recognized credentials such as construction plus trade certificates, customer service, hospitality and more; all while most of them earning their high school diplomas.

On Dec. 17, CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion, Eckerd Connects, friends, family and community partners will be recognizing their hard work and success.

This event is free and open to the public.

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