Workforce 2021 Readiness Assessment!   Action Needed!!!

CareerSource Florida, in partnership with FloridaMakes and Florida's Regional Manufacturers Associations are working together to support the continuous improvement of Florida's manufacturing workforce.  This effort is focused on understanding the needs of  manufacturers, and will contribute to informing strategies for Florida's current and future workforce talent development systems necessary to support the growth and competitive ability of Florida's manufacturing sector.

We are asking for your help to complete a Readiness Assessment developed by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).  The survey, which takes 15 minutes or less, has 27 questions designed to quickly collect baseline information on your company's workforce development efforts. The deadline for completion is June 27.  Click here to start the assessment.  Read more about the project here. 

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The Future Is Here!

 Here's why you want to come June 24

 

In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide.  Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt.

 

What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 year - and most people don't see it coming. Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on paper film again? 

 

Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a long time, before it became way superior and got mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs. Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the Exponential Age. Read more of this fascinating article. You need to know this!  

Exporting:  A Comprehensive Resource Guide

For some reason I received a slew of information from all different sources and decided to capture it one article.  There are a variety of excellent resources in here for you to think about and look at getting in the game if you haven't thought about and, even better, ways to make this useful and profitable if you are in the game.  Think about this for starters.  95% of the world's consumers live outside the US and we have one of the top rated ports and airports in the country right here!  What are you waiting for?  Dig in.  if you want personal assistance from state and local experts contact Jerry Custin

and I'll set it up.  

Stuff You Can Use Now! 

 

Build A Drone 

The American Manufacturing Skills Initiative (AMskills) is sponsoring a summer program for teens and young adults ages 15 - 24 starting on June 13 through July 1st in Pasco, Hernando and Pinellas Counties. This year's program will introduce participants to the a variety of hands-on projects in mechatronics, pneumatics, electronics, CNC Machining and others. The highlight will be assembling a Drone and participating in a Drone Flight Demonstration; Ropes Course and manufacturing tours to PharmaWorks and Pall Aerospace.. Get details.   Check out their flyer.     

Getting Engaged

If we're going to impact the development of the future workforce we need to get them engaged, excited and inspired.  How?  Show them what we do and the satisfaction of producing something.  Alan Burgess President of H&S Swanson's had a group of engineering students from East Lake High and showed them a video of a Raytheon Small Diameter bomb that Swansons's produces the tail fins for.  Excited, interested, inspired?  You bet.   

Special Features

Check out this excellent new FLATE video on Women In Manufacturing.    Breaking down barriers and dispelling myths a click at time.  

Pretty Cool Robotics competition video. 

Jobs and Training Corner

Seeking

• Career Source has 27 trained and drug screened solderers and maintenance techs ready to roll, many with hiring incentives. Check it out. Added another 10 in April and here they are!  
• Added some great new job seekers this month some highly experienced.    Take a look!!!  
• PHSC Students ready for placement
• PHSC NEG Grant Students ready to work
• Pinellas Tech College Apprenticeship News

• Dermazone Is Looking For
• Material Handler
• Production Lead
• ASCO Power Is Looking For
• Senior PCB Designer
• Electronics Engineer
• Regional Jobs Opportunities through Florida TRADE 

Transition Veteran Employment Tours (T-VETs)

Veterans and transitioning service members have many desirable traits that can enhance your workforce: commitment, discipline, loyalty, teamwork and training.  But do they really understand what goes on in a manufacturing facility? Do they recognize that their military experience in logistics, mechanical systems, operations, IT, communications, and even administrative tasks, can contribute to the manufacturing environment?  With your help, the answer is yes, see you how you can get involved click here 

Florida TRADE Partnerships

 

It's the SMART Choice.  Click here to see why!  Help us help you!  The 13 Florida TRADE grant colleges have will set out to place 1,000 students in non-clinical internships. You can also access permanent placements through this program.  Saint Petersburg College, Pasco Hernando State College and Hillsborough Community College are all involved in this program.  And they have reorganized their website to make this clean and painless. Join the Drive to 1000 today!  

 

It's literally as easy as 1,2,3:

1. If you want more information about a specific college
   click here.
2. If you want to see all available interns
   click here
3. f you want to see info on permanent placement opportunities
   click here
    

For SPC access click here to sign up to host an intern, and here to  post a job on their SPC job board!  Click here for the current SPC Newsletter.  For Pasco Hernando State College job posting  use this link.You can visit the PHSC Trade website here.  Please forward this email to your colleagues who might also be interested

 

Another way to broaden the search pool is Career Source's Intern website.  Here you can post opportunities and draw from a regional pool of interns in a variety of career fields...and sometimes offset the cost of hiring too.  Click here. 

 

Association Update

 

We appreciate those of you that have joined either the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce or the Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association.  We request that you consider formal membership at this point.  We are attaching a brochure outlining the service activities we provide as well as an application form.  We appreciate your consideration and support and look forward to advancing the cause of manufacturing in the Upper Tampa Bay in 2015 and beyond!