On February 6, recruiters, human resources, and education professionals gathered together at a Business Learning event, held at our career center in Rockledge. Presenters Michelle Burke of bossibly and Kathy Knowles of Intuitive Strategies presented “The Keys to Talent Management.” Feedback from Attendees: Thank you to everyone who attended!   The Brevard Healthcare Workforce Consortium […]

NASA selects SpaceX for $80 million science mission launching from Cape Canaveral Excerpted from Florida Today, February 6, 2020 by Emre Kelly   NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a 2022 science mission under an $80 million contract, the agency announced this week. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, is slated to take flight […]

Aerospace Workforce Development Strategy Summit On January 30, at the Canaveral Port Authority in Cape Canaveral, CareerSource Brevard, Space Florida, FloridaMakes, and the EDC of Florida’s Space Coast convened a workshop, bringing workforce, industry, education, and community leaders together to identify workforce challenges for the Aerospace industry in Brevard County, and work together to design […]

Seeking in-demand, stable, good paying career? Some say they’ve found the answer Excerpted from Florida Today, January 10, 2020 by Bailey Gallion …According to the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast, 23% of the 20,346 jobs created in Brevard County from 2015-2018 were in manufacturing. Demand for manufacturing workers in Brevard is growing fast, […]

Over 50 and overqualified? Reposted from careeronestop.org.  The job market is improving for older workers, but many still deal with the concern that they may appear overqualified to a prospective employer. While the issue comes up for younger job seekers, too, it’s particularly common for job seekers over age 50. To mount a defense against this assumption, job seekers […]

Innovative, employer-centric, flexible curriculum Published in Brevard Business News, January 6, 2020 by Ken Datzman ROCKLEDGE — Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the advanced manufacturing industry today is finding and attracting a qualified workforce. And advanced manufacturing is tied directly to the aerospace industry, as well as many other segments of the economy. With the […]

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Reposted from careeronestop.org.  If you’re one of the millions of people who set career goals at the beginning of each new year (or, if you’re one of the even more numerous individuals who aspire to set career goals each year), now is prime time to get started. Whether you hope […]

Reposted from careeronestop.org.  If you’re tempted to take a Thanksgiving-through-New-Years break from your job search, you may want to rethink that plan. It’s true that social calendars get outrageously overcrowded during this season—and it can seem like a good time to step away from your job search. However, at many businesses, calendars actually get lighter.  […]