{"id":1733060,"date":"2022-11-10T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733060"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:03:07","slug":"florida-ranked-number-1-in-attracting-skilled-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-ranked-number-1-in-attracting-skilled-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Ranked Number 1 in Attracting Skilled Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-ranked-number-1-in-attracting-skilled-workforce%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A national labor market analytics company has ranked Florida as number one in attracting a skilled workforce, which it attributed to the state\u2019s focus on training workers with technical skills and credentials.<\/p>\n<p>For the past seven years,<a href=\"https:\/\/lightcast.io\/resources\/research\/talent-scorecard\"> Lightcast\u2019s 2022 Talent Attraction Scorecard<\/a> has announced county rankings based on trends in education, overall job change, migration, skilled job change, competitive effect (jobs created above or below what is expected), and skilled job openings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn engaged workforce will increasingly be a prerequisite for a healthy talent pipeline,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s rankings capture the tumultuous COVID years, with education and jobs data from 2017\u20132021,\u201d Lightcast added. \u201cRankings also capture the first wave of pandemic migration, with IRS migration data from 2016\u20132020.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4311959\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI210OV-FILEDIMAGE-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4311959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1.tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI210OV-FILEDIMAGE-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4311959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1.tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI210OV-FILEDIMAGE-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A carpenter works on building new townhomes that are still under construction while building material supplies are in high demand in Tampa, Florida, on May 5, 2021. (Octavio Jones\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted keeping Florida open during the pandemic, which caused a massive influx of people from locked-down states, and investing in workforce education as the drivers of the favorable ranking from Lightcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy keeping Florida free and open, we have created a positive economic environment and invested in our state\u2019s workforce and communities,\u201d said DeSantis in a statement. \u201cAs a result, Florida is leading the nation in net migration and talent attraction. As other states continue to struggle at the hands of poor leadership, people and businesses are flocking to Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightcast estimated that Florida added more than 388,000 residents between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has 15 large counties in the top 50, with Hillsborough ranked eighth, up from 20th in 2019 nationally for attracting and retaining skilled workers. Lee, Pasco, and Polk were among the top 10 large counties in net migration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nassau County led the nation in net migration among small counties, with Walton County ranked fourth.<\/p>\n<p>However, not included in Lightcast\u2019s study criteria, was labor force participation rate, which the company highlighted as something to watch out for. Currently, Hillsborough County looks strong, with its participation rate at 70 percent, which is above the national average of 62.5 percent. Polk County has struggled with a rate of around 55 percent, which may explain why DeSantis has assigned millions of dollars in workforce education to it.<\/p>\n<p>Dane Eagle, secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, said strong leadership and policies helped drive businesses and families to move to Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses and families move to Florida because they know our state is the best place to grow,\u201d Eagle said in a statement. \u201cThe state\u2019s unemployment rate remains low, while private sector employment and job growth continue to soar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Education continues to be a vital part of the criteria Lightcast used to determine its ratings. Between 2017 and 2021, Floridians attained at least an associate\u2019s degree, which has increased by around 14.5 percent, Lighthouse estimated.<\/p>\n<p>Also during the same period, skilled jobs grew by more than 12 percent as Florida struggled to attract such positions, and total jobs grew by 4.3 percent, Lightcast said.<\/p>\n<p>Lightcast warned of a housing shortage and called on economic developers to be \u201ccreative\u201d to solve the problem. They gave examples such as pattern zoning in Bryan, Texas, Baltimore\u2019s live-near-your-work program, and a Michigan county\u2019s land bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, it\u2019s both the short and long game,\u201d the study said. \u201cHousing is needed now, but also pay attention to long-term trends like birth rates and immigration, and what they mean for housing stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightcast was formerly known as Emsi Burning Glass, an Idaho-based labor data company active in more than 30 countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jannis-falkenstern\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_JannisFalkenstern.jpg\" alt=\"Jannis Falkenstern\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jannis Falkenstern is an Epoch Times reporter who covers the state of Florida.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A national labor market analytics company has ranked Florida as number one in attracting a skilled workforce, which it attributed to the state\u2019s focus on training workers with technical skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1733063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1733063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}