Employ Florida

LOCAL

SWFL WORKS
SWFL Works provides a single point of contact for employers and individuals to connect. Through an integrated system of service provider partners, the Center offers job seeker and business services from job screening and placement to customized training.

Services

Pre-Screening

  • Selecting, screening and referring qualified applicants for job openings
  • Customizing the recruiting, screening and referral process to meet individual employer needs

On-Site Executive Facilities

  • Private executive facilities for interviewing and for employer-administered testing
  • On-site recruitment and Job Fair assistance

Testing Facilities

  • Basic and special skills testing scheduled and coordinated upon request
  • Employment testing to meet minimal employment qualifications

Resources

  • Labor Market Information
  • Library of business material, periodicals, and government required forms and posters
  • Business specific workshops and seminars
  • Worker compensation issues
  • Unemployment insurance issues
  • Hiring and retention best-practices
  • Job description and personnel manual development

Additional employee recruiting and job vacancy posting websites:

FLORIDA READY TO WORK
Florida Ready to Work is a free, new employee credentialing program, that tests and scores job skills and work habits. Proven to identify employees with most potential, the program helps take the guesswork out of hiring, saving businesses time and money. The centerpiece of the program is the Florida Ready to Work Credential, a career readiness certificate – that certifies that a Florida student/jobseeker has the fundamental job skills necessary to succeed in today’s rapidly changing and competitive economy

HODGES UNIVERSITY
The Office of Career Development of Hodges University offers an online job board system, College Central Network, as part of its career services. The site is free for employers to use and reaches both students and alumni. The system allows you to post and track jobs, as well as search and contact students/alumni who have posted their resumes.

WORKFORCE FLORIDA
Workforce Florida is the primary administrator of Florida’s workforce incentive programs. Florida offers several programs to help employers with the training costs. The incentives are used to encourage an employer to locate, expand, upgrade the skills of the workforce, or train entry-level employees. The incentives can be accessed through the Fort Myers Regional Partnership, Lee County’s Economic Development Office.

EMPLOYEE AND JOB INTERNET SITES There are dozens of Internet sites available where employers can post job vacancies, and people can post resumes. Most services are available for a nominal fee and are valuable as another source for finding employees or finding a job. Samples of the employment sites available on the web are listed below.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

The News-Press

  • Largest local job site in Southwest Florida

Southwest Florida Help Wanted

  • A job-listing site with a local focus. All job listings and all the candidates are from the Southwest Florida area.

Workforce Development

  • Provides job-seekers and employers access to current employment and occupational data, jobs posted online by employers and job-seekers.

The Employ Florida Marketplace offers businesses access to thousands of job seekers looking for everything from entry-level to executive positions. The Marketplace is the state’s most comprehensive database of job seekers and openings, pulling job listings from CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com government job openings – as well as from jobs posted directly by registered employers, and jobs listed on the websites of Florida businesses, among other sources. Receiving more than nine million hits per day, EmployFlorida.com also offers labor market statistics, access to training grant information and contact information for any of the state’s Regional Workforce Boards and One-Stop Centers. Business and job seekers alike can take advantage of the wealth of resources available to them through the Marketplace. Below are some of what the site has to offer:

  • Employ Florida Silver Edition is Florida’s career resource for the 50+ demographic.
  • Employ Florida Vets is Florida’s online source for veterans' employment and employer recruitment information.

      For Businesses:

      • Post and manage job openings
      • Search candidates by skills, experience or region
      • Research labor market information
      • Learn about training grant opportunities

      Connect to local workforce experts For Job Seekers:

      • Create a resume
      • Research career and wage information
      • Find training programs
      • Conduct and save job searches
      • Receive automatic job notifications
      • Connect to local workforce experts
      For more information, contact the Fort Myers Regional Partnership at 800.493.4396.