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Employee Training & Development


Take advantage of government and community employee training resources created to make your business start-up, expansion, or relocation successful. 

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Take Advantage of Workforce Development Programs

Cape Coral, Florida Workforce Development Resources

Cape Coral offers a host of employee training and workforce development opportunities through several providers, such as the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) staffed by Florida Gulf Coast University, Business Industry Services, and the Career and Services Center of SW Florida. Please contact our partners to learn more about employee training and workforce development programs for your specific business needs in Cape Coral.

Career and Service Center of Lee County
The Florida Agency of Workforce Innovation oversees One Stop Centers that implement state employee workforce development programs, match employees with employers (Employers Service Center), and recruit trained and qualified workers for high-tech and other short-staffed programs.

Southwest Florida Works, our local one-stop center, helps employers in the community find employees with the appropriate training, skills and motivation. Employers are also provided hiring information, job postings that can be processed within one business day, and local area statistics. Also available are onsite executive facilities and employer incentive programs.

Job Seekers are provided with job search assistance, employment development workshops, employment counseling, skills training, resume writing, job matching and assistance filing for temporary public assistance or unemployment benefits.

Contact the City of Cape Coral for further information regarding our employee development and employee recruitment and selection programs.

Southwest Florida Works
Career and Service Center
 
1020 Cultural Park Blvd
Cape Coral, FL  33990

Phone: (239) 673-8591                                                            
Employers' Service: (866) 294-4473

Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board
www.swflworks.org

Agency for Workforce Innovation
www.employflorida.com

Workforce Florida, Inc.
www.workforceflorida.com
Small Business Development Center

The Small Business Development Center is dedicated to providing businesses with free, confidential advice.  Their services include one-on-one counseling as well as educational workshops geared to provide businesses with all the information they need to conduct a successful business.  The SBDC is just one part of the Center of Leadership and Innovation, operated by Florida Gulf Coast University's Lutgert College of Business and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Cape Coral satellite office, across Cultural Park Blvd from City Hall, is staffed during business hours. Services of the Small Business Development Center also support the activities of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Please contact the SBDC for an individual appointment or visit their website for upcoming seminars and events. Learn more

Cape Coral FGCU Small Business Development Center

1020 Cultural Park Blvd. South, Unit #3
Cape Coral, FL 33990
Phone:    (239) 573-2737
Email:     bsmoot@fgcu.edu 
Website: www.fgcu.edu/sbdc
Business and Industry Services (BIS)

This agency is part of the Lee County School District. It works with employers in Southwest Florida to provide economical employee training programs.

BIS meets with the employer and designs individualized training programs for the specific needs of the business. The training is either at the employer's site or one of the BIS training sites. Training schedules are flexible to accommodate work schedules.



Business and Industry Services

Nancy D. Smith, Coordinator

High-Tech North Campus

360 Santa Barbara Blvd. North
Cape Coral, FL 33993

Phone: (239) 939-6320
Fax:     (239) 335-1569
E-mail: nancyds@leeschools.net
Web:    www.leecountybis.com
City of Cape Coral
Economic Development Office
City Hall
1015 Cultural Park Blvd.
Cape Coral, FL 33990 
P:  (239)  574-0444
F:  (239)   547-0452
T:  (866)   573-3089
Email: ecodev@capecoral.net
http://bizcapecoral.com

 

 

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