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Define Your Own Success

By 2025, over 68,000 jobs that require more than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year college degree with average wages over $20.00 per hour will be available in Leon County and the surrounding region.

Leon County Government and the Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality are hosting the Leon Works Expo to connect employers, academic institutions, and students and provide opportunities for individuals to explore skilled careers. Students will learn from individuals with local success stories and engage with employers in person to discover the career that best fits them.

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Health

Nursing Assistants, Home Health Aides, Emergency Medical Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians, and more

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Trade

Plumbers, Electricians, Welders, Truck Drivers, HVAC Technicians, Compliance Officers,
and more

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Business & IT

Paralegals, Computer Network Architects, Customer Service Representatives, Insurance Sales Agents, and more

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Creative

Culinary Arts, Chefs, Painters (Construction and Decorative), Cosmetologists, Brickmasons, Landscape Designers, and more

Defining Your Career Today for Tomorrow

$ 21.60

Average wage of skilled job openings in the region.

68,000

Skilled job openings in 2025.

Days until the Leon Works Expo

Expand Your Skilled Workforce

Make connections and build opportunities as and exhibitor at this year's Leon Works Career Expo on Friday, March 8th at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

Come out and talk in the morning with over 500 high school students from Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties interested in learning more about new opportunities in the skilled workforce. Stay in the afternoon and gain insight into how to retain the next generation of talent!

Click here to Register for the Expo

Are you ready to reach the next generation of skilled workers?

Be an Exhibitor

Want to reach hundreds of high school students at the 2019 Leon Works Expo looking to learn more about joining the skilled workforce?

The Leon Works Expo will be held at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center on Friday, March 8. Students from Leon, Wakulla, and Gadsden counties will attend the Expo to discover the numerous opportunities that the skilled workforce has to offer.

Featured Speaker: Alicia Rainwater

The afternoon session of the Leon Works Expo will feature keynote speaker, Alicia Rainwater, from The Center for Generational Kinetics. She will present, "Bridging the Multi-Generational Gap: Meet the Future Talent" on Friday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m at the Leon Works Expo. The presentation is FREE to all registered exhibitors and $10 for non- exhibitors.

Click here to watch a sample of CGK-Certified Keynote Speaker, Alicia Rainwater.

The Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality Training Our Talent speaker series will feature keynote speaker Alicia Rainwater who will present, "Bridging the Multi-Generational Gap: Meet the Future Talent" on Friday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the Donald L.Tucker Civic Center. This presentation includes specific strategies to attract, motivate, and retain your talent and is FREE to all Leon Works Exhibitors and $10 for non-exhibitors.

Have Questions?

If you have questions about the Leon Works Expo, please contact staff so that we can help.

If you are an exhibitor who wants to get his or her business in front of hundreds of possible employees, please send us an email or give us a call. We are here to help!

Learn how to work with the talent of the future!

Featured Keynote Speaker, Alicia Rainwater of The Center for Generational Kinetics

The Leon Works Expo afternoon Session Begins at 1:30 p.m on Friday, March 8, 2019.

The Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality Training our Talent speaker series will feature keynote speaker Alicia Rainwater who will present “Bridging the Multi-Generational Gap: Meet the Future Talent” on Friday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. The presentation includes specific strategies to attract, motivate, and retain your talent and is FREE to all Leon Works exhibitors and $10 for non-exhibitors.

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"Work hard and don’t quit. You haven’t had your best day yet."

Rebecca-Kelly-Manders

Chef, Business Owner

"During my senior year of high school, I participated in Project Invest at Godby High School. This experience jump-started my interest in the insurance field."

Teresa Beaudoin

Property and Casualty Insurance

"Find a mentor, or mentors that can help navigate the waters early on until your voice is found. A good mentor can get you past pitfalls that can set you back years, and connect you with people that can open the doors to the funding and resources needed to move ideas/business forward."

Vincent Hunt

Innovator & Entrepreneur

"The most rewarding part of my job is being able to resolve problems for customers."

Ako Singletary

Network Systems Engineer

"Learn and find out as much as you can about your field and the fields connecting to your possible career."

Bill Oliver

Construction/Renovation, Business Owner

"My greatest accomplishments are my three beautiful children. In the culinary arts world it would be starting my business, Chef Shac LLC."

Shacafrica Simmons (Chef Shac)

Chef, Business Owner

"The best part about what I do is being able to fix people’s problems. When I first get there people are having a bad day, so it’s rewarding when I can leave them with a smile because I helped them."

Corey Wiliford

Plumber

"My greatest accomplishment thus far is unfinished, Kubano! has been in business for over two years...that is just the beginning"

Jabari Grayson

Executive Chef, Business Owner

"A lot of what we do can be learned on the job. But before I teach someone to paint and such, I teach them customer service since that’s the most important thing that we do."

Amy Doyle

Home Remodeling, Business Owner

"Paramedics encounter the best and worst that society has to offer. You quickly learn the fragility of life and to truly live life to the fullest while focusing on the positive things. "