Find Talent in Charlotte County
Start Here
Choose the path that fits your hiring need.
Start with an open position, a specific talent need, or a plan to build your future workforce.
Hire Now
Post Your Job
Share an open position through Careers on the Coast so local job seekers can find it.
Find Candidates
Describe Your Talent Need
Tell us the industry, experience, and skills your business is seeking so we can help identify useful connections.
Grow Your Team
Build a Talent Pipeline
Explore internships, apprenticeships, education partnerships, military talent, and employee training.
Recruiting Resources
Reach candidates through the right channel.
Use local and regional platforms to promote openings, recruit students and alumni, and ask for workforce assistance.
Careers on the Coast Job Submission
Submit a local opening for inclusion in the Careers on the Coast job-search network.
CareerSource Southwest Florida
Ask about recruiting, job postings, candidate screening, hiring events, training programs, and other employer services.
FSW Career Connection Center
Use Handshake to post jobs and internships, target candidates, and connect with Florida SouthWestern State College students.
FGCU Eagle Career Network
Post full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities for Florida Gulf Coast University students and alumni.
Employ Florida
Use Florida’s statewide employment system to post jobs, search résumés, and access labor-market and workforce tools.
Careers on the Coast Employer Toolkit
Use practical hiring, onboarding, retention, employee-support, and workforce-planning resources.
Veterans Florida
Career placement, SkillBridge, and employer training grants.
Veterans Florida helps Florida employers connect with veterans, transitioning service members, members of the National Guard and Reserves, and military and veteran spouses. Employers can also explore SkillBridge participation and ask about training-grant support.
Career Placement
Connect with Veteran-Ready Talent
Veterans Florida provides career preparation and direct introductions that can help employers reach candidates with military experience and transferable skills.
SkillBridge
Host Transitioning Service Members
Veterans Florida can help eligible businesses explore SkillBridge internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships and navigate program approval and matching.
Training Grant
Ask About Training Reimbursement
Qualified businesses may receive reimbursement equal to 50% of eligible training costs, up to $8,000 per eligible veteran trainee who is a permanent, full-time employee. Businesses pay training costs before reimbursement. Approval, program requirements, and funding availability apply.
Build Your Workforce
Build a pipeline, not just a candidate list.
Develop talent through work-based learning, structured training, and partnerships that connect education with employer needs.
Internships
Create paid, career-connected experiences and reach students through local and regional education partners.
Apprenticeships
Explore structured work-and-learn models that help employers recruit, train, and retain skilled workers.
Training and Upskilling
Find customized training, current-worker development, and possible funding paths for eligible employers.
From Classroom to Career
Connect with career and technical education, work-based learning, and local education-to-employment pathways.
Education Connections
Connect with the education-to-workforce pipeline.
Explore programs, recruit students, and begin conversations about internships, work-based learning, training, and changing skill needs.
Charlotte County Public Schools CTE
Explore local career and technical education pathways and opportunities to connect learning with industry needs.
Charlotte Technical College
Review career and technical programs that prepare learners for employment and advancement.
Southern Technical College, Port Charlotte Campus
Connect with students through internships, externships, career fairs, on-campus recruiting, and academic advisory boards.
Florida SouthWestern State College
Post jobs and internships through the Career Connection Center and ask about customized corporate training.
Florida Gulf Coast University
Recruit through Eagle Career Network and review FGCU’s guidance for employers interested in offering internships.
Industry Talent
Tell us where your talent gap is.
Use our talent-connection form to identify the industry, roles, experience, and skills your business needs.
Aviation and Advanced Manufacturing
Share the technical, production, maintenance, operations, or engineering skills you need.
Healthcare and Human Services
Describe the clinical, administrative, technical, or support roles your organization needs.
Tourism and Hospitality
Share the guest-service, culinary, operations, management, or seasonal roles you need to fill.
Skilled Trades and Technical Careers
Identify the trade, credential, experience, or technical skill your business is seeking.
Why Build Here
A connected approach to workforce development
Charlotte County employers can connect with education, workforce, military-talent, training, and community partners through a shared resource network. The goal is to make it easier to recruit, develop, and retain the people your business needs.
Multiple Recruiting Channels
Reach local job seekers, college talent, veterans, military spouses, and transitioning service members.
Workforce Training Support
Explore training providers, customized programs, and possible funding for eligible employers.
Career-Connected Learning
Build relationships with schools and colleges through internships, work-based learning, and career pathways.
Employer Assistance
Use Careers on the Coast and partner resources to navigate recruiting, training, onboarding, and retention.
Charlotte County is proud to be a partner to both businesses and education leaders. By working together, we’re building a talent ecosystem that supports local professionals and meets the real hiring needs of our industries.
Kay Tracy, Director of Economic Development
Confirm current program requirements.
Careers on the Coast connects employers with workforce resources but does not manage third-party recruiting platforms, candidate screening, program admission, SkillBridge command approval, grant approval, reimbursement, or funding availability. Eligibility, costs, timelines, employer responsibilities, and program terms vary and can change. Confirm current requirements directly with the program administrator before making hiring, training, or funding decisions. Inclusion on this page is informational and does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of candidates, placement, participation, or funding.
Next Step
Start building your Charlotte County workforce.
Share an opening, tell us what talent you need, or use the employer toolkit to strengthen your recruiting and retention process.
Education and military-talent pathways
Training and retention resources
