Future Career Academy students explore potential business paths
FCA began in 2015 as a partnership between Hillsborough County Public Schools and the business community to help out non-college-bound students.
Future Career Academy fills important job training need in Plant City
Our American private enterprise system has led the world in the creation of wealth and jobs for many, many years. The freedom to start a business and the response of entrepreneurs to meet market needs have created the business cycle. Businesses continue to be started, some businesses fail, and existing businesses grow and create new jobs. Small businesses in the …
Workforce Development is Critical to Florida’s Manufactured Housing Industry
Without a competent and robust labor pool the manufactured housing industry can’t thrive. FMHA understands the necessity to promote the abundance of job opportunities our industry has available. Eighty percent of students nationally will not complete a 4-year degree. These students need quality jobs, and our industry needs a prepared workforce to meet hiring needs and continue to grow. That’s …
Award-Winning Future Career Academy Is Vital To Economic Development Strategy
Future Career Academy (FCA) is a program that prepares non-college-bound high school seniors for the workforce, and it has caught the attention of the business community, the school district and now the PTA/PTSA. On April 23, the Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA 2019-2020 High School Division Education Award was presented to FCA for its field trip component, which takes students to …
Career Academy Benefiting Plant City High Students
Home is where the heart is, and for Chuck Santaloaya, that place is Plant City. “That was really the only thing I really really wanted to be local here in Plant City,” said Santaloaya, who landed his dream job through a program at Plant City High School. Santaloaya is working as a parts representative at Stingray Chevrolet. And for a …
Plant City Career Academy works to bridge the gap between high school seniors, companies
What started as a grassroots movement of volunteers looking to educate high school students on workforce development has grown into a new addition to the English class curriculum for hundreds of Hillsborough County seniors.
Hundreds flock to Job Fair
The Plant City Job Fair drew hundreds to the Trinkle Center on April 26. The first half of the day the event was open solely to high school students who were seeking future employment. At noon the doors were open to the public. The event consistently drew a large crowd throughout the day. At 12 p.m. there were approximately 100 …
Job fair in Plant City today for students, community
PLANT CITY — Students from Plant City area high schools as well as members of the community can meet today with businesses looking for new hires in the Plant City area. Hosted in the Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College’s Plant City campus, the event will kick off at 9 a.m. today with Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam addressing several hundred …