{"id":15581,"date":"2012-12-14T11:18:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=15581"},"modified":"2012-12-14T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:18:16","slug":"governor-says-job-openings-show-the-need-for-more-stem-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/12\/14\/governor-says-job-openings-show-the-need-for-more-stem-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Says Job Openings Show The Need For More STEM Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15582\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 278px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/12\/14\/governor-says-job-openings-show-the-need-for-more-stem-graduates\/gov-elect-rick-scott-held-a-roundtable-with-local-business-leaders-at-hunter-panels-in-lake-city-florida-on-wednesday-december-8-2010-plant-manager-gregory-ridilla-took-the-governor-on-a-tour\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15582\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15582\" title=\"Gov.- Elect Rick Scott held a roundtable with local business leaders at Hunter Panels in Lake City, Florida on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Plant Manager, Gregory Ridilla, took the Governor on a tour of the facility. Wednesday marks day-3 of Gov.-Elect Scott's 5 day, 10-city &quot;Let's Get To Work&quot; jobs tour across the state. Photo by Stacy Ferris\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/12\/Gov-Scott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Governor Rick Scott\/flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Rick Scott hopes an increase in STEM degree programs will lure more high paying jobs to the state.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Governor\u2019s Office is touting the rise in STEM-related job openings in Florida over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Rick Scott is using the numbers to continue <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/10\/12\/gov-scott-wants-colleges-to-increase-science-and-math-graduates\/\">his push for more STEM degrees<\/a> (science, technology, engineering, math).<\/p>\n<p>His office announced this week that job openings in science and tech fields have increased by nearly 14 percent since last year.<\/p>\n<p>Data from The Conference Board\u2019s Help Wanted OnLine series show STEM-related job postings in Florida in November increased by more than 8,000 from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to ensure we <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/stem\/\">make STEM education a priority<\/a> for Florida children so that more Florida families have the tools they need to pursue the American Dream,\u201d Scott said. \u201cFlorida has a highly skilled workforce that is uniquely prepared to fill these positions and meet the demands of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the Governor\u2019s Office press release:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The US Chamber of Commerce rated Florida as having the best talent pipeline in the nation to fill STEM jobs.\u00a0Additionally, more than half of Florida\u2019s top 11<sup>th<\/sup> grade STEM students intend to pursue college in-state according to an October survey.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Major occupational groups with the most online ads in November were healthcare practitioners and technical occupations; computer and mathematical occupations; and architecture and engineering occupations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Online job demand for STEM was strongest in the large metro areas, led by Hillsborough County, Miami-Dade County, Orange County, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Duval County.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor\u2019s Office is touting the rise in STEM-related job openings in Florida over the last year. Gov. Rick Scott is using the numbers to continue his push for more STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering, math). His office announced this week that job openings in science and tech fields have increased by nearly 14 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1070,1027,1082],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15592,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15581\/revisions\/15592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}