Employer Services

Workforce Florida Inc. Funding Opportunities

Workforce Florida offers funding opportunities through grant solicitations, requests for proposals (RFP) and invitations to negotiate (ITN). Information on these funding opportunities can be found here.

Employed Worker Training Awards

Apply for up to $50,000, or $100,000 if your company is one of WCF's targeted industries, to enhance your training budget to build and enhance your employees' skills. WCF may reimburse employers half the direct training cost.

Hiring Events

Learn about hiring events in WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA offices, job fairs and the Virtual Job Fair.

Lending Library

Access more than 165 training and human resource materials with the WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA Lending Library. Simply "check out" these materials at no cost to enhance your business and save on training costs.

Mobile Unit

The WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA Mobile Unit is a transportable resource that can be used for pre-employment screening, testing, and training or interviewing in a comfortable, private interview room. WCF can bring the Mobile Unit to your location to provide no-cost Microsoft Office training.

Community Services / Work Experience

Workforce Central Florida  provides low-income families the ability to acquire and increase life/employability skills in a work environment.  These individuals participating in this experience are covered by worker’s compensation and are restricted to the amount of hours they can commit based upon the monthly stipend that they receive.

State of the Workforce Summit

The WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA State of the Workforce Summit is an annual half-day professional development event that attracts approximately 400 CEOs, HR professionals, business owners, elected officials and managers.

Targeted Industries: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) and New and Emerging Industries

As Central Florida diversifies its industries, technology companies are anticipated to grow through entrepreneurship, relocation and expansion. WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA is working to create the workforce for this anticipated industry growth. Learn how local employers can help.

Work Experience Internship Programs

Increase your productivity with a paid intern at no cost to your company with WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA internship programs.

Outplacement Assistance

Outplacement Assistance helps companies plan a layoff and provides group counseling to affected employees on filing for unemployment and using WCF services to help find their next job. We can also bring our Mobile Unit to your site for your displaced employees to use to search for jobs or sign up for unemployment compensation.

Awards of Excellence

WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA (WCF) is seeking applications from employers in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Sumter counties for its fifth annual Awards of Excellence to recognize employers in Central Florida who have adopted new, best practices in workforce development.