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Hiring Non-Traditional Demographics
Labor Force Information
Area
Brevard
County
Civilian Labor
Force
Number Employed
Number
Unemployed
Unemployment
Rate
Preliminary
Data
258,599
251.452
7,147
2.8
Yes
Florida
8,742,000
8,481,000
261,000
3.0%
Yes
United
States
149,874,000
142,918,000
6,956,000
5.2%
No
This information is based on O*NET™ data. O*NET is a trademark registered to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration.
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# Job Orders
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2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Project Profiles
Non-Traditional Workers
 At Risk Youth
 Mature Workers
 Individuals with Disabilities
Four Training Areas
Project CRAFT - Construction
Project START - Hospitality
Soldering
Work Readiness Credential
Why is this important to Small Business?
2.8% Unemployment Rate
Part time help needed
Lack of Benefits offered
Inability to provide skills
training
What can a Non-Traditional Worker offer?
 Previous Experience
 Possible Tax Credits through
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
 Better Attendance Records
 Larger Pool of Applicants to
Choose from
 Commitment to Performing
Quality Work
Myths Dispelled
Mature Workers
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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Reality: Older workers may take longer to absorb new material but
their better study attitudes and accumulated experience
lower training costs.
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Older workers are less flexible and adaptable.
Reality: Older workers are just as adaptable once they understand the
reason for changes. They are more likely to ask why, because they have
often seen past changes in processes and procedures abandoned midstream.
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Older workers are not as productive as younger workers.
Reality: Overall productivity does not decline as a function of age.
Productivity can actually rise due to greater worker accuracy,
dependability and capacity to make better on the spot judgments.
Source: American Business and Older Employees. AARP. Washington DC:2000; Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myths Dispelled
Individuals with Disabilities
 Hiring employees with disabilities increases workers compensation
insurance rates.
Reality: Insurance rates are based solely on the relative hazards of
the operation and the organization’s accident
experience, not on
whether workers have disabilities.
 Employees with disabilities have a higher absentee rate than employees
without disabilities.
Reality: Studies by firms such as Dupont show that employees with
disabilities are not absent any more than employees without
disabilities.
Source: US Department of Labor. Office of Disability Employment Policy. Retrieved February 27, 2006
1991 Harris Survey
The majority of people surveyed viewed people with
disabilities as an “underused potential” in the workplace
and supported in-creased employment of people with
disabilities.
Why invest in At-Risk Youth?
 Future of the Workforce
 Train a fresh mind
 Loyalty and Dedication
 Community Image
“So, let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also
direct attention to our common interests….” President John F.
Kennedy, June 10, 1963
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