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Welcome to North Florida Worlds of Work.
This event is for YOU!
Dear parents and students,
We know it seems early to be thinking about what you want to do after high school, but believe it or not, now is the time! Worlds of Work will give you hands-on experiences in 19 different industries that have great jobs and career paths for you right here in North Florida.
Our local employers are excited to meet their future workforce and introduce them to amazing opportunities to make a great living while making a difference in their community, families, and lives.
What do you need to do to get ready? Not much! Your teacher will help you explore Xello, your online college and career navigation platform, where you can take fun quizzes to find out more about what types of careers you might enjoy. From there, you can make sure to seek out employers and jobs in those areas when you attend WOW in October. If you find yourself in worlds that are unfamiliar to you, then you have met our goal. We want you to explore and experience new jobs now, so you have time to prepare for them throughout your high school career.
Most importantly, open your mind to the possibilities that are available to you right here in North Florida. Ask great questions. Look around you. Begin exploring beyond WOW and you will find we live in a region rich with opportunity.
We look forward to seeing you at the Worlds of Work! Until then, check out the Worlds of Work website (www.northfloridaworldsofwork.com), take a few quizzes to find your interests and explore work-based learning opportunities (www.Xello.world), and explore local careers and education pathways (www.TLHtalent.com).
Until then!
The Tallahassee Talent Development Council
2025 Worlds of Work Partners
2025 Worlds of Work World Leaders Leadership
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Caylin Hilton, UF/IFAS Advancement | Extension 4-H Youth Development Program
CONSTRUCTION
Nicole Kessler, Kessler Construction
EDUCATION
Brooke Brunner, Leon County Early Childhood Education
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Kelly Perkins and Chelsea Roberts, City of Tallahassee
ENGINEERING
Rob Gelhardt, FSM Engineering
HEALTHCARE
Nathalie Hood, Capital Health Plan
HOSPITALITY & SPECIAL EVENTS
Angela Walker, For the Table Hospitality
MANUFACTURING, AUTOMOTIVE, LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION
Michael Jones and Abby Smelko, Altrua Global Solutions
PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL SERVICES
Mary Stafford, Prime Meridian Bank
PUBLIC SAFETY
Shawn Yao, City of Tallahassee Police Department
TECHNOLOGY
Bryan Gibson, i2x Solutions
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Jaynie Sundberg, Capital City Bank
PLATINUM
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Do you care about the environment?
Are you curious about food, animals, or nature?
Do you like using science or tech to solve problems?
From the food we eat to the forests we explore, agriculture and natural resources shape everyday life. In this world, you’ll discover how science, technology, and the environment come together to grow crops, protect wildlife, and keep our natural spaces thriving. Not all ag jobs mean getting dirty—today’s careers include drone pilots, lab techs, conservationists, and data analysts, too. Whether you’re into animals, plants, or protecting the planet, there’s a path here for you. Roll up your sleeves (or not!) and see how you can grow a career that makes a real impact.
Career-Related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• Career Dual Enrollment
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Robotics Club
• Florida 4-H
• Future Farmers of America
• AEST Certifications
• SkillsUSA
careers in Agriculture & Natural Resources
partners
Do you enjoy working outdoors?
construction
Do you like working with various kinds of tools and machinery?
Do you get satisfaction from building something with your own hands?
What comes to mind when you think of construction? Giant cranes and cement trucks? Those are only small pieces of the vast world of construction! Some careers in this field involve skilled trades that can be learned on the job. Others may require certificates that can be earned at Lively Technical College or Tallahassee State College. These positions can range from plumbing and electrical work to solar installation and cabinetmaking. If you find yourself interested in project planning or design, you might consider architecture or project management, which are careers that do require a college education and a degree. If you enjoy hands-on activities and problem solving, this may be the field for you.
Career-Related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• Career Dual Enrollment
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Service Clubs
• Future Builders of America
careers in construction
Education & Training
If you like the idea of having a positive impact on the future of others, consider a career in education and training. Having strong leaders to work in this field is vital to the success of our children and community as a whole! To teach Pre-K through 12th grades in Florida, you must complete an approved teacher education program, which does require a bachelor’s degree. To teach at the university level usually requires a Ph.D. If you like the idea of education but the classroom isn’t the place for you, other careers include media specialist, guidance counselor, or bus driver.
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Student School Board Member
• Brain Bowl
• Service Clubs
Do you consider yourself a leader or role model to those around you?
Are you passionate about a subject you think others should learn?
Do you want to shape and change the lives of others?
• Student Athletic Trainer
• Student Government
• Student Tutor
• SkillsUSA
• Educator Rising ?
careers in Education & Training
Education & Training partners
Energy & Utilities
Are you a problem solver?
Do you enjoy working with your hands?
Imagine life without lights, clean water, or the internet—it’s the work of energy and utility professionals that keeps our world running. This vital industry delivers the electricity that powers our homes, keeps our water clean and flowing, and ensures we stay connected every day. If sitting at a desk isn’t your style, this field offers hands-on, high-impact careers where you can work outdoors and make a difference. Jobs like lineworkers, gas distribution technicians, water plant operators, and utility service workers typically require just a high school diploma along with on-the-job training or apprenticeships. Prefer technology and control systems? Consider becoming a SCADA technician or substation technician—roles that support critical infrastructure and require strong technical skills. Whether you’re working on the front lines or behind the scenes, there’s a path for everyone in energy and utilities. These are stable, essential careers with room to grow—and they’re in high demand across our region.
Career-related Activities:
Do you enjoy doing work knowing it will help people around you?
careers in Energy & Utilities
Engineering
Do you excel in math and science?
Do you like to design or draw?
Engineers design the world around us to make sure things are built in the safest and most effective way possible. Science and engineering careers are some of the most highly educated roles, usually requiring at least a bachelor’s degree, and professional engineers must have a state license to practice. There are some positions that do not require a degree, such as survey and map technician or architectural drafter. There are many types of engineering, such as mechanical, civil, chemical, and industrial, that are working to design and plan things before a hammer even touches a nail! Working as an engineer, you could find yourself in a laboratory, an industrial facility, or even a deep ocean.
Are you interested in the details of how things work?
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Science and Technology Clubs
• Brain Bowl
• Robotics Team
• Service Clubs
careers in Engineering
Healthcare
Are you passionate about caring for others?
Are you interested in the inner workings of the human (or animal) body?
Is helping people a passion of yours? Healthcare might be the field for you! This massive industry offers countless career paths, with a wide range of education requirements and work environments—far beyond just doctors and nurses in hospitals. Healthcare work can be in a laboratory, nursing home, pharmacy, or places you might not expect, like an athletic field! Many paths don’t require a degree higher than a high school diploma or GED, although you typically still need some training and certification, such as to become a phlebotomist, pharmacy technician, paramedic, or dental hygienist. You can also pursue a bachelor’s, master’s, or even doctorate in many of the healthcare fields including nursing, nutrition, audiology, and veterinary medicine. There are endless possibilities in the world of healthcare!
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
Do you have an eye for detail?
• Externships
• SkillsUSA
• HOSA
careers in Healthcare
Hospitality & Special Events
Do you enjoy learning about new places?
Do you know more than one language or are you interested in learning?
A bustling restaurant with delicious cuisine, a balcony overlooking the ocean at a beachfront hotel, a flight to a new city across the country, or maybe even the world: These are just a few of the places you might find yourself if you enter a career in the fast-paced industry of hospitality and tourism. There are career options available in this field at every level of educational background. Entry-level positions, such as hotel receptionist, restaurant cook, or housekeeper usually require only a high school diploma or GED. Some higher roles like event planner, tour guide, or travel agent may require a bachelor’s degree. This is a great field if you are multilingual or are interested in learning multiple languages!
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida
Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Culinary Club
• Service Clubs
Do you like to taste or make various kinds of food?
• Student Athletic Trainer
• Externships
• World Languages Clubs
careers in Hospitality & Special Events
Hospitality & Special Events partners
Manufacturing, Automotive, Logistics & Transportation
Do you enjoy working with your hands?
Are you interested in how machines work?
Are you a problem solver?
Have you ever taken something apart just to see how it works? Do you love DIY projects? Look into the world of manufacturing to get in-the-know on the way things work. If you’re more interested in big-picture projects, logistics may be for you! Many careers in this world require only some training after receiving a high school diploma, such as metal fabricator, CNC operator, or millwright. Other careers such as an industrial engineer or mechatronics engineer require a bachelor’s or master’s degree. You can usually find yourself in a factory or production plant in these roles; however, you could also pursue a career in transportation like aviation or a CDL truck driver and find yourself out on the open road.
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Service Clubs
• Externships
• Theater Tech Crew
• World Languages Clubs
careers in Manufacturing, Automotive, Logistics & Transportation
Professional & Personal Services
Do you like a structured and organized environment?
Do you have good communication skills?
Are you able to analyze information easily?
Attention to detail, strong communication, and good business sense are key traits in professional careers—do any of those sound like you? These behind-the-scenes roles keep businesses running, from accountants and graphic designers to PR specialists and loan officers. This world also includes personal service jobs like barbers, cosmetologists, fitness trainers, and childcare providers, where people skills and hands-on work are essential. Some careers require only a high school diploma, like receptionists or bank tellers, while others, like attorneys, require advanced degrees.”
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Brain Bowl
• Service Clubs
• World Languages Clubs
• Externships
• FBLA – Future Business Leaders of America
careers in Professional & Personal Services
Professional
personal Services partners
Are you an adrenaline junkie that enjoys a fast-paced lifestyle?
Public Safety
Do you have good physical and mental strength?
Do you value helping other people?
To work in public safety, you need a strong sense of integrity and a desire to protect others in the community. If this sounds like you, this world might be the perfect fit! You can find these careers all around you: patrolling neighborhoods as a police officer, in the jail as a correctional officer, or on the scene of an accident as a firefighter or EMT. These careers and others require only a high school diploma and some additional technical training. Some career paths in this world require a bachelor’s degree, like crime scene and forensic technicians or special agents.
Career-related Activities:
• Arts and Athletics
• North Florida Worlds of Work Career Expo
• Career Nights
• Brain Bowl
• Service Clubs
• ROTC
• Student Athletic Trainer
• LCSO Explorers Program
• TPD Cadet Program
• TFD Cadet Program
• World Languages Clubs
• Externships
careers in Public Safety
Technology
Do you like to stay up to date on the latest technology trends?
Are you interested in designing your own software or apps?
Technology is constantly changing and growing, and to keep up with it, careers in this world are always in high demand. If you have an interest in internet security, coding, or building websites, this could be the world for you! You could work for a tech company developing software, or be the database administrator in the IT department of a non-tech company ensuring their systems run smoothly. With these and most technology careers you will likely find your work environment to be an office space, but don’t think that means it is not exciting! There is always going to be something new in technology and you need to have a fast-paced and adaptive work ethic to keep up. Most skills in this world can be learned through certification and training programs, but there are many educational paths you can take to pursue a career in technology. Most employers will ask for an associate or bachelor’s degree but will accept candidates with equivalent skill and experience levels.
Career-related Activities:
Do you work well in a team?
careers in Technology
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Public Works
• Work Life Balance
• Remote Work Opportunities
• 401(k) match up to 5%
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Life Insurance Policies up to $500K
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Long-term Disability Benefits
• 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Earn Personal/Sick Leave
• Up to 12 paid Holidays Annually
• 2 Personal Holidays
• 1 Floating Holiday
• Up to 8 Hours Wellness Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Full time, part time and temporary positions including administrative, finance, technology, engineering, public safety, recreation and more! Internships are also available to undergraduate and graduate-level students during the fall, spring and summer semesters. Summer internships are provided to high school students through the Tallahassee Future Leaders Academy.
SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
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15-19 Years Old
Leon County Resident
Enrolled in School or Recently Graduated
Able to Commit to an 8 week Summer Placement
APPLICATIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 2025
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The Able Trust’s High School High Tech program give students with disabilities the opportunity to explore career and education options as they prepare to graduate from high school.
For 30 years, High School High Tech has helped students successfully transition from high school to the next step in their future, on their way to career success
DO YOU WANT...
$14-15 per hour for 18-22 hours per week
Leadership and Life Skills Training
Real-life Work Experience in a Professional Setting
Connections and References for Future Opportunities
Summer Internship Programs
Internships aren’t just for college—they’re for YOU! High school students can explore programs with the City of Tallahassee, Leon County, and the Children’s Services Council of Leon County to gain real-world experience and jump-start their careers. Must be a Leon County resident.
Summer Youth Internship Program
CSC Leon offers a paid summer internship where students work 16–20 hours a week with local businesses or nonprofits. The program includes leadership training, life-skills workshops, and real-world job experience.
Applications open March 1, 2026.
Summer Youth Training Program
This five-week program provides young adults ages 14 to 24 with job experience through working in a Leon County department over the summer. Summer employment and training will run from June - July. Applications open April 2026.
Tallahassee Future Leaders Academy (TFLA)
Part-time summer employment through the City of Tallahassee that counts towards Bright Futures hours. TFLA is youth-driven and an opportunity to grow and learn. Work part-time and get paid all summer, earning and learning with 100 local teens.
Join our Summer 2026 TFLA Interest Remind Group to receive texts when applications open: Text: @tfla2026in to 81010
2025 WORLDS OF WORK MAP
TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE
ZONE 1
HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALITY & SPECIAL EVENTS, AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
Located inside and outside of the Lively Student Union and Libby’s Café.
FIRST AID
Inside of Lively Building 15.
ZONE 2
ENERGY & UTILITIES, PUBLIC SAFETY
Outside of TSC Building AC and SMA.
EXHIBITOR / VOLUNTEER
PARKING LOT
In front of Lively Building 10A and 10B.
ZONE 3
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY
Outside of of Lively Building 1, Pre-K Evaluation Center.
ZONE 4
EXHIBITOR / VOLUNTEER HOSPITALITY ROOM
Inside of Lively Building 9.
Lively Parking Lot 1 & 2. BUS/COMMUNITY WOW PARKING
CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING/ AUTOMOTIVE/ TRANSPORTATION/LOGISTICS
Parking lot adjacent to TSC’s EN1 and CH5.
BUS/COMMUNITY WOW
PARKING
The purpose of North Florida Worlds of Work and its associated programs is to create awareness of the many high-demand, high-wage job opportunities that exist in North Florida early enough in high school that students may plan their pathway and graduate with a plan in place and well on their way to college or career.
Worlds of Work is a hands-on career expo that brings to life ten worlds representing 18 different industries that have great jobs and career paths right here in North Florida. Through hands-on activities, over 3,000 9th grade students are exposed to 100+ career options early in their high school careers so that they can plan the courses and extracurricular activities that match their career interests.
Community WOW is an afternoon of hands-on career exploration where students, families, and job seekers can connect directly with industry leaders across North Florida. Attendees will not only experience interactive exhibits from more than 100 regional employers, but also have the chance to participate in on-site interviews for part-time, full-time, and internship positions.
WOW Jobs connects local employers with high school seniors interested in entering the workforce following graduation. Students interview with employers at the event and have the potential to receive multiple conditional job offers on the spot! The event is followed up with a Signing Day to celebrate successful matches.
The Educator Workforce Academy is a year-long training program for educators, exposing them to workforce development and our region’s industries. The year-long program is designed to eliminate the disconnection between industry and education, giving our region’s students the best chance possible for success.
