A Talented, Experienced Workforce                              Workforce Characteristics

Sarasota County’s educated and creative workforce is diverse enough to satisfy the needs of both new and expanding businesses.    More than half of the county’s population is in the prime working age range of 18-64 and over 50% of those workers have continued their education with college level degrees.  Young talent emerges from Sarasota’s high quality educational system each year adding to the pool of readily available experienced employees for your diverse business needs. 

Nestled between the regions of Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida, Sarasota County employers benefit from additional resources in these major metropolitan areas.  The regional workforce is more thank 400,000 strong. While many executives conduct nation-wide searches for talent, they soon discover their most likely pool of prospective employees is already here.