Welcome to

Lawmakers, Lobbyists and state workers brought their kids to the capitol today to celebrate take your sons and daughters to work day. They met the governor and as Whitney Ray tells us, they’re hoping his jobs plan works so they can find jobs once they graduate.

Eight year old Mary Taylor got a first hand lesson on road design, but
When it comes to a career she would rather be in the spotlight than designing traffic lights. Her mom brought her to the state capitol Thursday as part of “Take your kids to work day. Governor Rick Scott encouraged Mary and the rest of the kids to think about their careers.

But with an 11 percent unemployment rate there are concerns over what jobs will be available once the kids are old enough to work. Scott is promising a better economy by the time these kids graduate.

“What I’m committed to doing is making sure our state is the state that’s most conducive to job growth,” said Scott.

Mary’s mom is hopeful.

“I hope that in the future the employment rate will get better,” said Annette Taylor.

She’s introducing Mary to jobs in science and engineering.

Cynthia Lorenzo the Director of the Agency for Workforce Innovation says those jobs will still be in high demand by the time the third grader enters the workforce.

“Science Technology Engineering and Math, those are very stable careers of the future and very worth looking into,” said Lorenzo.

But for now Mary is focused on her singing career. And if Nashville isn’t calling be the time Mary graduates… the good news is Florida’s unemployment rate is expected to be cut in half.

By 2018, the top paying jobs in Florida are expected to be computer software engineers, sales representatives and Network Systems Analysts. The career with the highest demand will remain nursing.