Florida's talent earns rave reviews

Finding and retaining top-level talent is usually high on the list of worries, challenges and concerns for Gulf Coast executives.

So that group might be surprised by a recent report from the National Chamber Foundation, an affiliate of the U.S.Chamber of Commerce. In the report, Enterprising States 2012, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit foundation finds that Florida is No. 1 in the country when it comes to a “talent pipeline.”

The foundation's survey used six metrics to determine the states with the best talent pipeline. Metrics included: