About Industrial Careers Pathway

Industrial Careers Pathway is industrial distribution's investment in its future workforce.

More than 80,000 industrial distribution companies do business in every state and province, across the United States and Canada.

More than 3.3 million people in the United States and Canada are employed in the industrial distribution sector of wholesale trade, more people than work in real estate (2.3 million) or insurance (2.5 million).

But industrial distribution businesses are almost invisible to the general public. People looking for good jobs at good wages with good working conditions and great career paths don't often think of looking for employment with industrial distributors.

These great jobs are a best-kept secret that industrial distribution companies and their manufacturing suppliers want everybody to know about. They want to bring the best people to their workforce, making use of their talents today and preparing them to be tomorrow's leaders.

So the industrial distribution sector has come together as Industrial Careers Pathway to tell the industrial distribution story, reach, inform, prepare and bring to the door of distributors tomorrow's sales leaders of industrial distribution. 

Industrial Careers Pathway (ICP) is a multi-faceted program addressing the need for a skilled industrial distribution sales and customer service workforce today and tomorrow.

Supported by associations and organizations committed to the advancement of industrial distribution, ICP is:

• Reaching out to young adults across the United States and Canada with information about industrial distribution.
• Creating industrial distribution programs and courses at community and technical colleges.
• Building necessary educational tools and resources based on a solid understanding of industrial distribution.
• Connecting employers and potential employees.