Targeted Solutions

To address your critical workforce challenges, the ICP Partner Alliance is working to:

• Aggressively promote industry careers to let potential employees in on the best-kept secret in North America.
  • Educate students and their parents, teachers and guidance counselors about rewarding careers with great benefits.
  • Facilitate opportunities for employers to interact with talented students through job fairs, internships and co-ops.
  • Partner with local Workforce Investment Boards and job-training programs to promote industry careers to low income and displaced workers.

• Fill the hiring pipeline with qualified, entry-level employees with industry specific-skills and knowledge:
  • Introduce industrial distribution curriculum at community colleges and technical schools in the United States and Canada.
  • Give students a thorough grounding in business, technical and distribution basics to accelerate new hires’ learning curve.
  • Prepare graduates to move into a wide array of industries, companies and positions.

• Develop professionals uniquely poised to solve problems and deliver services, and close the gap between customer needs and industry workers’ skills:
  • Identify existing, affordable resources for technical and business training.
  • Create new solutions for distributor and manufacturer continuing education.
  • Connect you to local community organizations with available funding for current employee development and skills training.
  • Enhance how you hire, train and promote your people as part of an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement.

ICP’s success and long-term sustainability depend on you: Get involved today.