Workforce Challenges

Finding good entry-level people has never been easy, but attracting skilled talent is a huge and growing problem for industrial distributors and manufacturers alike.

Industrial distributor companies represented by the ICP Partner Alliance employ 1.4 million workers in the United States alone. ICP research indicates a minimum of 240,000 new employees will be needed to fill open positions in the next year.

Fundamental workforce challenges impacting employers like you include:

• Universal shortage of qualified candidates due to demographic trends reshaping the North American labor market.
• Lack of awareness of the industry and misperceptions that the industrial sector is low tech and disappearing from the economic landscape.
• Skyrocketing customer demands and increased pressure to differentiate your company in the marketplace.

Addressing your workforce challenges requires industry-wide, targeted solutions to:

• Promote careers in the industrial distribution channel.
• Create new ways to find good people.
• Develop local, affordable resources to upgrade employee skills.

Be part of the ICP solution: Get involved today.