We’re all aware that workforce recruitment and retention continue to challenge the manufacturing sector in the U.S. In particular, finding enough skilled workers can seem impossible. Indiana has developed a manufacturing workforce training program to help solve this problem.
Indiana’s program, “Catapult Indiana,” builds a ramp for unemployed and underemployed workers to enter manufacturing careers. The program provides 80 hours of classroom and hands-on training. Topics include quality, safety, and productivity as well as basic skills for operating common machinery.
According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, Catapult Indiana provides four weeks of free training to qualified participants.
Diverse program participants include refugees, prisoners, other unemployed and underemployed adults, as well as graduating high school students.
One recent program graduate, Yoriel Colon, described the program as challenging but not impossibly difficult. He and other graduates appreciate what this manufacturing workforce training program means for their future.
Here at StratMg, we partner with manufacturers in Indiana and other manufacturing-heavy states for consistent business growth that supports jobs.
We also support access to work for underrepresented workers, particularly workers with disabilities. So, this story jumped out at us as something we wanted to share in our Fun Finds series.
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With over two decades of experience, Parin leads an expert demand-generation agency, StratMg, that helps industrial manufacturing clients achieve unambiguous and quantified organic sales growth across the US, EMEA & APAC.
Parin has built & positioned StratMg to be a value-added marketing services provider that strives to create a culture of quantified sales-driven marketing initiatives leading to sustained business growth through channel management, diversification, new customer acquisition and retention strategies and tactical execution.
