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INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Industry Partnerships are the cornerstone of Pennsylvania's new, industry-led, demand-driven workforce development strategy. This new strategy is focused on creating a skilled workforce through industry-specific training and education programs developed in cooperation with business and industry leaders with funding made possible through the support of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Industry Partnerships bring together multiple employers in the same industry group or cluster to identify and address common workforce needs. These partnerships provide companies with a more cost-effective way to provide training to their employees. In addition, Industry Partnerships provide companies with access to region and industry-specific labor market information and allow even the smallest businesses to better compete in the global marketplace.

Industry Partnerships were designed to overcome longstanding frustrations employers had with the workforce and education systems. By bringing industry to the table in a collaborative effort, Industry Partnerships help boost the competitiveness of their individual businesses, and ultimately Pennsylvania's economy as a whole.

How Industry Partnerships Help Businesses and Workers:
  • Identify businesses' training needs
  • Align educational curriculum to industry demands
  • Facilitate effective training for companies at a significant cost-savings
  • Develop new career pathways for employees
  • Help companies identify and address organizational and human resource challenges
  • Develop new industry credentials
  • Identify barriers to entry-level employment and strategies to remove those barriers
  • Collaborate with youth initiatives/agencies to connect youth to careers in demand
  • Promote communication networks between companies; between managers and workers; and between companies and their communities and educational institutions.
How Industry Partnerships Help Pennsylvania's Economy:

Industry Partnerships focus commonwealth resources on industry sectors that provide competitive wages and benefits, and which have the greatest potential for economic growth.

Pennsylvania's economy is dependent upon the ability of its businesses and workers to compete in a new, global marketplace, Industry Partnerships help member companies and their employees become more efficient and more competitive.

Industry Partnerships help identify and train workers for the high-skill, high-demand jobs that exist and will continue to grow in this new 21st-century economy.

Industry Partnerships help Pennsylvania build the highly-skilled workforce necessary for attracting and expanding economic development in Pennsylvania.

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