North Region TIP Hosts Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network Meeting

Dec 29, 2016

The support behind the manufacturing industry in New Jersey is ever-growing and was displayed at the Targeted Industry Partnership’s (TIP) Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network Meeting on December 8th. The North Region TIP, consisting of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren Counties, met to brainstorm ideas as to how the manufacturing industry in the North Region can continue to cultivate.

The North Region TIP has three main goals: develop entry level workers, increase qualified employees, and build capacity. Developing entry level workers begins during the education process. The education process helps students develop their skills so they are ready to begin working when they complete their program. With more manufacturing education opportunities, we can increase the number of trained potential employees. Therefore with more employees, manufacturing companies can continue to strive and evolve. These goals can be achieved when the counties work together.

The TIP is broken down into Regions and the North Region branches off into three committees. Each committee focuses on different areas for growth to achieve the TIP’s goals. The Evaluation/ Industry Needs Committee focuses on identifying the needs of manufacturers. The Pathway Development Committee focuses on working with educators of manufacturing programs to increase the education opportunities. And the Marketing Outreach Planning Committee focuses on reaching out to businesses and getting students and parents familiar with and interested in the manufacturing programs. The committees work towards their own goal and along the way they can overlap and work together to achieve the overall goals.

For more information or to get involved, visit http://careerconnections.nj.gov/.