CHALLENGE: Career Awareness: Insufficient knowledge among Hoosiers about career options Talent Pipeline: Indiana employers often struggle to find qualified employees Skills Gap: Prospective employees often lack essential soft skills and specialized technical skills

80% of employers want new hires to have completed an internship… Only 8% of students say they invest time in internship experiences… 100% of Indiana colleges and employers say every student should have a career-based experience before graduating

The Career Ready Indiana campaign aims to ensure every Hoosier student has at least one work-based learning experience before graduating from high school and college.

Educate students about the many career options in Indiana, especially in high-growth sectors Expose students to work-and-learn experiences that connect classroom learning to employer expectations Equip students with the education/skills required to succeed in their careers and meet employer demand

Featured Speakers – Government: Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann Commissioner Teresa Lubbers – Business: Nick Hoagland, COO Backhaul Direct – Colleges: Chuck Johnson, Vincennes University – Students: Lex Dennis, enFocus, Inc.

Discover and spotlight small- and large-scale efforts already taking place throughout Indiana. Bring greater statewide attention to these efforts through earned media, outreach and the CareerReadyIndiana.org website. Build momentum and resources for more colleges, schools, businesses and communities to develop new Career Ready programs.

Low-Engagement Activities: Facilitate mock interviews for students Review and provide feedback on student resumes Host career presentations, career fairs, career days Medium-Engagement Activities Join a regional Works Council or College Success Coalition Provide tours of local businesses Host job shadowing experiences High-Engagement Activities Build or expand internship program(s) Develop career-focused curricula Invest in regional talent retention programs and partnerships

Indiana Career Council Indiana Regional Works Councils Congresswoman Susan Brooks’ Connecting Classrooms and Careers Series Conexus Indiana ISTEM Resource Network Indiana INTERNnet Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) Indiana Program College Success Coalitions 21 st Century Scholars Program

K-12 and Colleges Providence Cristo Rey High School Pike High School Youth Career Connect Speedway High School & Allison Transmission Partnership Noblesville High School Internship Program IUPUI Career EDGE program Community, Government and Non-profit Launch Fishers EmployIndy The Arc of Indiana Erskine Green Training Institute

Southeast EcO15 – Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015 Southcentral Education Matters Southern Indiana (EMSI) initiative Radius Indiana Southwest I-69 Brainpower Task Force Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce Board and Work Ethic Certification Program Vincennes University’s Toyota AMT, Jasper CAP and Lafayette AIM programs

Northwest Ready Northwest Indiana Center of Workforce Innovations Civility Counts Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) apprenticeship program and partnership with Ivy Tech/IU Northwest/Purdue Calumet Northcentral enFocus, non-profit talent and economic development incubator St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce internSJC program Elkhart County Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneurs Academy Elkhart County Horizon Education Alliance Northeast Big Goal Collaborative’s Cradle-to-Career Education Initiative Greater Fort Wayne Inc. Fellows program

Subaru Partnership: Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc., Vincennes University and the Purdue College of Technology Ivy Tech Integrated Technology Program: Kokomo-based program is partially funded through a federal grant to expand career training in high school with two-year Ivy Tech degrees. Advancing Manufacturing: 12-county regional initiative focused on preparing Hoosiers for careers in advanced manufacturing.