{"id":31886,"date":"2023-04-26T00:40:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T00:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/?p=31886"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:51:17","slug":"a-month-of-milestones-for-dvircs-workforce-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/insights\/a-month-of-milestones-for-dvircs-workforce-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"A Month of Milestones for DVIRC’s Workforce Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To help address the regional workforce shortage, DVIRC has been focusing on implementing programs to increase the awareness of manufacturing jobs and career opportunities and, hopefully, increasing the number of people in the talent pipeline.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the initiatives that we are working on.<\/p>\n
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The annual What\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing? video contest is designed to expose middle-school students to modern manufacturing and manufacturing careers by having them create a video about a local manufacturing company. This year, the What\u2019s So Cool? contest paired 7 schools from Bucks and Montgomery Counties with local manufactures.<\/p>\n
The schools and companies that participated were:<\/p>\n
Voting for the Viewer\u2019s Choice Award took place between March 22 and March 24th. Each school had to produce a comprehensive communication plan to get the vote out, and this year we had over 143,000 votes! The Viewer\u2019s Choice Award went to Unami Middle School for their video with Ameriscend!
\nThe other awards went to:<\/p>\n
The teams put in a lot of work and it showed! Upper Moreland, as the Most Outstanding video for the Philadelphia Region, will represent the region at the PA State Awards and will travel to Harrisburg on May 15th for the awards ceremony! Good Luck to Upper Moreland! And thanks to all of the teachers, students, and companies for their time and efforts!<\/p>\n
To see the videos, visit the Philadelphia Region Contest Page<\/a>!<\/p>\n As we plan for FY24, we are looking to expand the number of schools and companies in this important career awareness program. Companies and schools that are interested in getting involved, should contact Hannah McGarry at hmcgarry@dvirc.org or 267-892-0569.<\/p>\n Companies\u2014Act Now! We have a limited number of openings available.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dream Team Ambassadors program is officially launched in the Southeast region! This program is targeted at high school students as an initial step in exploring manufacturing careers. The Ambassadors represent the best and brightest young professionals that are nominated by their companies to make classroom presentations to High Schools that share their stories and encourage students to explore manufacturing careers.<\/p>\n To date, we have 19 Dream Team Ambassadors from 12 companies. The Ambassadors are fully trained and on-boarded and are ready to visit schools. We sent out over 70 emails introducing the Dream Team Ambassadors to local public and private high school principals, and already have 3 presentations scheduled and at least 3 more in the pipeline. Our goal is to have 15 presentations before the end of the school year.<\/p>\nPA Dream Team<\/h2>\n