New INDA Intern Program Will Help Discover Industry’s Future Leaders
Nonwovens companies can now reach out to young professionals to fill intern positions as part of association’s online initiative
CARY, NC — January 14, 2008 — With the ambitious goal of identifying, recruiting and hiring the next generation of nonwovens industry professionals, INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has initiated an online Intern Program that brings together INDA Member companies and young professionals considering the industry as a career.
The Intern Program’s goal is to help INDA Member companies find qualified employees. The effort will communicate with these future executives where they are most comfortable – on the Internet – with the focus of the effort on the INDA Website at www.inda.org.
“In a recent survey of our members, more than 50% of top management in nonwovens told us that finding qualified employees was extremely difficult,” says Rory Holmes, president of INDA. “Our goal is to bring together the companies who are looking for new talent with the men and women who are the future of the nonwovens industry.”
The key feature of the Intern Program is a link on the INDA Website that allows INDA member companies to list their intern positions for all levels of positions within the company. The students then are able to check the available intern positions and contact the company directly.
In addition, students can complete the intern form on the site, which will then be posted online so that participating companies can review their interests and background and contact them if they have a match.
“The recruiting process for young talent today is extremely competitive and an industry such as ours needs to aggressively reach out to these young men and women to promote all that our companies have to offer,” Holmes adds. “The INDA Intern Program will market our industry and our association to allow us to identify and train future employees.”
INDA will be spreading the word on its new Intern Program through its newsletters and other publications as well as through outreach to leading engineering and textile schools and community colleges . . . from professional to entry level positions.
Another facet of INDA’s educational and career outreach efforts is the establishment of a curriculum at Catawba Community College, located near Charlotte, North Carolina. This course will focus on training and education for potential factory and plant personnel.
For more information, visit: www.inda.org.
