COOPER TIRE TO CONNECT WITH 10,000 STUDENTS

Time: Sep 27th 2017   Copy editor: Tyrefull

Cooper Tire will connect with more than 10,000 students—primarily eighth graders—for Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) events in October. Cooper will focus on the communities where the company has major facilities—Findlay, Texarkana and Tupelo. In addition to participating in community-wide efforts, the company will host its own Cooper Manufacturing Experience events.

These highly interactive, hands-on events were planned by the company’s Dream Team, a group of 40 employees from across Cooper who work with students and others all year long in efforts to educate and improve the image of careers in manufacturing to help strengthen the future workforce pipeline.

“Manufacturing is technology driven, fast paced and offers exciting career opportunities, but it can be challenging to attract employees. Many students today are not focused on careers in manufacturing and, unfortunately, great jobs go unfilled. Over the past several years we have reached nearly 30,000 students through these events, and we hope as they think about a career path in the future they will consider jobs in manufacturing and some of the great opportunities available at Cooper,” said John Bollman, Cooper’s Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.

According to a nationwide survey commissioned by NAM in 2016, 89 per cent of students participating in MFG Day events felt more aware of manufacturing jobs in their communities, and 64 per cent reported being more motivated to pursue a career in manufacturing.

This is increasingly important as over the next decade it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs will be needed and 2 million of those jobs are expected to go unfilled due to manufacturers’ challenge to find talent with the required skills.

In Findlay, around 1,000 students from 11 schools will visit on October 3 to 6 to experience eight different interactive stations ranging from raw materials and tyre design—including 3D modeling—to tyre assembly, mold design and curing, as well as tyre finishing and testing.

In Texarkana, approximately 2,000 students from six middle and junior high schools will come to the Texarkana Convention Center from October 11 to 13. In Tupelo, the company will participate in the local Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo on October 3 to 5 at the BancorpSouth Arena and Conference Center. Around 7,000 eighth grade students will attend the Expo.

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