STRATEGIC POSITIONING

This Is Not a Job Posting Program.It Is Workforce Ecosystem Access.

Employer Partners participate in a coordinated workforce infrastructure model designed to connect industry

demand, university engagement, applied learning, talent visibility, and innovation projects.

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Access Talent Earlier

Build awareness with students and workforce participants before they enter the job market or choose another industry path.

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Shape Future Skills

Help universities and workforce partners understand the actual skills employers need in logistics, aviation, supply chain, and digital operations.

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Lead the Ecosystem

Position your company as an employer of choice and a visible contributor to the future freight and logistics workforce.

Become an Employer Partner

Build Workforce Visibility Without Waiting for Hiring Pressure.

Employer Partners

Most companies wait until they need people urgently. Employer Partners build relationships earlier through projects, workshops, innovation labs, advisory participation, and coordinated talent engagement.

The goal is to create long-term workforce leverage, not one-time recruiting activity.

Become an Employer Partner
WHO SHOULD JOIN

Built for Employers Across the Freight, Aviation,Logistics, Technology, and GovernmentEcosystem.

Airlines
GSAs / GSSAs
Freight Forwarders
Trucking Companies
Airports
Warehousing Providers
3PL / 4PL Operators
Government Contractors
Logistics Technology Firms
Systems Integrators
Workforce Boards
Economic Development Partners
PARTNERSHIP PATH

How Employer Partners EngageWith the Network.

01

Define Workforce Demand

We identify target roles, skills, hiring needs, future workforce gaps, and operational challenges.

02

Match Opportunities

We align the employer with relevant universities, student audiences, workforce partners, and project opportunities.

03

Activate Engagement

Partners participate through events, projects, workshops, pilots, advisory sessions, or innovation labs.

04

Build Pipeline

Interested students and workforce participants are connected to internships, interviews, projects, or future hiring pathways.

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Expand Visibility

Employers gain visibility through university engagement, workforce campaigns, roundtables, and industry positioning.

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Scale Partnership

Successful participation can expand into sponsored labs, strategic pilots, advisory council roles, and long-term workforce initiatives.

OUTCOMES

What Employer Partners Gain

Become an Employer Partner
Benefit

Talent Access

Earlier student engagement
Candidate pipeline visibility
Internship and hiring pathways
Workforce readiness insight
Benefit

Industry Positioning

Employer brand visibility
University relationship building
Thought leadership opportunities
Innovation Lab participation
Benefit

Strategic Leverage

Workforce ecosystem influence
Future sponsorship opportunities
Advisory participation
Long-term workforce infrastructure access
NOT JUST RECRUITMENT

Recruiting Is One Outcome. WorkforceActivation Is theStrategy.

Employer Partners are not simply buying access to resumes. They are participating in a coordinated workforce ecosystem designed to create visibility, readiness, engagement, and long-term talent flow.

This creates stronger leverage for employers and stronger enterprise value for the Plug-In Freight Ops™ infrastructure model.

Workforce Activation

What This Supports

Future hiring pipelines
Internship programs
Pre-apprenticeship pathways
University-industry projects
Innovation Lab sponsorships
Employer advisory councils
DBE and workforce activation initiatives

Become an Employer Partner in theWorkforce Innovation Network™

Join Plug-In Freight Ops™ in building the next generation of logistics, aviation, supply chain, technology, and government workforce talent.

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