Become an Industry Partner

Why Partner with SkillsUSA?

SkillsUSA’s vital mission of empowering students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members could not be accomplished without your support.

SkillsUSA is America’s proud champion of the skilled trades. We’re a student-led partnership of education and industry that’s building the skilled workforce our nation depends on with graduates who are career ready, day one.

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HOW TO SUPPORT SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA students develop far more than hands-on skills alone; The SkillsUSA Framework creates what we call “The SkillsUSA Difference.” It’s what sets SkillsUSA graduates apart as difference-makers.

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Through a partnership with SkillsUSA, industry can:

Obtain direct access to a verified talent pipeline of career-ready students.
Influence classroom curriculum to ensure it represents current industry standards.
Build brand loyalty among our nationwide membership of more than 442,000 students and teachers.
Elevate the perception of the skilled trades nationwide, inspiring more young people to pursue these career pathways while encouraging parents, guidance counselors and instructors to champion those choices.
Join our mission to empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.
Make a tangible, positive difference in student lives … and in our schools, workplaces, communities and nation.

More than 850 business, industry and labor organizations actively support SkillsUSA at the national level. Many more support state associations and local chapters. (We’re in all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.)

Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor as a successful model of employer-driven youth development training.

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Ways to Partner

American industry may be facing a shortage of skilled workers, but there’s no shortage of ways to partner with SkillsUSA at the local, state or national levels. Find some examples in the list below.

Serve as a guest speaker.
Supply a classroom with equipment and materials.
Provide internship or job-shadowing opportunities.
Serve as a judge for local and regional SkillsUSA competitions.
Partner with your local chapter on a community service project.

Learn more here or at bpd@skillsusa.org.

Support your SkillsUSA state or territorial association’s Fall Leadership Conference.
Support your SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Conference.
Serve as a judge or speaker at state events.
Serve as a technical committee member for state-level competitions (one who helps create and run the competitions).

Learn more here or at bpd@skillsusa.org.