East Central Indiana Talent Collaborative's Resources Hub
Learn from Regional Partners
The strength of the ECITC is its ability to share resources so that communities and organizations within the region can learn from one another. Each of our communities is unique but all are facing similar challenges. Learn what some of our neighbors are doing to address talent in East Central Indiana. This page will house some of those lessons.
East Central Indiana Data Resources
The ECITC uses data to inform its strategic decisions.
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Talent Attraction
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Talent Development
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Talent Connection
Regional Priorities
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Population
Boost ECI population trends; result in net zero by 2030.
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Educational Attainment
Increase postsecondary education of more than 9,000 ECI Hoosiers by 2025.
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Median Income
Increase ECI median household income and earnings by 7.5% by 2025.
Video Resources
The videos below highlight some successful work-based learning opportunities in the region. To make these experiences successful for both the student and employer, there has to be some strong support from the school system and a local champion to make those connections. Learn more about these success stories in the videos below.
Whitney, Lincoln class of 2023, worked as an intern in the Human Resources Department of Blue Buffalo, a local pet food manufacturer.
Whitney and her internship supervisors share their experiences, describing how they each benefitted from the internship placement.
Video courtesy of East Central Educational Service Center and partners.
Carter from the Lincoln class of 2023 worked as an intern with Dot Foods. We sat down with Carter and his internship supervisor to get their perspectives on the internship experience.
Video courtesy of East Central Educational Service Center and partners.
Educational Opportunities Inventory for East Central Indiana
ECI offers many avenues for talent development, including seven area career centers serving high school students and 12 higher ed campuses. In other words, ECI offers hundreds of ways to Forge Your Path!
Employability and Career Readiness
The East Central Educational Service Center and Junior Achievement of OKI Partners | Eastern Indiana worked together to develop employability and career readiness resources for East Central Indiana. Curriculum for grades K-8 are available for use within the region. Each of the grade-level programs has an available Standards Crosswalk to aid educators as they implement these programs into their classroom.
Internships 101 Toolkit
The High School Coalition, using Work and Learn Indiana’s “Employers Guide to Internships” as inspiration, consolidated this thorough document into three one-page documents that formed the Internships 101 Toolkit.
Topics include:
What is an internship?
Goals of an internship
Types of internships
Work environments
Tips for getting started
