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Workforce Readiness

Practical programs for two audiences: students deciding whether manufacturing is a career for them, and the supervisors and frontline leads already running the floor. Hands-on work, not generic leadership theory.

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Workforce readiness

What it includes

Beat the Boss piloted Oct 2026
Seminars in planning

  • Beat the Boss (pilot). A timed, hands-on manufacturing challenge built for schools and career events. Students build a wire harness from a work instruction, test it on a pass/fail fixture, and try to beat Todd’s posted time. Only a passing part gets a time: safe, correct, fast, in that order. Career-path materials show where one entry-level production job can lead. Piloted at Career Con on the SUNY Fulton-Montgomery campus, October 2026.
  • Corporate sessions (in planning). On-site supervisor and frontline leadership development and practical operational training, customized to your workplace and its current gaps.
  • Open seminars (in planning). Cross-company sessions planned across the Utica-to-Saratoga corridor.
The IOG Beat the Boss booth at Career Con: the Beat the Boss banner, a poster of manufacturing career paths, the wire harness test fixture and a leaderboard showing Todd’s posted time.
/ Beat the Boss at Career Con, SUNY Fulton-Montgomery, October 2026

Beat the Boss: contact to discuss a school or career event. Seminars: contact to be notified when scheduling opens.

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