Ken Stuckey

Director of Talent Acquisition and Development
Pace Industries

Ken Stuckey is the Director of Talent Acquisition & Development for Pace Industries at their corporate office in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He leads the talent acquisition and workforce development initiatives for their 4,000 U.S. and Mexico employees. Pace Industries is North America’s leading custom die cast provider in aluminum, zinc and magnesium, serving industry leaders such as Bose, Harley-Davidson, Polaris and Whirlpool. His expertise and focus is producing productive talent pipelines, building technical bench strength through workforce development, creative sourcing, recruiting, and retaining technical talent.

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Agenda Day 2

Sunday, June 11th, 2017

4:05 PM DISRUPTORS + CHALLENGERS — Building a Talent Pipeline Through College Partners

Pace Industries responded to the current manufacturing skills shortage by building its future workforce through partnering with local colleges to build a curriculum, share instructors and even equipment. The process wasn’t easy, or even efficient in the beginning. But now that the dust has settled and the college-to-career pipeline is firmly in place, the company has a constant source of new, trained employees for years to come. Hear the story of this unlikely partnership from Ken Stuckey, Pace’s Talent Acquisition director turned Talent Development director. In this session, participants will hear how to:

Build a win-win curriculum partnership with local colleges, vocational schools and training academies
Establish an employer brand with future employees that begins in high school and college
Overcome the skills gap with a local workforce whose skills are relevant beginning on Day One of their job