Board Converting News, March 22, 2021

ICPF: It’s Not Too Late To Recruit 2021 Student Interns & Graduates

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) continually works to attract the best and the brightest students for available jobs and internships within the industry. Every year, over 750 packaging engi- neering, sales & marketing, graphic design, packaging design, business, supply chain management, chemical engineering, mechanical engineer- ing, industrial engineering, and related students and upcoming gradu- ates demonstrate interest in corrugated packaging careers by joining ICPF’s Corrugated Packaging Career Network by posting their resumes and applying for openings through ICPF’s Career Portal and by partic- ipating in ICPF’s educational programs and interactive broadcasts. On average, over 120 student interns and new graduates are hired annually through ICPF resources. If you are an ICPF Corporate Partner or considering becoming a part- ner, it is not too late to begin recruiting for 2021 by posting 2021 sum- mer internships/co-ops and openings for upcoming 2021 graduates on ICPF’s career portal. It is simple and fast. Contact info@icpfbox.org for information on posting openings and accessing ICPF’s resume bank for upcoming graduates and students. Here is a cross section of upcoming graduates and student interns who currently are available through ICPF’s career portal. Katie K. is Michigan State University Packaging Science major who is graduating in May 2021. She is president of MSU’s Student Chapter

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of CoPPAC and the ICPF Student Representative at MSU. She conducted a 6-month co-op in Ohio at Nestle and has been a sales floor associate at Target since January 2018. “I attended the virtual ICPF Student/Executive Dialogue Dinner and en- joyed hearing all that this unique industry has to offer,” she said. “Additionally, I will be attending the April 2021 ICPF Teleconference to hear more

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Katie K.

about potential career opportunities. I am interested in corrugated de- sign, production, sales and R&D.” Katie is seeking a full time position upon graduation in May 2021. John C. is a University of Wisconsin-Stout Packaging major with a Project Management minor who is graduating May 2021. He serves as the ICPF Student Representative at UW-Stout. “UW-Stout has prepared me to enter the field of packaging with a vast array of relevant knowl-

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edge,” he said. “Through UW-S, I was given the opportunity to attend the ICPF Student/Executive Dialogue Dinner and Teleconference in February 2020, where I met corrugated packaging industry professionals to learn about careers. ICPF is ex- tremely helpful by providing information and ways to enter the corrugated packaging industry. For ex- ample, the career portal on the ICPF website has

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job postings from multiple companies across the United States. I have been highly recommending the portal to students as a resource.” John has specific interests in research & development as well as design. He is seeking a full time opening upon graduation in May. Isabel S. is a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Packaging Science program with an Immersion in Economics and is graduating May 2021. She is currently a Lab Technician in the RIT Pack-

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