PGSF Releases Industry Statement
By Adam Dewitz on May 14th, 2008
Last fall the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) Education Summit was held during Graph Expo. The event focused on how the industry can attract talent and “apprise the wonderful opportunities a career in print can provide.”
Various ideas were presented including:
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Reaching Generation Y in places they congregate (including social networking sites and the Second Life online virtual world).
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Using association lobbyists to change the U.S. Department of Labor’s outdated descriptions and classifications of the industry’s segments
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Convincing more companies about the value of contributing scholarship money
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Working with local economic development leaders to spend technology-earmarked money to aid print education
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Creating a “Got Milk?” campaign to boost awareness of the power of print
At the summit a committee was formed to start tackling these issues.
Today the committee publicly released their first tangible delivery: a publication that attempts to define the industry. The industry statement The Graphic Communication Industry: A Quick Overview provides a national figures on industry size, the job outlook, educational opportunities, and compensation
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You can download the publication from here: http://printceoblog.com/media/docs/GraphicCommunicationOverview.pdf
Take a look at the statement and leave a comment with your thoughts.





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