Infor Education
Alliance Program
Skills Marketplace
Finding the right talent to meet your organizational needs can be a daunting task.
According to recent research, 62% of organizations identified sourcing talent as the
greatest challenge with regards to talent acquisition. If your organization is like
most, you may also struggle with securing candidates who have an understanding
of your company’s objectives, industry, and products, as well as the key skills
needed for success. While you may have access to an average talent pool, you still
need to find a way to link a candidate to the best position, based on the candidate’s
experience and the needs of your business.
What if you could remove the struggles and difficulties of recruiting candidates who
fit your business needs, are familiar with the tools/software it uses and have an
understanding of your objectives? The Infor® Education Alliance Program (EAP) has
developed the Skills Marketplace, which connects your organization with skilled
talent that can help fill your recruitment gaps.
About the offering
Infor has invested in the Education Alliance Program (EAP) to build a skilled pipeline
of talent that has knowledge and expertise about our products and industries.
Infor’s Skills Marketplace fills knowledge recruitment gaps by connecting talent with
global, market-leading brands, customers, and partners to discover employment
and partnership opportunities. The candidates in the Marketplace gain expertise by
participating in industry-sponsored class course or project work, within Infor product
and solution supported Centers of Excellence, through self-directed study toward
product certification, and/or by participating as a Scholar intern at Infor.
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My experience with Infor’s
Education Alliance Program has
been an exciting journey with a
series of projects in healthcare
market and exposure to crossfunctional teams. The leaders
in the company recognize the
work and distribute projects
to elevate talent. My route to
Infor began as an MBA student,
when I got an opportunity to
develop a go-to market strategy
for the company’s healthcare
integration sector. The objectives
of the project coincided with
my background in business
analysis and consulting. The
resources provided helped me
understand the dynamics of
healthcare industry in developed
and emerging markets. The
opportunity through the
Education Alliance Program
expanded beyond academia and
allowed me join Infor through the
LEAP Associate Program for top
talent. It made perfect sense for
me to join the company as a fulltime employee after graduation..”
Nishima Maini
Manager, Clinical Programs,
Infor
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Skills Marketplace concepts
The EAP is helping to create and connect talent with hiring
Benefits of joining the Skills Marketplace
managers through three components:
As a member of the Skills Marketplace, you gain access to:
The platform: The Skills Marketplace Platform serves as virtual
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A searchable database of talented people who know Infor’s
collaborative community for EAP skilled talent and Infor’s
solutions and industries, and who have an established
ecosystem. The platform allows users to connect, collaborate,
relationship with Infor
and discover professional opportunities, as well as get access
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to our learning center and upcoming events, and gain insight
organization and recruiting initiatives
into what is needed to be great. The platform is scheduled to
launch this year.
Two-way communication to share information about your
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A single, cost-effective resource for all your recruitment efforts
You’ll be able to save time and money by consolidating your
LEAP (Leaders of the Education Alliance Program)
recruitment efforts, effectively eliminating your need to run ads
Associates: The top talent from the Education Alliance
or post on job boards. At the same time, you’ll have access to
Program are invited to join an 18-month long, intensive on-
a qualified pool of candidates who already know about your
the-job training program that will prepare them to become
organization and the software that powers it. It’s a win-win
contributors to Infor’s ecosystem and future decision makers.
combination.
Associates within the program have been identified as
having the potential, ability, and aspiration to move up into
Ready to start recruiting talent? Send an email request to join
leadership positons within an organization. These high-
the Skills Marketplace at [email protected].
potential employees play an integral part within various Infor
departments; based on their experience within the Education
of responsibility within any team
About the Education Alliance
Program
The Partners in Education initiative: Here, partners serve
The Infor Education Alliance Program (EAP) provides members
as relationship managers and liaisons between the Education
with access to free innovative technologies, hands-on industry
Alliance Program and an educational organization. Essentially,
learning initiatives, and train-the-trainer programming that can
they provide advice, guidance, structure, and support. Once an
translate into marketable skills and experiences for students.
educational organization expresses interest in the Education
Since its inception in 2014, the EAP has partnered with over
Alliance Program, the Partners in Education collaborate with
16 educational organizations globally and growing each week.
them to integrate an Infor solution or technology into their
We have implemented 15 of Infor’s solutions and technologies
course curriculum, to meet their learning objectives. Partners
across various industries within member institutions and
help develop a talent pipeline within their local region, and
engaged approximately 500 students.
Alliance Program, they will be fully ready to assume a position
expand the Education Alliance Program’s footprint; and in
return the partners receive access to trained talent, free
PR, Marketing and Campaign Support as well as access to
potential sales opportunities. As a result, they help create
Program leads
Zainab Albedawi, Skills Marketplace Program Manager,
Education Alliance Program.
a steady flow of global candidates who are prepared and
searching for opportunities. When partners join Partners in
Martine Cadet, Senior Director, Education Alliance Program.
Education, they gain entry to a world of potential talent—talent
that’s trained on the technologies, solutions, and industries
that matter most to their business.
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Take a look at some projects members of the EAP have worked on
Alyssa Abel
Jigar Mehta
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Infor EAP Student Consultant
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Infor EAP Classroom Integration Project
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Currently an MBA student in International Business at
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Currently enrolled at Pace University
Brandeis University
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Experience using Infor Mongoose and Infor Ming.le™
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Infor Cloverleaf and healthcare industry experience
Jigar participated in the development of an anti-harassment
As a student consultant with Infor, Alyssa worked closely with
application. Jigar used existing requirements technical
a team of Infor subject matter experts and other students
documentation to complete the backend development of the
to research and identify prospective partnership targets in
application within a 10-week course.
the Brazilian healthcare market. Alyssa was also tasked with
developing a partnership plan for entry into the Brazilian
healthcare IT market. Alyssa’s background in business
analysis, operations, and project management in a healthcare
environment has proven valuable in collaborating with the team
Yu Fang
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Infor EAP Student Consultant
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Currently a second-year Master of Arts in International
Economics and Finance student at Brandeis International
to deliver a go-to market strategy for Infor Cloverleaf.
Business School
After Alyssa completes her MBA, she would like to pursue a
Healthcare industry experience
position in the healthcare industry, particularly strategy and
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operations consulting. Most recently, Alyssa worked as a
As a student consultant on the Infor EAP Consulting Project,
business development intern at Medical Record Service, a
Yu leveraged critical secondary research resources and
medical billing and coding company, where she developed
designed a database to manage and track health IT providers
a comprehensive business plan to assist the company in the
and hospitals in Brazil. Additionally, Yu and her team are
growth strategy.
identifying interoperability regulations that are shaping
the Brazilian health IT market and preparing a strategic
Joseph Tran
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Infor EAP Classroom Integration Project and EAP Scholar
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Currently enrolled at City Tech University
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Experience using Infor Mongoose
prescription for market penetration. Yu is looking forward to
continuously contributing to the Infor project.
Previously, Yu finished several management consulting
internships at Booz & Company and Bain & Company.
Utilizing her research skills and data analysis skills, Yu helped
Joseph is currently participating in the EAP Scholars program,
provide recommendations for clients with her team members.
working with the Mongoose Enablement team on developing
She also completed an economic consulting internship
GUI internal business applications. Joseph participated in a
at Nathan Associates Inc. during this past summer. Yu is
ground-up development project of a survey engine application.
passionate about leveraging her data analytics skills and
The application was designed, developed, and presented
consulting experience in solving practical problems in the real
within an eight-week course. Joseph worked with a group of
business world.
four students to complete this task and presented the final
product to the Mongoose product lead.
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When your institution partners with the Infor Education Alliance Program, you can drive excellence
in curriculum development and delivery to attract the best students, and prepare them for employment.
You’ll help drive innovative thought leadership with the world’s leading minds, to address the most
significant business challenges and define the next-generation user experience—powered by Infor.
For more information on Infor’s Education Alliances, please go to infor.com/eap.
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