SXSW EDU 2024
Apprenticeships in High-Growth Industries
Description:
Companies find it increasingly difficult to recruit skilled workers in high-growth, high-demand industries. Paid apprenticeships are one solution to closing this skills gap and creating a pipeline of top talent. Apprenticeships provide a career pathway to competitive employment with family-sustaining wages in non-traditional industries like finance, IT, clean energy, health care, and cybersecurity. This panel will explore how employers can benefit from launching a Registered Apprenticeship program and the steps they can take to launch a program, including securing funding to support them
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Takeaways
- Apprenticeships have helped build the middle class and provide companies with the workers they need to fill jobs.
- Other countries have utilized apprenticeship in non-traditional industries to develop the workforce of the future.
- This non-traditional pathway to careers of the future is growing and creates an incredible opportunity for many Americans that have been traditionally
Speakers
- Josh Christianson, Executive Director, Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeships
- Meghan Parrilla, VP, Global Early Careers, Aon
- Nicholas Morgan, President, Adaptive Construction Solutions
Organizer
Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-In-Chief, WorkingNation
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