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NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IS HERE
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced the start of National Apprenticeship Week.
View ReleaseSIMPLILEARN PARTNERS WITH EF OVERWATCH
EF Overwatch and Simplilearn Launch Online Corporate Skills Apprenticeship Program To Train High Performance Veterans For Successful Transitions
Read moreNEW PUBLIC LEADERSHIP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM - SOUTH CAROLINA
Apprenticeship Carolina and Trident Community College launch public apprenticeship program for 16 apprentices…
Read moreSAMPSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH APPRENTICESHIPNC
Sampson Community College partners with ApprenticeshipNC for building and construction apprenticeship program…
Read moreABC’S BUILDING MASS CAREERS PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Inaugural class to graduate from ABC’s Building Mass Careers pre-apprenticeship program
Read more17 SIGN UP FOR APPRENTICESHIP RANDOLPH
Randolph Community College, Randolph County School System, Asheboro City Schools, Asheboro/Randolph Chamber of…
Read moreINTRODUCING APPRENTICESHIP SIGNING DAY
KION North America hires youth apprentices
Read moreLOGIC PD LAUNCHES NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Electronics Manufacturing Services and Logic PD launch apprenticeship program with first 10 of 135 apprentices…
Read morePRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AIMS TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE ISSUES
Cameron County Education Initiative and Workforce Solutions Cameron launch construction pre-apprenticeship program
Read moreDepartment of Labor announces next steps to expand the successful apprenticeship model to new industries, issued July 2018.
View ReleaseECC TO LAUNCH TWO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THIS FALL
Elgin Community College launches industrial maintenance and nursing assistance apprenticeship program…
Read morePRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM HELP UNDERSERVED WITH EMPLOYMENT
New Jersey Reentry Corporation to admin 220 to pre-apprenticeship program
Read moreKOKOMO, INDIANA LANDS STATE’S FIRST EARN AND LEARN PROGRAM
Stewart’s Healthcare Consultants launches apprenticeship program
Read moreTECH WORKFORCE EXPANDING IN LOUISIANA THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP
Tech Industry apprenticeship program Apprenti expanding to Louisiana with 30 new apprentices…
Read moreMANUFACTURING PROGRAM OPENS DOORS FOR SYNERGY STUDENTS
Advanced Composites & Metalforming Technology hires 2 apprentices from pre-apprenticeship programs…
Read moreADAMS STATE AWARDED GRANT FOR HIGH SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIPS
Adams State University continues high school artificial intelligence and robotics apprenticeship program…
Read moreThe Presidential Executive Order Expanding Apprenticeships in America, enacted in June 2017
View ReleaseIVANKA TRUMP: APPRENTICESHIP COULD HELP FILL 2M MANUFACTURING JOBS
Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and his special advisor, held a business roundtable Wednesday with a group of high-powered CEOs committed to improving the country's technical education programs. One of the CEOs in attendance, Judith Marks…
Read MoreHOW TRUMP CAN MAKE APPRENTICESHIPS A HIT
A well-designed apprenticeship system — one that combines classroom instruction with paid, on-the-job training in a specific trade — has the potential to help U.S. companies grow, reduce their need for foreign talent, liberate young people from…
Read MoreAPPRENTICESHIPS AREN'T JUST FOR WELDERS ANYMORE
Victor Gutierrez was working his way through community college by balancing two dead-end jobs when he heard about an apprenticeship that would enable him to finish his coursework while earning a paycheck. "It fit perfectly," he said. But Mr.…
Read MoreLABOR SECRETARY ACOSTA DISCUSSES APPRENTICESHIP DEVELOPMENT
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has asked federal agencies to look into and recommend new executive actions to promote apprenticeship programs and opportunities. The Trump administration is focusing on growing apprentice and worker training…
Read MoreTO FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT, TRUMP PLANS TO PUSH APPRENTICESHIPS
To reduce joblessness, President Trump will focus next week on something he knows well — apprentices.
Read MoreLABOR SECRETARY VISITS DETROIT-AREA FACTORIES, TALKS JOBS AND APPRENTICESHIPS
Creating jobs in Michigan means filling positions that are currently vacant. That's according to U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who met with employees at the Milton Manufacturing plant in Detroit and the Ford Truck Plant in Dearborn to…
Read MoreEMPLOYERS 'UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL' OF APPRENTICESHIP FOR WHITE-COLLAR JOBS
The Hartford welcomed 20 apprentices to its claims operations in May, with plans to bring 200 apprentices aboard by 2020. The Connecticut-based property and casualty insurance company is the latest example of an organization offering on-the-job…
Read MoreGOVERNOR SIGNS APPRENTICESHIP TAX CREDIT PROGRAM BILL
Gov. Steve Bullock held a ceremonial bill signing in Great Falls on Thursday for his apprenticeship tax credit program, which he hopes will encourage businesses to grow, create jobs and build employee skills. "Small businesses are the heart of…
Read MoreFRANKLIN APPRENTICESHIPS™ LAUNCHES NEW CONSULTING AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS TO MODERNIZE AMERICAN APPRENTICESHIPS
Franklin Apprenticeships, a U.S. based consulting and capacity building firm dedicated solely to delivering on the promise for U.S. expansion of Apprenticeship Programs, announced today the official launch of its company.
Aiming to…
CHARTER EXPANDS BROADBAND TECHNICIAN PROGRAM FOR VETERANS
Charter said it is expanding its five-state Broadband Technician Apprenticeship Program to its entire 41-state footprint. The program, designed to employ veterans, includes both physical and digital classroom training, as well as on-the-job…
Read MoreFOUR-YEAR COLLEGE NOT FOR YOU? THERE ARE MANY PATHWAYS TO CAREER SUCCESS
When he wasn't studying for the high school diploma he'll get next Friday, 17-year-old Alvaro Soria of Toppenish was helping build a home for Habitat for Humanity. The work is part of the YouthBuild program, which provides job training in…
Read MoreLABOR SECRETARY ACOSTA: TRUMP STILL LOVES APPRENTICESHIPS
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday that the Labor Department would focus on promoting a type of work that President Trump has long used himself — apprenticeships. Acosta said they were key to addressing a skills gap that has plagued the…
Read MoreSOUTH CAROLINA'S APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE CRACKS GROWTH MILESTONE
South Carolina's expanding apprenticeship initiative cracked a goal this week that it set a decade ago, when hardly anyone in the state signed up for on-the-job training programs. Apprenticeship Carolina says more than 26,000 people…
Read MoreMERCURIA BRINGS FIRST AMERICAN APPRENTICES INTO FULL-TIME POSITIONS
Mercuria Energy, one of the world's largest independent integrated energy and commodities groups, today presented certificates of completion to the apprentices in their U.S. apprenticeship program and awarded them fulltime positions. Mercuria…
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