This session focused on giving workforce and education stakeholders tools and strategies to increase business engagement in Registered Apprenticeships. Participants learned to recognize the importance of business engagement in every state of Registered Apprenticeship, assess their current level of business engagement and identify where engagement can be increased. Finally, Center partner, the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals discussed tools and strategies to implement that promotes business engagement.
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Create Skilled Workers. Build Loyal Talent. Engage in Apprenticeship.
Registered apprenticeship (RA) is a proven, industry-driven strategy for building a skilled workforce. Employers in every industry are utilizing RA to recruit, train, and retain new hires and upskill incumbent workers because the model:
- generates positive ROI - employers report* earning an average of $1.47 for every $1 invested in apprenticeship through cost savings and increased productivity,
- reduces turnover and drives higher worker loyalty rates - 92% of all apprentices who complete a program are retained as permanent, full-time workers*, and 91% are still with their employer a year out,
- creates opportunities to widen the pool of candidates from which employers source talent by having a structure training program,
- creates a platform for stronger relationships with local education and workforce partners to identify and recruit talent earlier, and
- provides access to unique federal and state funding and support, including tax credits, potential wage support/reimbursements, tuition support, no-cost federal bonding, supportive services for qualified apprentices and more
*source: USDOL Office of Apprenticeship
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Viewing materials in our online repository (see below)
Resources
05 Sep 2022
This Ready Aim Launch webinar discussed how to find funding for youth apprenticeship programs.
07 Jul 2022
Ready Aim Launch - Overcoming Youth Barriers Through Registered Youth Apprenticeship
18 Jul 2022
During the Florida Association for Career and Development Education conference, the Center presented, Building, Launching and Sustaining Your Program. This presentation talked about the elements of Registered Apprenticeship (RA), five core components of RA, companies adopting RA, benefits for schools, students, and employers, and comparting apprenticeship and internship.
08 Jul 2022
For those launching a Registered Apprenticeship in the state of Missouri, this webinar is for you to meet your U.S. DOL Missouri Apprenticeship Training Representative.
25 May 2022
Attendees joined Center of Excellence team members from Safal Partners and CWA at CWA's annual WORKCON conference. The session was open and free to all. Attendees learned how stakeholders from business, industry associations, workforce boards, and secondary- and post-secondary educational institutions can access assistance around better aligning Registered Apprenticeships with workforce and education systems and increasing co-enrollment with WIOA. This is a presentation to the State of California included an introduction to the Center's work outlining system alignment and the services that the Center offers.
13 Apr 2022
Report commissioned by ApprenticeshipNC demonstrating how states can measure and report on effectiveness and opportunities for apprenticeship.
13 Apr 2022
A real-time, state-sponsored website that provides job seekers and employers a place to connect around apprenticeship.
11 Dec 2021
This document outlines a "Challenge" that promotes Registered Apprenticeship as a proven model and industry solution for getting well-trained drivers on the road. This document provides information to entities on how their local Workforce Development Board (WDB) can help, and how they can reach out to their local WDB.