How Apprenticeships Can Help Diversify the Tech Workforce
Evidence In Action
English - November 18, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - ★★★★★ - 217 ratingsPolitics News Government Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Registered tech apprenticeship programs create vital pathways for diverse candidates to enter the tech industry, supplying companies with needed talent while advancing the crucial industry goals to cultivate an inclusive tech workforce. Host Justin Milner talks with Urban Institute researchers Diana Elliott and Fernando Hernandez-Lepe; apprentices Chrystal Yeoman and Jed Beddo; and Sarah Boisvert, founder and CEO of Fab Lab Hub and New Collar Network in Santa Fe, New Mexico, about common challenges stakeholders face when developing tech apprenticeships, how tech apprenticeships can address skills and opportunity mismatches between employers and workers, and how apprenticeships can increase diversity in the tech industry.