Apprenticeship

University of Phoenix Collaborations Create Apprenticeship to Degree Career Pathway Model for Employers

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Sunday, June 12, 2022

University of Phoenix apprenticeship collaborations provide a framework for a clear pathway from registered apprenticeship programs to associate and bachelors degrees as well as skills development for worker mobility opportunities within a company.

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  • University of Phoenix apprenticeship collaborations provide a framework for a clear pathway from registered apprenticeship programs to associate and bachelors degrees as well as skills development for worker mobility opportunities within a company.
  • Our apprenticeship agreements help to expand a unique approach to workforce opportunities, retention and the cultivation of talent, states Raghu Krishnaiah, chief operating officer at University of Phoenix.
  • We are collaborating to address barriers of time, expense, and degree so that employers can be intentional and inclusive and offer earn while you learn options in the apprentice model career pathway.
  • The alternate career pathway of apprenticeship to college credit and degrees focuses on job skills rather than degree requirements and provides companies a practical method to attract and retain diverse talent.

Melissa Rivers Launches First Interactive Comedy Show on Fireside Featuring Howie Mandel, Margaret Cho & Other Stars

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Melissa Rivers launches two exciting interactive series on the first participatory entertainment platform, Fireside .

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  • Melissa Rivers launches two exciting interactive series on the first participatory entertainment platform, Fireside .
  • One of television's most beloved mother-daughter duos, Melissa and Joan Rivers delighted audiences on shows like Celebrity Apprentice," "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?"
  • Melissa Rivers joins an all-star list of entertainers launching innovative shows and entertainment businesses on Fireside.
  • For more information or to request access to Fireside, please visit www.firesidechat.com or download Fireside for iOS here .

Apprentice.io Placed in 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Manufacturing Execution Systems

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apprentice.io , which helps life science manufacturers get treatments to patients faster by providing one platform to turn molecules into medicine, announced today it has been placed in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

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  • JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apprentice.io , which helps life science manufacturers get treatments to patients faster by providing one platform to turn molecules into medicine, announced today it has been placed in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
  • Apprentice's Tempo Manufacturing Cloud is the industry's first no-code execution platform that helps pharma manufacturers scale up and out to accelerate the entire drug production lifecycle.
  • Get the 2022 Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems: https://info.apprentice.io/gartner-mq-2022/
    Gartner and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission.
  • From preclinical benchtop to large-scale commercial manufacturing, Tempo keeps your global teams connected, empowered, and in sync.

University of Phoenix Collaborates With IAA to Create Apprenticeship to Degree Career Pathway Model for Employers

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Friday, May 20, 2022

Our agreement with IAA provides a unique approach to workforce opportunities, retention and the cultivation of talent, states Raghu Krishnaiah, chief operating officer at University of Phoenix.

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  • Our agreement with IAA provides a unique approach to workforce opportunities, retention and the cultivation of talent, states Raghu Krishnaiah, chief operating officer at University of Phoenix.
  • We have worked with IAA to create a method for employers to be intentional, inclusive, and purposeful and offer an earn while you learn program in the apprentice model career pathway to a degree.
  • The career pathway of apprenticeship to college credit and degrees provides a unique solution for companies to attract and retain diverse talent.
  • IAA also consults with employers and other organizations around the country to assist with the development of apprenticeship programs.

A.Team Comes Out of Stealth With $60M in Funding to Rethink Tech's Talent Crisis With Elite Cloud-Based Teams, Backed by A-List Investors

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Early adopters range from startups to enterprise and multinational companies, including McGraw Hill, Chief and Apprentice.

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  • Early adopters range from startups to enterprise and multinational companies, including McGraw Hill, Chief and Apprentice.
  • While invite-only, A.Team has grown 7x in the past year due to the increased demand for ready-to-deploy tech talent.
  • The need for skilled product builders has ballooned as the Great Reconsideration set off an unprecedented attrition rate, particularly in tech.
  • "COVID made it clear that we need to rethink work, but it's much bigger than just letting people work from anywhere.

Workforce Policy Experts, Fortune 500 Employers, Leading Intermediaries Join National Effort to Expand Apprenticeships

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apprenticeships for America (AFA), a new nonprofit focused on expanding registered apprenticeship programs nationwide, today announced the formation of its Advisory Council, which will bring together the employers, intermediaries, policymakers, and researchers responsible for shaping America's approach to work-based learning in the 21st century. The council will guide AFA's ongoing effort to build a stronger and more robust registered apprenticeship system across the country through collaboration with employers, intermediaries, education providers, labor and other organizations.

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  • The council will guide AFA's ongoing effort to build a stronger and more robust registered apprenticeship system across the country through collaboration with employers, intermediaries, education providers, labor and other organizations.
  • Apprenticeships for America launched in spring 2022 to respond to the challenges facing a strained and overburdened U.S. labor market.
  • One of the nation's leading voices in workforce development, Mr. Buford previously ran the Pittsburgh, PA and Milwaukee, WI workforce systems and served on then-Vice President Joe Biden's Advisory Taskforce on Workforce Development.
  • AFA will play a leading role in unleashing the potential of registered apprenticeships to significantly widen access to rewarding careers and benefit millions of American workers.

Building the IT & Technology Talent Pipeline of the Future

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Friday, May 6, 2022

RICHMOND, Va.,  May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MAXX Potential, a company that finds and develops tech talent, is a trusted source for businesses looking for high-potential individuals eager to break into the IT industry. The MAXX Potential team based their model on the centuries-old apprenticeship concept. The goal was to create a strong tech talent pipeline in a holistic, sustainable manner for MAXX Potential's customers – enterprise and corporate companies that value MAXX's approach to providing rigorously-vetted talent for open positions at an ongoing pace. At a time when many IT and tech companies are struggling to recruit and retain top talent, DIY programs like MAXX Potential IT Apprenticeships are just the solution many companies are searching for.

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  • The goal was to create a strong tech talent pipeline in a holistic, sustainable manner for MAXX Potential's customers enterprise and corporate companies that value MAXX's approach to providing rigorously-vetted talent for open positions at an ongoing pace.
  • "We talk to many folks who are interested in our Apprenticeship approach," says Elizabeth Papile, Marketing Director at MAXX Potential.
  • MAXX Potential helps organizations diversify and strengthen their tech talent pipeline.
  • We are also able to offer our customers a dependable, reliable talent pipeline that they might otherwise be missing out on.

Finalists Announced for 2022 Braille Challenge Finals

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Braille Institute is proud to announce the 50 finalists for the 2022 Braille Challenge Finals competition. These competitors achieved the highest scores in the braille literacy testing competition, out of over 800 youth across the U.S., Canada and U.K.

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  • LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Braille Institute is proud to announce the 50 finalists for the 2022 Braille Challenge Finals competition.
  • The full list of Finalists can be found on Braille Institute's website.
  • Melinda Demaris, the 2022 Teacher of the Year for excellence in braille instruction, will also be recognized.
  • "We are thrilled to bring Braille Challenge Finals back onto the USC campus and be able to welcome our finalists back in-person.

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Rep. Bobby Scott Tour Newport News Shipbuilding’s Apprentice School

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE:HII) hosted Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., Monday for a tour of The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding.

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  • NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE:HII) hosted Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., Monday for a tour of The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding.
  • The Apprentice School is a model program for workforce development, said Xavier Beale, vice president of Human Resources and Trades for Newport News Shipbuilding.
  • Beale and The Apprentice School Director of Education Latitia McCane led the tour through training demonstrations and classrooms where Walsh and Scott were able to interact with trainers and apprentices, including first-day students.
  • For more than a century, The Apprentice School has prepared students to work at Newport News Shipyard.

Independent Electrical Contractors Chesapeake (IECC) Celebrates 40th Anniversary - Helping to Educate the Next Generation of Electricians by Providing Rewarding Careers for Over Four Decades

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

LAUREL, Md., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IECC helped celebrate its 40th anniversary by highlighting their ongoing #whatsyourcircuit social media campaign, focused on spreading the word about IECC's Electrical Apprenticeship Programs. As one of the largest chapters in the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) association, IECC programs are affordable and fully recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship & Training. Taught by master electricians, electrical apprentices earn great wages while working on evolving, exciting projects – ultimately setting them up for lifelong, rewarding careers as core infrastructure workers. 

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  • Taught by master electricians, electrical apprentices earn great wages while working on evolving, exciting projects ultimately setting them up for lifelong, rewarding careers as core infrastructure workers.
  • "We are very happy to be celebrating 40 years as a tentpole organization for both American and global electricians," said Grant Shmelzer, Executive Director of IECC.
  • "We continue to do this work because it is important well-trained electricians are absolutely critical to a healthy, functioning 21st century society."
  • For more than 40 years, IECC has been the region's leading electrical and renewable energy contractor association and electrical apprenticeship program provider.