Registered Apprenticeships can help ease the national shortage of tech talent, according to AIR and CompTIA
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The persistent shortage of technology workers across America can be eased if more employers relied on apprenticeships to develop new tech talent, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and CompTIA said today.
- Approximately 80% of apprentices participating in the program are from groups that are underrepresented in the tech workforce.
- They are receiving career training in five different occupations: cybersecurity support technician, data analyst, network support specialist, tech project coordinator, and tech support specialist.
- Dozens of employers from around the country from Florida to California and Illinois to Texas have launched Registered Apprenticeship programs in 2022 through CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech.
- Some two dozen intermediaries organizations with the expertise to help companies create a Registered Apprenticeship program have also joined the program.