Updates & Analysis

In this third installment, John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, sits down with award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, to discuss how apprenticeships can help close critical skills gaps in high-growth industries, AI-disrupted roles, and mid-career disruptions. This episode explores the U.S. approach versus other countries, federal and state expansion efforts, and how apprenticeships can better align the stakeholders, including community colleges, in the workforce system to support a multigenerational workforce.

John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, sits down with award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, to discuss the benefits that forward-thinking employers receive from investing in apprenticeships instead of relying solely on traditional hiring or short-term courses. It discusses the different approaches (registered apprenticeships, apprentice-style models like SCSEP, etc) that employers can take and how they can help organizations build skilled talent pipelines and capitalize on their five-generation workforce.

CWI Labs hosted a conversation between John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, and award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, on what apprenticeships really are, and are not.

The talent shortage most employers face isn't inevitable. It's the predictable outcome of strategies designed for a different labor market. Companies willing to rethink who apprenticeships serve will discover a competitive advantage hiding in plain sight: millions of capable, motivated workers whom everyone else is overlooking.

In this compelling op-ed for the NY Post, our President and CEO, Gary A. Officer, challenges outdated beliefs about aging in the workplace and makes a timely case for why mid- and late-career workers are more valuable than ever in today’s evolving economy.