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The labor paradox we face today demands that we leverage every available tool. Apprenticeships offer a proven, cost-effective solution that can benefit workers, employers and the broader economy.

Join Dr. Peter Cappelli, one of today’s most influential voices on the modern workplace, and award-winning journalist Ramona Schindelheim for a provocative conversation on talent, technology, and the workplace.

In the fourth and final installment of this series, John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, sits down with award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, to shine a light on real-world examples of modernizing and scaling apprenticeships with innovative, age-inclusive models that support career pivots.

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.