Redesigning Training Programs for the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Training and education will be key to helping displaced workers find stable jobs in the post-pandemic recovery, but programs need to be reimagined with equity at the forefront to ensure that they benefit everyone equally.…
Diversifying Apprenticeship: Acknowledging Unconscious Bias to Improve Employee Access
Promoting frontline workers to more senior positions is a great way to improve workforce diversity, but unconscious bias can prevent employees from getting the training they need to advance. Many corporate diversity efforts focus on…
Transforming IT Training Programs into Successful Career On-Ramps
The IT industry is dynamic and quickly evolving. As a surge of diverse training models across subsectors and occupations is becoming available, this is a unique opportunity to enhance training practices and better align them…
IT Pre-Apprenticeship Framework Component 4: Development of Skills Through Hands-On Activities and Work-Based Learning
IT Pre-Apprenticeship Framework Component 4: Development of Skills Through Hands-On Activities and Work-Based Learning This is the fourth component of the Framework for a High-Quality IT Pre-Apprenticeship Program from JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based…
José Romero: Scoring with GOAL!
Spanish-language training program provides career opportunities to onetime asylum-seeker. José Romero once had a comfortable life in Venezuela, with a job he enjoyed at Corpoelec, the state-owned electric company. But in 2016, as his country’s…
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers, in addition to helping education and training providers fully realize…