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How Apprenticeships Can Help Diversify the Tech Workforce
How Apprenticeships Can Help Diversify the Tech Workforce
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Registered tech apprenticeship programs create vital pathways for diverse candidates to enter the tech industry, supplying companies with needed talent while advancing the crucial industry goals to cultivate an inclusive tech workforce. Host Justin Milner talks with Urban Institute researchers Diana Elliott and Fernando Hernandez-Lepe; apprentices Chrystal Yeoman and Jed Beddo; and Sarah Boisvert, founder and CEO of Fab Lab Hub and New Collar Network in Santa Fe, New Mexico, about common challenges stakeholders face when developing tech apprenticeships, how tech apprenticeships can address skills and opportunity mismatches between employers and workers, and how apprenticeships can increase diversity in the tech industry.
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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