Pre-apprenticeship programs in Illinois have enrolled over 5,800 participants since 2017, with women and minorities making up a disproportionately large share of enrollees Black apprentices have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A program aiming to place people in trades is now going to the City of Champaign for some help. East ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new buzzword in the conversation around workforce development is “apprenticeships.” The problem is, while a bipartisan topic ...

A free training program aimed at preparing people for union apprenticeship is expanding into Kane County with a location in Aurora. HIRE360, partnering with Painters District Council No. 30 and the ...

Women and people of color are now the two fastest-growing groups in Illinois’ construction workforce, a shift researchers link to investments in pre-apprenticeship programs. The findings come from a ...

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Broadband infrastructure and home energy auditing programs are set to get a boost at Santa Fe Community College thanks to federal funding. Officials with the New Mexico Department of Workforce ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — With skilled trade workers in high demand and a growing spotlight on workforce development, the Samuel Staten Sr. Pre-Apprenticeship Program (SSSPAP) is preparing to launch its next ...

Scranton is offering grant funding to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship opportunities in carpentry and the building trades. Officials recently announced the grant opportunity, encouraging ...

Herkimer BOCES students completed pre-apprenticeships with local businesses, gaining job offers, stipends and hands-on ...

On Aug. 19, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that the U.S. Department of Labor awarded $4 million to the North Carolina Business Committee for Education to expand registered apprenticeship programs in ...

A new course from I-LEAD in Reading connecting high school graduates with career opportunities has generated its first success stories. I-LEAD’s Pre-Apprenticeship Prep Course has resulted in two of ...