Before the Degree, Before the CPA: How Apprenticeships Help Students Believe They Belong “Without YUPRO Placement, I wouldn’t be where I am right now doing the work I love doing.” For National Apprenticeship Week, we are talking with several current and former apprentices about how these programs shaped their careers—and throughout the week, we will…
Apprenticeships Have Evolved. Let’s Change How We Manage Them By Emily Schaffer Vice President, Strategic Alliances YUPRO Placement National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity to celebrate the value of apprenticeships; it’s also an opportunity to highlight how a focus on apprenticeships has changed. For the first time this year Today, there are nearly 680,000 active…
From Incarceration to Instructor: How One Apprentice Is Paying It Forward During National Apprenticeship Week “Without YUPRO, I wouldn’t be here because they showed me how to believe in myself.” YUPRO Placement is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week by sharing the stories of current and former apprenticeships. Meet Valerie Boden. Her life-affirming journey reflects the power…
Cyber threats are growing faster than talent pipelines. YUPRO Placement’s SKILLSFIT™ apprenticeships deliver job-ready cybersecurity talent.
In the News: Skills-First Hiring and the Future of the Talent Pipeline As organizations rethink how they recruit and develop talent, the concept of skills-first hiring is gaining attention as a practical way to strengthen the talent pipeline and open opportunities for overlooked candidates. In the Society for Human Resource Management article “Can Skills-First Hiring…
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