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Need Funding? Learn More About the Advantage: Apprenticeships Program

Employers: An apprenticeship program provides a long-term solution to your workforce needs and talent gaps

Partner with Oakland County Michigan Works! to launch a U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship program.

A Win-Win Opportunity for Everyone

Build a Registered Apprenticeship program to expand your skilled workforce and provide a comprehensive, work-based training opportunity.

Apprenticeships combine classroom study with paid, on-the-job training under the supervision of a journey-level craftsperson or trade professional as a mentor.

The length of apprenticeships vary, depending on the training requirements that you determine are necessary for apprentices to succeed.

Registered Apprenticeship programs may be eligible for federal and state grant support.

Follow Our Roadmap to Building A Registered Apprenticeship Program

Explore how an
apprenticeship program
creates skilled workers
        
Build core components
and standards of your
apprenticeship program
        
Launch your
apprenticeship
program
EXPLORE
(2 Months)
PARTNER
(3 Months)
BUILD
(3 Months)
REGISTER
(3 Months)
LAUNCH
(2 Months)
                    
Partner with key
players in your region
to develop a program
           
Register your program to
join the DOL-Registered
Apprenticeship network
     


Factors to Consider

  • What are your career pathways?
  • What skills are your current employees lacking?
  • What training is already underway?
  • What steps are needed to fill any training gaps?
  • What is entailed with registering an apprenticeship program?

What’s in It for Your Company?

  • Build a skilled, nationally recognized credentialed workforce
  • Knowledge transfer to new generation of workers
  • Increase employee productivity and collaboration
  • Reduce turnover costs
  • Lower recruitment investment
  • Expand diversity
  • Incentives may be available

Events

Employer Workshop - HIRING TODAY’S JUSTICE-IMPACTED WORKFORCE

BUILD A THRIVING BUSINESS AND PROVIDE SECOND CHANCES TO TALENTED RETURNING CITIZENS

  • Date: 03/12/2024 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  

Returning citizens want to work, but data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics confirm that formerly incarcerated people suffer from jobless rates as high as 60 percent. Even those with lesser past criminal offenses who do find employment often have unstable jobs.

More of today’s employers should consider this underutilized segment of the U.S. population to bolster their teams. Join us for a free, virtual workshop that includes a conversation on engaging
justice-impacted citizens and integrating them into the workforce. Hear from a panel of subject-matter experts, including those from the Michigan Department of Corrections, Center for Employment
Opportunities and Goodwill of Greater Detroit, that work with  returning citizens and others with criminal records each day.

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS:

• Explore best practices for working with citizens with compromised backgrounds
• Debunk myths surrounding the hiring and training of justice impacted job seekers
• Learn about industry recognized skills obtained by graduates of the Michigan Department of Corrections Vocational Village.

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At Your Service

Oakland County Michigan Works! Office Locations

Novi
Oak Park
Pontiac
Southfield
Troy
Waterford

How to Get Started

Contact Liz Rivard-Weston, Oakland County Apprenticeship Success Coordinator, at rivardwestone@oakgov.com.