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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 - Building Leaders

Organize an effective leadership team and optimize succession planning

It’s the age-old question that keeps many business owners up at night: “What’s next”? Saying “I don’t know” is an all-too-common response.

In fact, according to current industry data, 48 percent of business owners expect to exit the business in the next five years, but only 35 percent have a formal succession plan.

Join us for our next virtual workshop, which will focus on the steps business owners can take to build the seamless value that allows their business to evolve and grow beyond the foreseeable future. The business succession advisors at Q5 Experience take a two-pronged approach to achieve this, focusing on both leadership’s vision and purpose, as well as working with them to change their approach to thinking about their business and an effective exit strategy.

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What makes a good leadership team and how do you build it?
  • How vital is a “2 Page Vision” to the success of the company?
  • What “right people/right seats” means and how critical it is?
  • Why the "whole person" matters when it comes to business owners and their leadership teams
  • What is "thinking about your thinking" and how does Q5 use it to help owners

Speakers:

Chris Meso, Business Advisor, Q5 Experience and T-Rex Advisory

John Bell, Strategic Advisor, Q5 Experience and Empowering Futures, LLC

Event Flyer

Questions? Contact oaklandcountymiworks@oakgov.com

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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.