Benefits Think Creating more opportunities for mobility with apprenticeships

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When a TikTok popped up on my screen promising to pay me while I trained for a successful tech career, I thought it was a scam. But more than a year later, I’m a champion of apprenticeship programs and challenge more companies to embrace them as a way to break down barriers to tech careers and employ talent from non-traditional backgrounds.

Like many, I turned directly to college upon graduating high school because it never occurred to me that there was an alternative path. 

Sara Mothersil
Data analyst

During her college experience, Sara changed majors multiple times — and found it hard to retain what she was learning without being able to apply it to a specific career path. Upon graduation with … Read full bio


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