NEWS
Skill Development Programs for Farmers and Women
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has implemented schemes for the youth of India to impart employable skills through short term and long programs both in rural and urban areas across India. The program has been taken as an initiative under the...
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The sea change in the MSME sector
The International Executive Development Program 2019-20 observed the presence of 70 international delegates from across 28 countries. The benefits of the extensive training session were experienced by these delegates over a period of six weeks. The chief guest...
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Walmart’s big initiative to train MSME entrepreneurs
Walmart, the US retail giant is about to open 25 institutes across the Indian subcontinent in the next five years to train 50,000 entrepreneurs from the micro, small and medium enterprises or MSME sectors. The institutes will be opened under the banner name of the...
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Walmart’s big initiative to train MSME entrepreneurs
Walmart, the US retail giant is about to open 25 institutes across the Indian subcontinent in the next five years to train 50,000 entrepreneurs from the micro, small and medium enterprises or MSME sectors. The institutes will be opened under the banner name of the...
read more
The influence of competitiveness on Strategic HR
An organization irrespective of its industry thrives because of its people. And with globalization, we can see how organizations are now doing cross border trades with an amalgamation of culture, economy, and population. Hence, organizations are no more local, but...
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Retail Industry most enthusiastic to hire apprentices in India: TeamLease Skills University
The National Employability through Apprenticeship (NETAP), the largest private degree linked apprenticeship program in India in association with the TeamLease Skills University recently mentioned in their report “The Apprenticeship Outlook and Index”, that the retail...
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Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
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Part III – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Welcome back to the continuation from Part I and Part II of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] This time we explore findings and good practices of social partners’ actions, namely employer and worker groups. Responses from India were provided by the All...
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Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019 – Part I
Skill building has taken centre stage what with India’s conundrum around jobs, employment and wages. Often overlooked is the significance of robust data on various skilling metrics or skill indicators without which all good intent is akin to a wild shot in the dark....
read morepolicy
Youth employability challenges in India
Young men and women today are subject to extreme market volatility and inflation. This puts them in a dire position of not being able to find their desired employment. Among low and middle-income families, informal employment has come to dominate young people’s...
read more
How to benefit from Apprenticeship regulations
Before we dive into the scope of how apprenticeships can benefit organizations, let us understand the correct meaning of the term. Vocabulary.com defines "Apprenticeship as a kind of job training that involves following and studying a master of the trade on the job...
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India joins hands with Germany to strengthen its skill agenda
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed two major agreements with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany recently. One DoI was with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for Cooperation in the...
read moreResearch
The influence of competitiveness on Strategic HR
An organization irrespective of its industry thrives because of its people. And with globalization, we can see how organizations are now doing cross border trades with an amalgamation of culture, economy, and population. Hence, organizations are no more local, but...
read more
7 common misconceptions about apprenticeship
What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you think of apprenticeship? Is it cheap labour, manual work, low wages or alternate education for students who are not regular school-goers? If you are a Recruitment/Talent Acquisition or an HR professional, you...
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Lack of Awareness on apprenticeship and reforms in hiring benchmarks
Why is Apprenticeship not a widespread phenomenon in India? The primary Apprenticeship model has had limited success due to a rigid 52-year-old law. With periodic revisions and amendments as recent as Sept 2019, the law has been updated with new schemes and...
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How to get a dream career even without a degree
Those who are very good with certain specific technical skillset like welding, plumbing, electrical work and so on can still earn a 5 digit salary! Wow! Isn’t that amazing?
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Apprenticeship programs at Atkins
If you would like to pursue your dream of solving complex technical problems or would like to bring about change in the society through scientific means whether or not you are an engineer then Atkins is the place for you.
read more
BT Group believes in apprenticeships
Andy Palmer, BT Group Head of Skills, talks about the importance of having apprenticeship training in order to hone the skills of employees
read moreNEWS
Skill Development Programs for Farmers and Women
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has implemented schemes for the youth of India to impart employable skills through short term and long programs both in rural and urban areas across India. The program has been taken as an initiative under the...
The sea change in the MSME sector
The International Executive Development Program 2019-20 observed the presence of 70 international delegates from across 28 countries. The benefits of the extensive training session were experienced by these delegates over a period of six weeks. The chief guest...
Walmart’s big initiative to train MSME entrepreneurs
Walmart, the US retail giant is about to open 25 institutes across the Indian subcontinent in the next five years to train 50,000 entrepreneurs from the micro, small and medium enterprises or MSME sectors. The institutes will be opened under the banner name of the...
Defence Ministry’s quota proposal for arms unit apprentices rejected
The Defence Ministry of India had requested and sent a formal proposal to the Union Skill Development Ministry to extend reservations provided to EWS (Economically Weaker sections) candidates under the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 2019 to the Apprentices Act,...
Retail Industry most enthusiastic to hire apprentices in India: TeamLease Skills University
The National Employability through Apprenticeship (NETAP), the largest private degree linked apprenticeship program in India in association with the TeamLease Skills University recently mentioned in their report “The Apprenticeship Outlook and Index”, that the retail...
ARTICLES
Walmart’s big initiative to train MSME entrepreneurs
Walmart, the US retail giant is about to open 25 institutes across the Indian subcontinent in the next five years to train 50,000 entrepreneurs from the micro, small and medium enterprises or MSME sectors. The institutes will be opened under the banner name of the...
The influence of competitiveness on Strategic HR
An organization irrespective of its industry thrives because of its people. And with globalization, we can see how organizations are now doing cross border trades with an amalgamation of culture, economy, and population. Hence, organizations are no more local, but...
Retail Industry most enthusiastic to hire apprentices in India: TeamLease Skills University
The National Employability through Apprenticeship (NETAP), the largest private degree linked apprenticeship program in India in association with the TeamLease Skills University recently mentioned in their report “The Apprenticeship Outlook and Index”, that the retail...
Event announcement – Apprenticeships take centre stage in building human capital
With 35% Indian graduates unemployed and an average of 25 million Indian youths illiterate, the Centre and State government together with its allied bodies are working towards educating, building awareness and empowering both apprentices and organizations to build...
Best Practices of Performance Appraisal for apprenticeship
Performance appraisal has become one of the critical aspects of workforce management in the corporate world. It is universally used to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the apprentices and employees alike. In organizations where apprentices are trained,...
CASE STUDIES
Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
Part III – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Welcome back to the continuation from Part I and Part II of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] This time we explore findings and good practices of social partners’ actions, namely employer and worker groups. Responses from India were provided by the All...
Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019 – Part I
Skill building has taken centre stage what with India’s conundrum around jobs, employment and wages. Often overlooked is the significance of robust data on various skilling metrics or skill indicators without which all good intent is akin to a wild shot in the dark....
Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships – A NETAP Event
India Apprenticeship Forum and NETAP Take Centre Stage The National Employability through Apprenticeship Program (NETAP) and the India Apprenticeship Forum (IAF) partnered to organise a felicitous interactive discussion on “Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships for...
Do Employers See ROI in Apprenticeships?
‘For each dollar spent on apprenticeships, how many dollars are returned to the investor—the employer, the trainee, the government program, the union, or whoever paid for apprenticeships?’ ROI as a percentage seeks to answer the question, ‘Why should I hire...
POLICY
Youth employability challenges in India
Young men and women today are subject to extreme market volatility and inflation. This puts them in a dire position of not being able to find their desired employment. Among low and middle-income families, informal employment has come to dominate young people’s...
How to benefit from Apprenticeship regulations
Before we dive into the scope of how apprenticeships can benefit organizations, let us understand the correct meaning of the term. Vocabulary.com defines "Apprenticeship as a kind of job training that involves following and studying a master of the trade on the job...
India joins hands with Germany to strengthen its skill agenda
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed two major agreements with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany recently. One DoI was with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for Cooperation in the...
Skill Training – indispensable to job excellence
Labour resource or workforce management has been ranked as the most critical business activity for seven years consecutively by 2019 Research Gate study on HRM. Training your workers can be an all-consuming activity, costing you both time and resources. Before you go...
What Job Creation Needs in India
With a new government at the helm, all eyes are turned towards making India the Skill Capital of the world and reaping benefits from the huge demographic dividend the country is blessed with. From Skill India to Digital India, a plethora of skilling initiatives were...
RESEARCH
The influence of competitiveness on Strategic HR
An organization irrespective of its industry thrives because of its people. And with globalization, we can see how organizations are now doing cross border trades with an amalgamation of culture, economy, and population. Hence, organizations are no more local, but...
7 common misconceptions about apprenticeship
What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you think of apprenticeship? Is it cheap labour, manual work, low wages or alternate education for students who are not regular school-goers? If you are a Recruitment/Talent Acquisition or an HR professional, you...
Lack of Awareness on apprenticeship and reforms in hiring benchmarks
Why is Apprenticeship not a widespread phenomenon in India? The primary Apprenticeship model has had limited success due to a rigid 52-year-old law. With periodic revisions and amendments as recent as Sept 2019, the law has been updated with new schemes and...
How to benefit from Apprenticeship regulations
Before we dive into the scope of how apprenticeships can benefit organizations, let us understand the correct meaning of the term. Vocabulary.com defines "Apprenticeship as a kind of job training that involves following and studying a master of the trade on the job...
Making organizations more effective with employee empowerment
Employee empowerment – this two-word phrase has a lot of strength and power in it. In simple words, it is a strategy and philosophy of an organization that gives its employees leverage to make decisions in their respective roles. It is a powerful strategy for an...
VIDEOS
How to get a dream career even without a degree
Those who are very good with certain specific technical skillset like welding, plumbing, electrical work and so on can still earn a 5 digit salary! Wow! Isn’t that amazing?
Apprenticeship programs at Atkins
If you would like to pursue your dream of solving complex technical problems or would like to bring about change in the society through scientific means whether or not you are an engineer then Atkins is the place for you.
BT Group believes in apprenticeships
Andy Palmer, BT Group Head of Skills, talks about the importance of having apprenticeship training in order to hone the skills of employees