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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?

Andy Palmer, BT Group Head of Skills, talks about the importance of having apprenticeship training in order to hone the skills of employees

In a bid to popularize the apprenticeship way of life, the role of higher education institutes cannot be discounted. And South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Every city goes through its crisis of skills gaps and it is very important for each city to devise programs to meet the skills...

"Buhler is a multinational enterprise with HQ in Switzerland. Its Indian arm has been battling a 5% attrition (it's much lower than the industry average) and wanted to address skill shortages in key areas. This case study is about how Buhler decided to use the path of apprenticeships intelligently to bring in training and HR development intervention to derive business benefits through people driven policies.

In this article, Bode Adeloye shares his experiences of being an apprentice at British Land. He talks about how this apprenticeship program fits perfectly for the career he wants in the future.

Amazing things happen to ordinary people all the time. One day you’re a runaway teen and the next, you’re a mayor. Apprenticeships give people the chance to start over again. It’s easy to misunderstand their worth, but time has shown that many big achievers were an apprentice

Recent times show that the number of lower level apprenticeships have fallen. However, the head of apprenticeships at Barclays, Mike Thompson, stresses on the need to have lower level apprenticeships as they have huge potential to bring about great productivity. It also

Sam Smith, Owner at S.G. Heating and Plumbing in Derby (UK) won the Trade Radiators competition and gained himself an apprentice - Jacob Hall, all of 17. In this article, Sam talks about why apprenticeships are important and how the experience is benefiting both Jacob and him.

Have you heard of a 4-year college program that imparts valuable skills that make you instantly employable and pays you upwards of 50,000 dollars a year? The Apprenticeship School at Newport News, Virginia (USA) is one such program...