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Need Support? Learn More About the Advantage: Apprenticeships Program

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

apprenticeship programPartner 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

Resources 

Events

Employer Workshop: Managing Workers Anywhere Optimizing the Performance of Hybrid and Remote Workers

  • Date: 04/29/2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  

Managing Workers Anywhere
Optimizing the Performance of Hybrid and Remote Workers

APRIL 29, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
The way we work is changing fast. Hybrid work arrangements are rapidly becoming the norm across the country, with fully remote jobs still prevalent. The 2024 Hybrid Work Report from OfficeRND indicates 28 percent of U.S. workers now enjoy a hybrid schedule, split between their workplace and home offices; 13 percent still work from home on a full-time basis.

Has your approach to managing talent adapted to this popular trend? Can you manage a team that you cannot always see in a traditional workplace setting?

Join us on Tuesday, April 29, from 10:00-11:30 a.m., for a special hybrid Employer Workshop at Walsh College in Troy, Mich. This in-person/virtual, hands-on, results-oriented workshop is for leaders who want results today.

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Sharing your greatest hybrid work challenges
  • Embracing a “virtually capable” performance strategy
  • Shifting from tracking hours to measuring real outcomes, with feedback loops
  • Learning game-changing approaches to make leading hybrid and remote teams easier
  • Using creative ways to recognize and motivate your hybrid or remote teams

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At Your Service

Oakland County Michigan Works! Office Locations

Novi
Oak Park
Pontiac
Troy
Waterford

How to Get Started

How to Get Started

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