James Baker is Director Workforce Development with the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national organization with 74 Chapters representing 22,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms with nearly two million employees. ABC's membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors of the industry. He currently serves on both the NCCER and Construction Users Roundtable's Workforce Development Committees is an employer representative of the US Department of Labor's, Advisory Council on Apprenticeship.
Special Thanks to Ken Lemberg, DOL/Apprenticeship Programs for providing additional information.
This program discusses:
- The National Guard's apprenticeship programs enhance transferability of skills to civilian occupations.
- ABC's role in closing the skill gap with their apprenticeship programs in the construction industry and successful programs that have retrained veterans in high demand occupations.
- Identifying high growth jobs where apprenticeship programs have successfully prepared talent to fill
- How apprenticeship programs can be an important hiring and training tool for employers
- Sources for funding apprenticeship programs
- Designing your organization's own apprenticeship program
Additional Resources
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Programs Coming Up
Doug Krug, consultant to senior executives in the public and private sectors on organizational transformation and author, The Missing Piece in Leadership
Richard Thorp, CEO, ILSBios, a science research company studying DNA for prevention and treating of disease
Andy Moser, president, The Workforce Corporation, an organization providing grants and program support to economic and workforce development projects in Maryland.
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Special Programs
Adecco Government Solutions, and an employer (tba), discuss employer partnership programs and key hiring and selecting strategies followed by:
Half-hour webinar expanding on the points discussed in the radio program and offering an opportunity to ask questions of the quests
We will also be inviting ten people to meet one on one with an Adecco expert on resumes and job search to discuss their personal strategy.
