ERIC Number: ED601220
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 24
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Expanding Tech Apprenticeships in New York City
Messina, Judith; Dvorkin, Eli
Center for an Urban Future
New York City is home to nearly 100 apprenticeship programs today, but the vast majority of them--93 percent--are in the building trades and manufacturing. As the demand for tech talent surges, the city has an enormous opportunity to leverage this powerful training model to expand pathways into technology careers. Arguably the most powerful tool for connecting people with limited technical skills and formal education to the training needed to succeed on the job, apprenticeship is ideally suited to New York City's growing tech workforce. The sector is growing faster and creating more good jobs than any other part of New York City's economy, adding more than 46,000 well-paying jobs over the past decade. Meanwhile, both tech companies and non-tech employers face large and growing tech talent needs, including a more stable pipeline of entry-level workers for middle-skills jobs. But even as the demand for tech talent grows, Black and Latinx New Yorkers as well as women remain significantly underrepresented in tech occupations. Tech apprenticeships present an important opportunity to change that, providing a proven model for launching underrepresented talent into successful careers. There are understandable reasons why relatively few tech apprenticeships have gotten off the ground--from limited awareness of the model among tech employers and skepticism that a cumbersome state registration process can adapt to a fast-changing sector to concerns that the city's large number of smaller start-ups lack the bandwidth to expand from core human resources (HR) duties into apprenticeship development. But as detailed in this report, it is eminently possible to overcome these barriers and significantly expand tech apprenticeships in New York. Doing so will require support from city and state economic development officials as well as leadership from the city's tech employers. This report lays out several steps to realize the promise of tech apprenticeships in New York. [This report was made possible through support from Barclays.]
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Manufacturing Industry, Career Development, Disproportionate Representation, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Females, Demand Occupations, Educational Opportunities, Educational Benefits, Labor Force Development, Models, Barriers, Partnerships in Education
Center for an Urban Future. 120 Wall Street 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005. Tel: 212-479-3341; Fax: 212-344-6457; Web site: http://www.nycfuture.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center for an Urban Future
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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