CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech Marks National Apprenticeship Week with Events, Program Updates and an Invitation to Get Involved

With today’s start of the seventh annual National Apprenticeship Week, CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech is marking the occasion with several activities and updates on its efforts to expand and diversify the U.S. information technology (IT) workforce.

This week CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech is focused on the theme of “Into an Ocean of Tech Talent with Apprenticeship” as it seeks to help employers understand how this pathway opens up a broader spectrum of hiring opportunities than the traditional talent pool may allow.

Scheduled speakers include John Ladd, administrator for the Office of Apprenticeship with the U.S. Department of Labor; Meghan Parrilla, vice president for global early careers apprenticeships at Aon; and Amy Kardel, vice president for strategic workforce relationships at CompTIA.

CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech began in October 2020 to assist companies of all sizes and from all industries build Registered Apprenticeship programs to address their staffing needs for IT workers and to do so in a way that opens career opportunities for a more diverse tech talent pool. CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce, and Maher & Maher, an affiliate of the American Institutes for Research, a recognized leader in building innovative and successful apprenticeship initiatives, were selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to serve as a national Industry Intermediary for expansion of apprenticeship in tech occupations.

In its first year CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech partners have committed to recruiting more than 600 apprentices across the country and have done so in alignment with the program’s diversity goals. Of the apprentices enrolled in the program so far 44% are woman, 30% are Hispanic, 22% are Black or African American, and 9% are military veterans.

Two employer-focused events are also planned for this week by CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech.