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Apprenticeship

What Arkansas Business Leaders Are Saying

The problem

Have an open position you just can’t fill? Don’t have as many applicants for positions as you would like? Want to advance an existing employee into a new role requiring additional skills? It can have a real impact on your bottom line!

There may be a simple solution to your recruitment, training, and succession issues. A solution that takes the focus off of an applicant’s current knowledge and places the spotlight on an individual’s passion and capacity.

You have tried putting ads in the paper, posting your open jobs on the internet, and even attending a few career fairs, but you just can’t seem to fill some of the key positions you have open in your organization. You are beyond frustrated with the lack of qualified applicants and feel like you have done everything you know to do to attract job seekers to your company.

Having empty positions that you can’t seem to fill can have a very real impact on the bottom line! You know that if you fail to fill these positions it won’t be long before your business takes a hit. Whether it is shutting down a shift, slowing production, or falling behind on your delivery schedule, something will have to give. And if you hire just anyone to fill the position, their lack of qualifications, motivation, and skills will result in you ending up in the same position as having the position remain unfilled. It’s a serious problem!

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The solution

You are not alone! A Registered Apprenticeship Program may be the answer!

Other Arkansas business leaders have experienced this same problem. IT industry leader, Charles Morgan, went through this when starting his company First Orion, one of the fastest-growing telecommunications technology providers, with over 300 employees worldwide headquartered right here in central Arkansas. As a new start up, First Orion was unable to find individuals with the education and experience they were looking for. The decision was quickly made to provide their own in-house training. It wasn’t going to be enough to bring someone in to train new hires, they needed an entire program.

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Registered Apprenticeship Programs

Registered Apprenticeship Programs are the simple solution to many businesses’ problems. Registered Apprenticeship Programs make it possible to take the focus off an applicant’s experience and knowledge and place the spotlight on an individual’s passion and capacity. It can revolutionize the recruitment process by tapping into a deeper talent pool and highlighting potential rather than an applicant’s past.

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“Registered apprenticeships were actually a breakthrough for us because our original idea was to do, sort of a homegrown apprenticeship program, but having it be a registered program was a tremendous, and still is, a tremendous recruiting tool for us.”

Charles Morgan, Chairman of the Board of First Orion

89%

of apprenticeship graduates remain with the company for at least 3 years

$1

For every $1 invested, companies with apprenticeship programs make a return of $1.50

94%

of apprentices retain employment after completing their apprenticeship

1400

More than 1,400 apprenticeship occupations are approved by the USDOL

What Arkansas Business Owners are Saying

“We knew we needed a program that was flexible, reputable, and easy to encompass here on-site. The major benefit upfront is flexibility, being able to tailor those programs to whatever your specific needs are on a skills base.”

JUSTIN ROUTON
Lockheed Martin

“We invest in them very early, all levels of employees, and through that we’re able to gain the confidence and trust within this group to know that we are going to support them through their entire careers. We want them to stay because they’re our most valuable asset.”

BRIAN MCHANEY
Multi-Craft Contractors Inc.

“If we focus on the apprenticeship model, we can truly grow our own talent and that talent is twice as likely to stay if they’ve come through the apprenticeship program.”

STACEY TRUCKS
Non-Traditional Talent Team & Global Technology Walmart

“It’s a great way to bring folks in and immerse them into our culture. What we see with the apprenticeship program is that we can take someone with a passion, with basic skills, regardless of their background, and bring them through this learning and put them productively into our technology world.”

JIM COLE
Arvest

This is More Than Just a Way to Train New Employees!

The Registered Apprenticeship Program model has been around for a millennium, and it is still the most cost effective and efficient means of developing a skilled workforce! Registered Apprenticeship Programs focus on getting the right individual in a position and then training up the individual to meet your company’s needs. There are other great benefits as well.

Benefits

Diverse Candidate Pool

Find out how you can get a more diverse candidate pool that brings in new perspectives, ideas, and strengths.

Greater Appeal

Learn how to make your job posting appeal to a greater number of individuals when advanced degrees are not job requirements.

Change Company Culture

Discover how your company culture can change into a mentoring, supporting work culture, one that shares institutional knowledge, encourages internal growth, and prizes employee development.

Retention Rate

Learn how to retain the best and brightest employees when there are clear career growth pathways.

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For questions about the Registered Apprenticeship Program, please contact us at

Email: osd.oaapplications@arkansas.gov
Phone: 501-683-6489

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